Course information
Government and Politics
Walthamstow Academy - Waltham Forest
02085273750
Billet Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 5DP
Course summary

Subject Content: Component 1: UK Politics Component 2: UK Government Component 3: Comparative Politics Component 1: UK Politics: Content overview 1. Political Participation, students will study: • democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media. 2. Core Political Ideas, students will study: • conservatism, liberalism, socialism. Component 2: UK Government: 1. UK Government, students will study: • the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and executive, relationships between the branches. 2. Non-core political ideas, students will study: • one idea from the following: anarchism, ecologism, feminism, multiculturalism, nationalism. Component 3: Comparative Politics: For USA (3A), students will study: • the US Constitution and federalism, US Congress, US presidency, US Supreme Court and civil rights, democracy and participation, comparative theories. OR For Global (3B) students will study: • sovereignty and globalisation, global governance: political and economic, global governance: human rights and environmental, power. and developments, regionalism and the European Union, comparative theories.

Entry requirements

How you'll be assessed

Component 1: UK Politics: Written examination: 2 hours 33⅓% of the qualification. 84 marks Component 2: UK Government: Written examination: 2 hours 33⅓% of the qualification 84 marks Component 3: Comparative Politics: Written examination: 2 hours 33⅓% of the qualification 84 marks Students study either USA Politics or Global Politics

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionLondon
Local AuthorityWaltham Forest
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeMixed
AddressBillet Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 5DP