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BA Politics

Aberystwyth University

Institution
Aberystwyth University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Politics
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
L203
Typical offer
A-level BBB

Entry requirements

A level: BBB-CCC IB: 30-28

About this course

BA in Politics and International Relations. Core topics include research methods. The course includes a Parliamentary Placement Scheme offering three-to-four-week internships with an MP in Westminster or a Member of the Senedd in Cardiff. Students may also take a semester abroad at partner universities across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific.

Modules

  • Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
  • Politics in the 21st Century
  • Behind the Headlines
  • Globalization and Global Development
  • The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
  • War, Strategy and Intelligence
  • People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
  • A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
  • America at War: A Military History of the United States
  • China From the Opium War to the Present
  • Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
  • Contemporary Latin America
  • Devolution and Wales
  • International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
  • Intervention and Humanitarianism
  • Making Sense of Secrets: Intelligence Analysis in Theory and Practice
  • Political Theory
  • Politics in Diverse Societies
  • Questions of International Politics
  • Russian Security in the 21st Century
  • Science, Technology, and International Relations
  • Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
  • Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War
  • The BRICS in World Politics
  • The Century of the Superpowers and the Global Cold War
  • The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
  • The Second World War in Europe
  • Total War, Total Peace
  • Trade Wars and the Liberal Order
  • Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
  • Dissertation
  • A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
  • America At War: a Military History of the United States
  • China From the Opium War to the Present
  • Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
  • Contemporary Latin America
  • Devolution and Wales
  • Intervention and Humanitarianism
  • Making Sense of Secrets: Intelligence Analysis in Theory and Practice
  • Political Theory
  • Politics in Diverse Societies
  • Questions of International Politics
  • Russian Security in the 21st Century
  • Science, Technology, and International Relations
  • Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War
  • The BRICS in World Politics
  • The Century of the Superpowers and the Global Cold War
  • The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
  • The Second World War in Europe
  • Total War, Total Peace
  • Trade Wars and the Liberal Order