Politics

Course Description

Through your Politics A Level you will learn the workings of the government as well as looking at how people can participate in government.

We’ll look into the UK’s political process, and core ideologies such as conservativism, liberalism and socialism. We’ll investigate how all the component parts of the British political system are engineered to work in equilibrium – from the constitution to the executive – which comprises the Crown and the UK Government, including the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers.

We will also consider how politics plays out in the US  - you will look at the workings of the constitution, discuss why states are allowed to set their own rules, as well as looking at the role of the Supreme Court and the presidencies of Obama, Trump and Biden.

Unit 1: UK Government and Politics

Unit 2: US Politics comparative

Unit 3: Ideologies

Analysis; interpretation of different viewpoints; debate; independent learning; forming an argument; presenting evidence.

International relations; civil service; lawyer; teacher; journalist; local politics; archivist.

100% exam

Trips to London; range of guest speakers; university visits.

Politics alumni

Callum Pritchard

Politics, Sociology, Computer Science, EPQ

ABBB

Politics and Sociology at The University of Sheffield

Hamza Aslam

Politics, Law, History, EPQ

Politics and Modern History at The University of Manchester and Councillor for Mossley Parish (Labour party)

Callum Pritchard

Politics, Sociology, Computer Science, EPQ

ABBB

Politics and Sociology at The University of Sheffield

Hamza Aslam

Politics, Law, History, EPQ

Politics and Modern History at The University of Manchester and Councillor for Mossley Parish (Labour party)