Second Year Students
In the second year, HSPS students are required to take POL3 and POL4 and choose between POL7 and POL8. A final paper is then chosen from the available options in HSPS. History and Politics students take either POL3 or POL4, and a long essay paper (HP2) which draws upon the questions for POL5. History and Politics students also take the History of Political Thought paper as part of their History Faculty offerings.
Please email ugradadmin@polis.cam.ac.uk for access to the POLIS UG Information Moodle page. Here you will be able to find paper guides, the lecture list, guide to supervisions and much more useful information
Papers 2025-26
POL3: International Organisation
POL4: Comparative Politics
- Module A: United States and United Kingdom
- Module B: Burma/Myanmar and Siam/Thailand
- Module C: Russia and Poland
- Module D: Jordan and Saudi Arabia
- Module E: Historical Comparison of China
- Module F: France and Germany
- Module G: Bolivia and Brazil
- Module H: Pakistan and India
- Module I: Sierra Leone and Liberia
POL5: Themes and Issues in Politics and International Relations
POL6: Statistics and Methods in Politics and International Relations
POL7: The History of Political Thought to c.1700
POL8: The History of Political Thought from c.1700 to c.1890
Joint Tracks
Politics and Sociology
- For any questions about this joint track, contact ugradadmin@polis.cam.ac.uk.
- You will have a choice of papers from Politics. These include POL3 or POL4 and POL7 or POL8. You are then required to take SOC2, SOC3 or SOC5.
- More information on the Sociology papers can be found on the Sociology website.
Social Anthropology and Politics
- Claudia Luna is the administrator for this joint track.
- You will have a choice of papers from Politics. These include POL3 or POL4 and POL7 or POL8. You will take SAN2 and one paper chosen from SAN3, SAN4, or SAN7-15.
- More information on the Social Anthropology papers and this joint track can be found on the Social Anthropology website.
More information
For the most up to date information on marking and classing criteria, guidance on plagiarism and more on exams/assessment as well as useful study resources and more about track changes please refer to the HSPS website.