Government and Politics

Assessment

Paper 1: Political participation and core political ideas Students will study the following: democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media, conservatism, liberalism, socialism. Paper 2: UK Government and Non-core political ideas Students will study the following: the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and executive, relationships between the branches, nationalism. Paper 3: US Politics Students will study the following: The US Constitution and federalism, US Congress, US presidency, US Supreme Court and civil rights, democracy and participation, comparative theories. Each paper is a written exam worth 33% of the total grade. Each exam is 2 hours. The exam is a combination of source analysis questions and extended writing questions.