Why do some people have more wealth and income than others? What is the relationship between climate change and the global economy? Why do gender pay gaps still exist? What is the role of colonial history in the formation of the global economy? Our exciting new BA Global Political Economy with Foundation Year will allow you to explore all of these questions and more. You will learn about how power and wealth are distributed across the global economy. You will find out about how institutions of global governance work and you will investigate the links between environmental harm and global capitalism. Taught by a range of leading experts with knowledge of different political scales and geographical areas - from the International Monetary Fund to indigenous resistance movements, and from Europe to Southeast Asia - this programme will guide you through contemporary themes such as global finance, feminist political economy, racial capitalism, development and justice, global governance and trade. The BA Global Political Economy with Foundation Year will equip you with a comprehensive knowledge of how power works in the global economy and prepare you for careers in a range of policy and non-governmental roles. Upon successful completion of the Foundation Year, you can automatically progress on to our three-year, full-time, evening study BA Global Political Economy. We also offer part-time Foundation Year degrees which allow you to spread out your Foundation Year studies over two years. As the 'Foundation Year' is made up of 120 credits, as a part-time student you can take 60 credits in each of your first and second years before starting the main four-year BA Global Political Economy. This means that you can take six years to complete the part-time degree with Foundation Year. **Highlights** - Our Foundation Year programmes will fully prepare you for undergraduate study and are ideal if you returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didn't achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree. - Our Department of Politics is a world-renowned centre of original research. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF), Politics at Birkbeck was ranked 17th in the UK. - The Department organises a lively programme of seminars and conferences and is home to affiliated research centres, such as the Birkbeck Centre for British Political Life, which run seminars, conferences and other events where some of the world's best scholars present their latest research. - Our academic staff are international authorities in their respective fields, publishing and delivering stimulating teaching in a wide range of political topics including civil society and the state, public policy, development, gender, international security and terrorism, and social and political theory, among others. - Our location in central London puts us at the heart of the UK’s political life and at the centre of academic London. You can walk down to Parliament and Whitehall, while Bloomsbury contains some of the world’s most famous libraries and centres of research. Our departmental building was once a key location for members of the Bloomsbury Group, so you could be studying in rooms that have hosted distinguished visitors, including T. S. Eliot, George Bernard Shaw and Maynard Keynes. - You can take advantage of the rich research collections nearby, including Senate House Library, which is right next door to Birkbeck, the British Library, which is five minutes’ walk away, and the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics, which is walkable from Birkbeck. Birkbeck Library has a large politics collection, including the major specialist journals, and provides you with access to an extensive range of online materials.

For information about course structure and the modules you will be studying, please visit Birkbeck’s online prospectus.

A combination of in-class tests, coursework essays and examinations.

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26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: LL31

Institution code: B24

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Foundation

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/2022/undergraduate/programmes/UBFGLPEC_C/#entry-requirements

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England	4625.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	4625.0	Year 1
Scotland	4625.0	Year 1
Wales	4625.0	Year 1
International	7280.0	Year 1

Part-time home students, Year 3+: £6935 pa Part-time international students, Year 3+: £10920 pa Students are charged a tuition fee in each year of their programme. Tuition fees for students continuing on their programme in following years may be subject to annual inflationary increases.

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