(BA) Bachelor of Arts
Social Sciences
Current
University of Essex
Essex / Chulalongkorn
Essex Pathways
Colchester Campus
Honours Degree
Full-time
Politics and International Relations
Sociology
BA LFCH
12/04/2024
Details
Professional accreditation
None
Admission criteria
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) code
Course qualifiers
A course qualifier is a bracketed addition to your course title to denote a specialisation or pathway that you have achieved via the completion of specific modules during your course. The
specific module requirements for each qualifier title are noted below. Eligibility for any selected qualifier will be determined by the department and confirmed by the final year Board of
Examiners. If the required modules are not successfully completed, your course title will remain as described above without any bracketed addition. Selection of a course qualifier is
optional and student can register preferences or opt-out via Online Module Enrolment (eNROL).
None
Rules of assessment
Rules of assessment are the rules, principles and frameworks which the University uses to calculate your course progression and final results.
Additional notes
None
External examiners
Dr Stefano Pagliari
Senior Lecturer in International Politics
City, University of London
External Examiners provide an independent overview of our courses, offering their expertise and help towards our continual improvement of course content, teaching, learning, and assessment.
External Examiners are normally academics from other higher education institutions, but may be from the industry, business or the profession as appropriate for the course.
They comment on how well courses align with national standards, and on how well the teaching, learning and assessment methods allow students to develop and demonstrate the relevant knowledge and skills needed to achieve their awards.
External Examiners who are responsible for awards are key members of Boards of Examiners. These boards make decisions about student progression within their course and about whether students can receive their final award.
Programme aims
Essex:
1. To provide a flexible scheme which will allow students to pursue several disciplines or to explore themes using a range of disciplines.
2. To provide students with opportunities to broaden their cultural horizons by taking up the challenge of studying new disciplines such as History, Sociology, Languages, Politics and Public Policy.
3. To develop students' powers of self-expression and ability to think and analyse systematically, critically and in a disciplined and informed way.
4. To provide students with the necessary skills to undertake further study and/or pursue vocational training in employment.
Chulalongkorn:
5. The programme focuses on the training of students to be well versed in the knowledge of Politics and Global studies with public mind and responsibility for the society, to have leadership characteristics for global, national or at least local level, and to catch up with the fast and complicated changes both in the national and international level.
6. The programme aims to give students an opportunity to study in both domestic locale and abroad. During the first two years when the students study overseas, they are anticipated to develop knowledge in basic courses, relating to Politics and Global studies. When return to Thailand, students will study specific courses, relating to regional and national level topics at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University. With these designs, students will be trained and equipped with sound foundational knowledge as well as more issue-specific knowledge.
Learning outcomes and learning, teaching and assessment methods
On successful completion of the programme a graduate should demonstrate knowledge and skills as follows:
A: Knowledge and understanding
A1: Knowledge of different conceptual, theoretical and normative perspectives within political science, sociology, and economics, and of methodological issues.
A2: Knowledge of the main findings of existing political science, sociological, and economic research about political systems, international relations, political behaviour, societal structures and institutions, micro- and macro-economics, and business.
A3: Knowledge of developments, issues and debates in the specialist subjects they choose to study.
A4: Knowledge of sources of information for studying social sciences.
A5: Knowledge of research methods appropriate for the social sciences.
Learning methods
Knowledge is addressed in lectures, participation in seminars and classes and written comments on essays as well as in optional choices in years 2 and 3 and/or in projects.
Assessment methods
The assessment of most full-year modules is normally based on course work and on a written examination.
An average course work load consists of three essays per modules or equivalent.
Class tests and project work are used to assess A4.
B: Intellectual and cognitive skills
B1: Critical thinking (to question received thinking)
B2: Creative thinking (to develop their own thinking)
B3: Problem solving
B4: Analyse and evaluate evidence
B5: Argue coherently and persuasively
B6: Present ideas in a structured form in writing
Learning methods
Skills are developed in seminars and classes, project work, class presentations, written comments on essays. Individual guidance is available for developing essay writing skills and creating presentations.
Assessment methods
Essays and written examinations.
C: Practical skills
C1: Occupational skill
C2: Communicative skill in speaking and writing including theoretical use and systematic references
C3: IT skill including use of electronic information sources
C4: Mathematical and statistical skill including quantitative methods
C5: Entrepreneurship skill
Learning methods
Skills are taught in seminars and developed through supervision of written work and project work
Assessment methods
Essays and project work assessed for these skills aided by written examinations.
D: Key skills
D1: Intellectual curiosity
D2: Knowledge acquisition including clear, focused, relevant and effective expression and communication
D3: Leadership and time management
D4: Sustaining well-being
D5: Developing public consciousness
D6: Maintaining Thai identity in globalization and working in an intercultural environment
Learning methods
Skills are implicitly taught throughout the degree and employed in essays, seminars, classes, one-on-one discussions with peers and teachers.
Assessment methods
Assessment methods are essays and project work that implicitly incorporate all these skills