Politics and Economics BA (Hons)

Course Overview - Politics and Economics BA (Hons)

Combined Degrees

Most Combined Degrees allow you to adapt the weighting of each by 25% after the first year, helping you to keep your options open. Please note, however, students studying either a Business or Economics pathway in combination with another subject cannot increase from 25% to 50% or from 50% to 75% and it is not possible to transfer from a 50% to 75% Law. To find out more about your programme choice, please go first to our Combined Degrees webpages: liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/combined-degrees.

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Course Information

Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

22/09/2025

Campus

Main Site

Course Address
The Foundation Building
Brownlow Hill
Liverpool
L69 7ZX

Application Details

Course Code

L2L1

Institution Code

L41

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

Not Accepted

Scottish Higher

Not Accepted

Access to HE Diploma

D:30,M:15

45 Level 3 credits in graded units in a relevant Diploma, including 30 at Distinction and a further 15 with at least Merit. 15 Distinctions are required in Mathematics. Relevant Diploma is Humanities/Social Sciences based.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

33

33 including 6 in Higher Level Mathematics, and no score less than 4. IB Mathematical Studies is not acceptable in place of GCSE Mathematics or IB Mathematics.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDD

DDD in a Business related subject and A level Mathematics grade A.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H1,H2,H2,H2,H3,H3

including H1 in Mathematics.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE Mathematics at grade 5/C and GCSE English at grade 4/C required. Applicants with equivalent qualifications and applicants who do not meet the GCSE English requirements will be considered on an individual basis according to their circumstances.

Scottish Advanced Higher

A,A,B

Including Mathematics grade A

Extended Project

A

Applicants who offer the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and meet our offer criteria will be made the standard offer, plus an alternative offer. This will be at one A Level grade lower plus a grade A in the EPQ, for example the offer would be AAB including Mathematics grade A or ABB including Mathematics grade A plus A in the EPQ.

A level

A,A,B

Including Mathematics grade A

T Level

Not Accepted

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)

A

Acceptable at grade A with grades AB at A Level including Mathematics grade A

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