Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are automatically entitled to progress to honours.
Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.
Students may substitute Health Policy Analysis and Globalisation and Public Health for one 20 credit Social Policy Honours course.
If considering taking the Politics dissertation, students are strongly recommended to take 'Research Design in Politics and International Relations'.