Hello, I've received an offer to study Politics and International Relations BSc at Exeter, is the quantitative part difficult? I have no experience with data etc so would it be suitable for me, and does it help career prospects?
Hello, I've received an offer to study Politics and International Relations BSc at Exeter, is the quantitative part difficult? I have no experience with data etc so would it be suitable for me, and does it help career prospects?
Do they ask for a high GCSE Maths grade? No - they dont ask for any GCSE Maths grade at all. So the data / stats content is never going to be demanding / difficult. Worry about something else.
Hello, I've received an offer to study Politics and International Relations BSc at Exeter, is the quantitative part difficult? I have no experience with data etc so would it be suitable for me, and does it help career prospects?
Hi Hondajazz,
Thanks for your question. You can find out more about the specific modules in the course by looking at our website here. You can then use this webpage to search the code of each specific module to find out more in-depth information about it. For example, for Data Analysis in Social Science SSI1006 you can find the specific module page here. Often this will help provide more information on the syllabus for the course, the modes of assessment, and any recommended reading which can help you to assess the difficulty and your own familiarity of the content you will be taught. Furthermore, it will also list any pre-requisite or co-requisite modules, which will help you to assess what prior knowledge may be necessary.
For example, in the module SSI1006, I can see you will learn to perform and evaluate statistical analysis in both Excel and R, which are highly transferable skills in a time when confidence interpreting signal from noise in large datasets is becoming more and more important. If you are especially concerned with the quantitative components of the degree, I would also signpost you to our Maths and Stats Study Zone, which has lots of extra resources to help. For example, this includes access to a 1:1 tutorial with a postgraduate research student to help with statistical analysis. I myself help with similar statistical tutoring sessions as a PhD student at our Penryn Campus and know how valuable they can be for students.
I hope that helps to reassure and answer your question, but please let me know if there is anything else I can to do help.