Politics (including foundation year)

On our four-year BA Politics (including foundation year), we work with you to develop your subject-specific knowledge, and to improve your academic skills. You receive a thorough grounding in these areas during your foundation year (known as Year Zero) to prepare you for a further three years of undergraduate study at Essex.

You are an Essex student from day one, a member of our global community based at the most internationally diverse campus university in the UK.

At Essex, you will receive a thorough training in all major areas of political science at the top politics department in the country.

You study topics including:

Concepts in political science: state, laws, wars and political parties

International relations

Democratic systems

Political power

Obligations, freedom, rights and equality

Our Department of Government is one of the most prestigious in Europe, with an outstanding record of teaching, research and publication. We are rated top in the UK for research (REF 2014), and have consistently been the highest-rated politics department in the country since national assessments began.