Politics

Study at a university ranked in the Top 5 in the UK for best political scene. Browse our politics modules below, and if you're unsure what to study, follow our top tips for how to choose a module.

Browse our modules

You can see our full list of politics modules below.

Year 1

• Autumn Semester
  • British Political History
  • Contesting Democracy: Understanding Contemporary Political Challenges
  • Explaining Political Systems
• Spring Semester
  • Freedom, Power, Justice: Foundations of Political Theory
  • International Politics
  • Introduction to the European Union
  • Research Skills and Methods in Political Science

Year 2

• Autumn Semester
  • Comparative Public Policy
  • European Politics
  • Modern Political Thought
  • Political and Social Change in Contemporary Europe
• Spring Semester
  • Capitalism and Democracy
  • Communicating Politics
  • The EU Between Integration and Disintegration
  • The Far Right and the Politics of Immigration
  • Feminism and the Politics of Gender
  • The Challenge of Being a Reluctant Hegemon; German Politics Today
  • Governing India: Institutions, Actors and Challenges Amidst Social Diversity
  • Divided Island? Irish Politics from Partition to the Present
  • Italy Between Political Crisis and Social Change
  • States of Disunion: Power, Polarisation and Protest in US Politics
  • States of Disunion: Power, Polarisation and Protest in US Politics
  • The Making of Modern Turkey: The Struggle Between Authoritarianism and Democracy

Year 3

• Autumn Semester
  • Authoritarianism and its Critics
  • Environmental Politics in the Anthropocene
  • Global Crisis and European Political Economy
  • Indian Politics Since Independence: Between Dominance and Fragmentation
  • Parties and Party Systems
  • Politics from Below: Cooperation, Conflict and Resistance
  • Political Psychology
  • The Politics of Euroscepticism
  • The Rise of Anti-politics
• Spring Semester
  • Immigration and the Liberal State
  • Parties and Voters in the UK
  • Political Corruption
  • Populism and Politics
  • The Neoliberal Age? Understanding Modern Britain
  • The Politics of (Post-)Truth
  • The Politics of Feeling

 

 *(Which? University 2019) **Dependent on module/s studied ***(Our campus is nine minutes by train from Brighton & Hove) survey by accommodation providers Student Living by Sodexo. Rankings based on full undergraduate degree at Sussex.

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