1. 3/4 Year Degrees in:
BA (Hons) Language and Politics
Dr Brett Edwards
Lecturer in Security and Public Policy
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor

2. A World Heritage City
Why Bath?

3. World class Sports Facilities
£35 million sports training village
World class Sports Facilities
Home to 25 Olympic and Paralympic athletes who competed at London 2012
Home to Southampton Football Academy

4. Support Team Tutors Director of Studies Student Services
Careers Service
Money Service
Placement Officer

5. Meet some of the team…

6. Personal, innovative and current research led teaching…
Interested in Brexit?
- Popularism
- British Politics
- Social movements
- Nationalism
- Politics of the Left and Right
- Identity politics
- EU politics
- Young people and politics

7. Personal, innovative and research led teaching…
Interested in global conflict and terrorism?
Conflict and terrorism…
- Foreign policy
- Drone warfare
- Humanitarian intervention
- Conflict resolution
- Chemical weapons
- International institutions
- International law
- Migration
- Memory of conflict

8. Languages at Bath…
Bath language teaching is respected around the world and is coupled with region specific political and cultural expertise
Language and Politics students can also study another language alongside their degree programme with courses offered by Foreign language Centre
For example…
Japanese,
Mandarin Chinese,
Polish, Greek, ...

9. Course Structure and Options…
BA (Hons):
French and Politics Four years with year abroad
German and Politics Four years with year abroad
Italian and Politics Four years with year abroad (only available for 2016/17 entry)
Italian (ab initio) and Politics Four years with year abroad
Russian (ab initio) and Politics Four years with year abroad
Spanish and Politics Four years with year abroad

10. Languages and Politics Courses..
History/Culture
Political Studies
Language Skills +

11. Course structure..

12. Example compulsory units and options
First year compulsory units…
Semester 1
The making and shaping of a new nation-state: Italy
Italian written and spoken language
Introduction to comparative politics
Introduction to politics: theory and analysis
Semester 2
Introduction to international relations

13. Example compulsory units and options (Italian)…
First year optional units…
Semester 2 ( chose 1)
Approved 6 credit language option
Introduction to accounting
Introduction to British politics
Social policy, welfare and the state
Classical sociological theory
Introduction to politics of development
Social policy and YOU
Director of Studies approved unit

14. Increased specialisation or breadth in year two and final year…
Examples of final year options….
Organised crime & democracy in Italy
Culture & national identity
Gender and politics
Conflict, security and international development
Politics in China
Anti-politics and direct action
Politics in post-communist Russia
Developmental Psychology
Many more!!!

15. Compulsory Year abroad ( third year)…
Undertake a study exchange in Europe and beyond Work as an English Language Assistant Work placement

16. Example year abroad work placements…
American Chamber of Commerce to the EU (Belgium) HSBC (France) AON Insurance (France) PIE (France) Madrid Learn and Teach (Spain) Cillero & de Motta (Spain) Kos Progetti (Italy) The Childcare Centre (Germany) Torres del Paine National Park (Chile) Northlands School (Argentina)

17. Example Timetable: Year 1: Semester 2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9:15
British Politics (L)
10:15
British Politics (S)
Political Ideologies (L)
11:15
Russian Written & Spoken (S)
IR & Global Politics (S)
12:15
IPE (S)
13:15
International Political Economy (L)
14:15
Political Ideologies (S)
15:15
IR & Global Politics (L)
16:15
Russian Written & Spoken (s)

18. Final Year Dissertation
Sample topics
Basque and Catalan Nationalism
Israel’s security versus Palestinian Rights
The Russian-Georgian war of 2008
The Rise of Populism in Latin America
Welsh Language Policy
Incumbency and the 2008 American Election
Nuclear relationship: India and Pakistan
The Future of Global Governance
The Contemporary Political Resonance of Huxley’s “Brave New World”
Mandatory, all year unit 10,000 words
1-1 Supervision and dissertation workshop

19. Summary: High quality research led teaching
A high ranked, dynamic department and University
L&P: Total immersion in the language
An integrated year abroad or placement programme
Safe and friendly environment for life and study
Good students
Good student support
Good career prospects
(e.g. transferable skills, the placement opportunity)