ii) Intellectual skills

Students will be able to:

• Display an understanding of the role that behavioural approaches play in describing and analysing political phenomena
• Display an understanding of core models and theories of political behaviour, and be able to apply these to contemporary political issues
• Understand the causes and effects of different forms of political behavior, such as voting, membership of political parties and participation in social movements.
• Critically evaluate existing academic research and scholarship in the field.
• Reflect on theirown learning and make use of constructive feedback.

iii) Professional/Practical skills

Students will be able to:

• Demonstrate sharpened critical thinking, research and presentational (both individual and group) skills.
• Demonstrate strengthened library-based research skills.
• Demonstrate originality in tackling and solving research problems.
• Demonstrate increased confidence when delivering presentations and discussing issues.
• Continue to advance their knowledge and understanding, and develop new skills.

iv) Transferable & Key skills

Students will be able to: 

• Communicate effectively in writing.
• Study individually and in groups.
• Communicate fluently in speech.
• Display improved and efficient decision-making skills;
• Work and research independently and with improved organisational and time-management skills.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of information technology, library-based resources and how to apply these resources to the pursuit of high quality research.
• Demonstrate the ability to write in a clear, structured and concise manner under time pressure in an exam setting).
• Demonstrate the skill to organise, structure and write a longer piece of research and deliver this to meet a deadline (to be assessed via a 3,000 word essay).

v) IT skills

Students will be able to: 

• Deliver a clearly-written and well-structured word-processed document with complete bibliography and footnotes.
• Demonstrate the ability to locate and download electronic resources, such as academic articles from electronic journals.
• Demonstrate the ability to organise, structure and deliver a short presentation.