This course offers you the opportunity to study a wide range of subject areas, including politics, social policy, management, law, policing and criminology. The programme is particularly designed to enhance future employment prospects, with many of the programme units, such as law, information technology, community/third sector studies, criminal justice policy (and other specialist options) having specific vocational relevance.
You will look at the services provided by public service organisations including the police, the NHS, schools, housing associations, the civil service and local authorities; examining the legal, political and social climate in which they operate, the policies governing their actions, and the needs their services are designed to meet. You will investigate how these organisations are managed and are changing in response to recent government policies such as contracting-out services to the private and voluntary sectors, electronic delivery of public services, customer choice and performance measurement. Recent multi-agency partnerships in urban regeneration and crime prevention will also be considered.
A project on a public policy area is compulsory in the final year; this can relate to your area of work.
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79%* of philosophy and politics graduates go straight into employment and/or further study.
Many of the graduates of this degree go on to careers in public service areas such as the police, local government, the NHS, the civil service and the armed services. Recent graduates have also gained employment in the financial, retail and public sectors. This degree, with its coverage of different management areas, aims to provide an excellent background for those who wish to maintain a broader range of career options and is an excellent stepping-stone towards private and voluntary sector careers.
*Source: DLHE survey 2009 for all respondents available for employment or further study and whose destinations are known
2012 entry
Undergraduate level
4 years full-time
L230
All Saints Campus, Manchester
UCAS Tariff points
280
Points to be obtained from full A levels or equivalent:
240 at A2 or equivalent (such as BTEC National at Level 3 or Advanced Diploma).
Specific subjects required
GCSE grade C in English language or literature
Access qualifications: A relevant Access to HE Diploma will be considered for entry to this course.
International Baccalaureate: 28
IELTS Score: 6.5 with no element below 5.5
Applications through UCAS
UK and EU full-time students: £8,000
Non-EU full-time international students: £10,000
International Fee Band: 1
Examinations and coursework including a dissertation in the final year.
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