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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Main Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
3 Years
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Main Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
3 Years
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Main Site
Full Time
SEP-26
3 Years
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You will learn theories about politics and international relations, and learn how to translate these theories into empirical questions that can be studied using real life data.Specifically, you learn data analytic and data science techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of policies, understand political behaviour, predict and classify political phenomena and describe and analyse networks of relationships between individuals, political agents or organisations.By completing the core and optional units, you can gain sought-after skills, including:how to collect, describe and visualise datahow to build quantitative models to explain phenomenahow to quantitatively evaluate the effectiveness of policieshow to map and analyse complex social networkshow to implement key machine learning algorithmshow to implement data analytic techniques and data science algorithms using statistical software including R, as well as proprietary packages such as SPSS.
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A levelA level:
ABB Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
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Scottish Advanced Higher:
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AS:
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Extended Project:
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GCSE/National 4/National 5:
Applicants must demonstrate a broad general education including acceptable levels of Literacy and Numeracy, equivalent to at least Grade 4 or C in GCSE/IGCSE English Language and Mathematics. GCSE/IGCSE English Literature will not be accepted in lieu of GCSE/IGCSE English Language. Please note that if you hold English as a second language IGCSE qualification, we may also require you to offer one of our acceptable equivalent English Language qualifications or achieve a higher grade in your IGCSE than the one stated above. Please contact the admissions team in your academic School/Department for clarification. Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
34 Grades / Points required
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma:
DM Grades / Points required
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate:
D Grades / Points required
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma:
MMM Grades / Points required
OCR Cambridge Technical Foundation Diploma:
MM Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DM Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016):
D Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
MMM Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
M Grades / Points required
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024):
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£27,800 per year
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