Course information
Politics
Pimlico Academy - Westminster
02078280881
Lupus Street, Pimlico, London, SW1V 3AT
Course summary

Studying Government and Politics will provide you with an understanding of how UK political systems work and how it is linked to contemporary concerns and events. The course offers a broad choice of topics covering political issues in the UK and EU, political ideologies, the politics and international global politics.

Entry requirements

Grade 6 in a social science or extended writing subject

How you'll be assessed

Component 1: UK Politics Written examination:2 hours 33⅓ % of the qualification 84 marks 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 Written examination: 2 hours 33⅓ % of the qualification 84 marks Content overview 1. UK Government, students will study:the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and executive, relationships between the branches. 2. Optional Political Ideas, students will study:one idea from the following: anarchism,ecologism, feminism, multiculturalism,nationalism.Component 3: Comparative Politics Written examination: 2 hours 33⅓ % of the qualification 84 marks Content overview theories of Global Politics, sovereignty and globalisation, global governance: political and economic, global governance: human rights and environmental, power and developments,regionalism and the European Union.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionLondon
Local AuthorityWestminster
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeMixed
AddressLupus Street, Pimlico, London, SW1V 3AT