Politics

Course summary

The A Level Politics course at Halliford will consist of three main components: UK Politics, UK Government and Comparative Politics. In Lower Sixth, students study UK Politics and UK Government. UK Politics includes the study of Political Participation, including political parties, voting behaviour and the media, together with the Core Political Ideas of Conservatism, Liberalism and Socialism. UK Government includes the study of the roles of parliament and Prime Minister. In Upper Sixth, we study Comparative US Politics. This will include the US Constitution, Congress, Presidency and the Supreme Court.