Course Co-ordinator: Dr H Brandenburg and Dr A Widfeldt

Pre-requisite(s): Available to students in Programme Year 3 and above who have achieved 75 credit points from level 1 and 2 Politics & International Relations courses.

Note(s): This course will be available in the first half-session of 2012/13 as PI 3561.

• An introduction to the philosophy of science


• An introduction to quantitative and qualitative analysis


• The application of research methods to the study of political behaviour and attitudes


• Theoretical and empirical insights into key concepts, including voting behaviour, political participation, equality, diversity, representation and trust.

3 one-hour lectures per week;
1 one-hour computing lab session per week.

1st Attempt: One online multiple choice examination (20%);
Four 500 word written group exercises (4*10% = 40%);
One 5,000 word essay (40%).

Students will be required to submit or resubmit failed or missing elements at an agreed later date. In the absence of a student's ability to resubmit a group-related project, s/he can arrange to submit an individual project in agreement with the course coordinator.