Structure of Programme / Learning Outcomes

Structure of Programme:

Street protests, local elections, European treaties, parliamentary debate, local council decisions, industrial conflict – all are part of the everyday life of politics. Politics is about how we figure out what our society should look like. It is also about power and inequality. At NUI Maynooth, you will explore the way politics shapes our lives, the different forms that politics takes, and how politics is organised in different countries. As a student, you will examine the nature of active citizenship, international issues, and the tensions between democracy, power and injustice. You will explore Irish and international politics, including a focus on Europe, the US, or Latin America. You will also have an opportunity to carry out research into political life, developing analytical and presentation skills.

First Year Politics 2012-13
Democracy and Active Citizenship
Political Institutions and Civil Society in Ireland
Political Institutions: Theory and Practice
Political Institutions and Civil Society in Europe OR Global Society

Second Year Politics 2012-13
Political Theory and Active Citizenship
Introduction to Social Research
State and Society
Active Citizenship Placement

ELECTIVE MODULES:
International Relations
Gender, Nationalism and Armed Conflict
Power, Politics and Society in the Americas
EU Politics
Political Geography
Media and Society
Sociology of Human Rights

Third Year Politics 2012-13
Special Topic Research Project
Survey Research Methods
Fieldwork Methods
Files and Documents

ELECTIVE MODULES:
Social Movements
International Public Policy
Gender and Politics
Environmental Politics
Sociology of Revolutions
Irish Public Policy
Politics of Ethnic Conflict
Social Policy and Welfare States in Times of Change
Sociology of Development