COMPONENT 1: UK POLITICS WRITTEN EXAMINATION

Candidates study democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media. Pupils also study Core Political Ideas including conservatism, liberalism and socialism.

COMPONENT 2: UK GOVERNMENT WRITTEN EXAMINATION

Content studied includes: the constitution, Parliament, the Prime Minister and executive, and the relationships between the branches of government.



Pupils also study one ideology from the following: anarchism, ecologism, feminism, multiculturalism and nationalism.

COMPONENT 3: COMPARATIVE POLITICS WRITTEN EXAMINATION

Pupils study Global politics, focusing on efforts to deal with global challenges like conflict, climate change, poverty and human rights. Units include the impact of globalisation on the nation state; the United Nations and NATO; economic, human rights and environmental governance; systems of power; and regionalism and the European Union.