Course information
Government and Politics
St Aloysius RC College - Islington
02075617800
Hornsey Lane, Highgate, London, N6 5LY
Course summary

This award is a two year A Level qualification. Component 1: UK Politics Component 2: UK Government Component 3: Comparative Politics (Focus on Global Politics) Component 1 Political Participation: you will study democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behavior and the media. Core Political Ideas: you will study: conservatism, liberalism, socialism. Component 2 UK Government: you will study the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and executive, relationships between the branches. Optional Political Ideas: you will study one idea from the following: anarchism, ecologist, feminism, multiculturalism, nationalism. Component 3 For Global Politics you will study: theories of Global Politics, sovereignty and globalization, global governance - political and economic, global governance - human rights and environmental, power and developments, regionalism and the European Union

Entry requirements

Grade 6 in Math's and English or History https://www.islington.gov.uk/-/media/sharepoint-lists/public-records/schools/information/adviceandguidance/20222023/st-aloysius-college-determined-admission-arrangements-20232024ac.pdf

How you'll be assessed

Students will sit examinations for all three Components in June. Each examination is 2 hours long, and each comprises 33.3% of the overall grade.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionLondon
Local AuthorityIslington
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeBoys
AddressHornsey Lane, Highgate, London, N6 5LY