I had something similar except all A level politics stuff in first year was condensed into one module in first term. Instead of knocking a year off of your degree, they should teach you more stuff. But i can see why they do it.
I agree with most of what you say except for this. Degrees should be longer. Most of the countries that have a better university system than us have four-year degrees with a much broader range of subjects covered. 3 years is too short in my opinion, by the time you're in your final year you've...