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BA Politics and International Relations

Aberystwyth University

Institution
Aberystwyth University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Politics and International Relations
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
L248
Typical offer
A-level BBB

Entry requirements

A level: BBB-CCC IB: 30-26

About this course

BA in Politics and International Relations, a three-year undergraduate programme. Core topics include research methods for political and international analysis. The course offers around 20 optional modules in years two and three, and students can undertake a Parliamentary Placement Scheme internship at Westminster or Cardiff. A semester abroad and an integrated year abroad pathway are also available.

Modules

  • Behind the Headlines
  • Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
  • Politics in the 21st Century
  • Globalization and Global Development
  • The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
  • War, Strategy and Intelligence
  • International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
  • 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
  • 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