Government and Politics

Course summary

Politics is about people and power. It exists wherever people are and it often makes for interesting study, intriguing observation and explosive viewing. An A Level in Politics will give you the tools to make more sense of the decision making process, and hopefully understand the motives of the people who make them. The study of Politics both in the UK and the USA is vibrant, dynamic, controversial and always interesting. Politics combines well with other A level subjects such as Economics, History, Geography, English and Modern Languages. Politics can be studied at degree level in many different combinations, including courses in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE - Oxford), Social and Political Studies (HSPS – Cambridge), Political Economy (LSE). As a subject it demands high levels of analytical skill and is therefore potentially attractive to employers.