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.

Papers 2024-25

POL3: International Organisation

POL4: Comparative Politics

POL4 Module A: United States and United Kingdom

POL4 Module B: Burma/Myanmar and Siam/Thailand

POL4 Module C: Russia and Poland

POL4 Module D: China and Mongolia

POL4 Module E: Uganda and Kenya

POL4 Module F: France and Germany

POL4 Module G: Bolivia and Brazil

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 their 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 their website.

Department of Politics and International Studies, The Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP

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