BA Politics and Italian (RL32)
2019 entry
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UCAS code | RL32 |
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Application method |
Full time: UCAS/Common Application Part time: Apply direct to the University |
Course duration | 4 year(s) full-time |
Tuition fees |
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Location of course | Clifton campus, Placements |
Part-time study |
6-7 year(s) part-time with daytime weekday teaching and a period of residence abroad |
About BA Politics and Italian
This course combines Politics and International Relations with the study of Italian. This provides a valuable skill set ideally tailored to the increasingly globalised workplace.
You will study the politics of individual countries and governments and the relationships between countries, communities and individuals. Both the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies and the School of Modern Languages have an impressive reputation for teaching and research.
Politics is organised around three themes:
- political theory
- comparative and national politics
- international relations.
In Italian you will study a combination of language and culture units. Italian language and culture have had a lasting impact on Europe. Today, Italy's innovative contributions to design, technology and fashion mean that it is a major, global commercial force. Italy is both traditional and modern, a tension apparent throughout its history and culture.
You will spend your third year abroad, which will enable you to refine your language skills and cultural knowledge and gain valuable work experience. For further details on year abroad opportunities, please see Global Opportunities.
Bristol has an enviable record for its research both in politics and in Italian culture. Both schools encourage strong synergy between research and teaching resulting in a vibrant learning environment as staff respond in their teaching to new research. This course combination offers an enriching experience with exciting intellectual challenges.
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Course structure
First year
- Political Concepts
- Thinking Politically
- One of Theories of International Relations or Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction
- Italian language
- Modern Italy
- Italian Beginners: extra language work
- Post-A-level Italian: additional Italian cultural unit.
Second year
- Free choice of two second-year Politics units from a range of options
- Italian language
- Two optional units in Italian culture. Examples include: Destination Italy: Cultural Responses to Migration; Dante’s Inferno; Renaissance Women; Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change; Sport, History and Culture in Modern Italy; Italian Memories of the Second World War.
Third year
Year abroad
Fourth year
- Free choice of three third-year politics units from a range of options, including the possibility of undertaking a dissertation
- Italian language
- Two optional units in Italian culture. Examples include: The Culture of Fascism; Naples: Culture, Identity and Nation; Dante; Desire in Medieval and Renaissance Culture; The Renaissance Book; Institutions and Anti-Institutions in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s.
Typical offer for BA Politics and Italian - applicants must meet one of the following
A-level Standard offer |
AAB including a modern language |
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A-level Contextual offer What is a contextual offer? | BBB including a modern language |
International Baccalaureate Diploma Standard offer |
34 points overall with 17 at Higher Level, including 5 at Higher Level in a modern language |
International Baccalaureate Diploma Contextual offer What is a contextual offer? |
31 points overall with 15 at Higher Level, including 5 at Higher Level in a modern language |
Cambridge Pre-U offer | Requirements are as for A-levels, where Grade A* is D2, A is D3, B is M2, and C is M3 |
Access to HE Diploma offer | Pass Access to HE Diploma (Humanities) with at least 30 credits at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit, and demonstrate proven capacity for language learning, usually through a B in a modern language A-level |
BTEC offer | DDD All applicants must demonstrate proven capacity for language learning, usually through a B at A-level in a modern language |
Scottish Qualifications Authority offer | Advanced Higher: AB including a modern language, and Standard Higher: AAABB |
Welsh Baccalaureate offer | Requirements are as for A-levels where you can substitute the same non-subject specific grade for the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Level Core grade |
European Baccalaureate offer | 80% overall, with 8.0 in a modern language |
UK qualifications | Further information about UK qualifications |
International qualifications | Accepted international qualifications |
Applicants must also meet these requirements
GCSE profile requirements | Profile: No specific subjects required Further information about GCSE requirements and profile levels. |
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English language requirements | If English is not your first language, you need to meet this profile level: Profile B Further information about English language requirements and profile levels. |
How we assess your application
Deferred entry
For this course deferred entry is: Welcomed
Selection process
UCAS or Common Application.
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Phone: +44 (0)117 394 1649
Email: choosebristol-ug@bristol.ac.uk
Enquiries about part-time applications should be directed to:
Email: david.fowler@bristol.ac.uk
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