A Level Politics Edexcel (Pearson)

A Level Politics

Dates Available

• Week 1: 31 March – 4 April
• Week 2: 7 April – 11 April
• Week 3: 14 April – 18 April

Boards

Edexcel Pearson 9PLO

Length of Course

40 hours

Times

9am to 6pm daily

Component 1

UK Politics (Component code: 9PL0/01)

UK Politics (Political Participation)

Students will study:

• Democracy and Participation: including pressure groups, political parties, elections and referendums, voting behaviour, the media.

UK Politics (Core Political Ideas)

Students will study:

• Conservatism, Liberalism, Socialism.

Component 2

UK Government (Component code: 9PL0/02)

UK Government

Students will study:

• The Constitution, Parliament, Prime Minister and the Executive, Relationships between institutions.

UK Politics (Non Core Political Ideas)

Students will study:

• Nationalism, Anarchism, Feminism

Component 3

Comparative Politics (Component code: 9PL0/3A or 3B)

Students study either USA (9PL0/3A) or Global (9PL0/3B)

For USA (3A), students will study:

• The US Constitution and Federalism, US Congress, US Presidency, US Supreme Court and Civil Rights, Democracy and Participation, Comparative Theories.

OR

For Global (3B) students will study:

• Sovereignty and globalisation, global governance: political and economic, global governance: human rights and environmental, power and developments, regionalism and the European Union, comparative theories.