Politics

Politics was an Ancient Greek idea, and they also provided the basis for the modern word we use today - it derives from 'politikos', meaning 'of, for, or relating to citizens'.
Today, politics is the process of gaining and exerting governance - organised control over a state or local community. Studying politics involves looking at how that power is handled, and where the power lies.
Political theory is also vital. Without theory we would not know many of the crucial elements of our own society. Students consider key questions like the nature of freedom and the strengths and limitations of democracy.

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Common Degree/Major Names

BA	Peace Studies
BA/BSc	Political Science
BA	Politics
BA/BSc	Social Sciences
BA/BSc	Social and Political Sciences
BA/BSc	World Politics

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Institution	Country	Campus Type	Size	Education Model	Selectivity
University of Wisconsin-Madison	USA	City Island Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	Liberal arts, exploratory. Students will take classes across disciplines.	Selective (25-50% admitted)
University of York	UK	Suburban Campus	Large Institution 15,000-30,000	Single Subject Focus (Joint degrees available), Integrated or Thematic degrees, Researched Focused Institution, Teaching Focused Institution	Selective (25-50% admitted)
Goldsmiths University	UK	City Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	Single Subject Focus	Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted)
University College Utrecht	Netherlands	City Island Campus	Small Institution <5000	Liberal Arts and Science: Compose a multi-disciplinary curriculum, 230+ classes in humanities, science and social science	Selective (25-50% admitted) - Annually we have about 1,200 applications for 250 places.
Parsons Paris, The New School	New York City, United States / Paris, France	City Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	Art and design, Inter/Transdisciplinary Education, Liberal Arts, Performing Arts	Selective (25-50% admitted)
Georgia Institute of Technology	USA	City Island Campus	Large Institution 15,000-30,000	Technologically based education combined with experiential learning.	Highly Selective (10-25% admitted)
University of Richmond	USA	Suburban Campus	Small Institution <5000	Liberal Arts and sciences	Highly Selective (10-25% admitted) if needing financial aid, Selective if not
University of Surrey	UK	Suburban Campus	Large Institution 15,000-30,000	Single Subject Focus (Joint degrees available), Integrated or Thematic degrees, Single Focus Institution (e.g. Business School, Researched Focused Institution, Teaching Focused Institution	Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted)
IE University	Spain	City Campus, Suburban campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	Practical and personalised learning experience with internships and exchanges.	Selective (25-50% admitted)
Nagoya University of Commerce and Business	Japan	Suburban Campus	Small Institution <5000	100% Case Study Method.	Selective (25-50% admitted)
University of Chichester	UK	City Island Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	Both Single and Dual honours at Undergraduate with a focus on practical application	Less Selective (>75% admitted) - certain courses are more competitive than others and therefore more selective.
Royal Holloway, University of London	UK	Suburban Campus, Rural Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	We offer a variety of single honours, joints and major/minor combinations. Royal Holloway also offers Liberal Arts degrees which enables students to study in a variety of different departments.	Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted)
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)	UK	City Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	Specialist Social Science institution	Highly Selective (10-25% admitted)
Michigan State University	USA	City Island Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	Liberal Arts with a heavy emphasis on research	Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted)
Bocconi University	Italy	City Island Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	Our programs provide ground-breaking and innovative course content through hands-on interaction	Highly Selective (10-25% admitted)

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