BA International Politics and Modern Languages
Entry requirements
A level: AAB. IB: 35 points overall and 6, 6, 5 in three Higher Level subjects.
About this course
BA (Hons) in International Politics and Modern Languages, an International Politics and Modern Languages degree focused on global political structures alongside linguistic proficiency. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a compulsory third-year period spent studying or working abroad, and culminates in a final-year dissertation. The first year establishes academic foundations through modules such as Introduction to international relations, Politics: key concepts and analysis, and Essential study skills in politics. The second year advances linguistic and analytical competence via Peace, conflict and international security, Thinking the world politically, and Qualitative and quantitative research methods. The third year consists of a study or work abroad placement. The final year focuses on advanced language acquisition and independent research, featuring modules such as Dissertation, alongside optional study choices in specific areas of interest.
Modules
- Advanced French 1: language and society
- Essential study skills in politics
- France and the revolution(s): 1789 to May 1968
- Introduction to international relations
- Politics: key concepts and analysis
- French 1: language and society
- Advanced German 1: language and society
- The German-speaking world in the 19th and 20th centuries
- German 1: language and society
- Spanish 1: language and society
- Advanced Spanish 1: language and society
- Politics and culture of Spain
- Italian 1: language and society
- Mandarin 1: language and society
- Advanced French 2: Language in context
- Francophone Politics and Culture
- Peace, conflict and international security
- Qualitative and quantitative research methods
- Thinking the world politically
- French 2: Language in context
- Advanced German 2: Language in context
- Beyond the Iron Curtain contemporary history of Germany and Austria
- German 2: Language in context
- Spanish 2: Language in context
- Advanced Spanish 2: Language in context
- Politics and Culture of Latin America
- Italian 2: Language in context
- Mandarin 2: Language in context
- Study or work abroad
- Advanced French 3
- Dissertation
- Advanced German 3
- Advanced Spanish 3
- Advanced Italian
- Advanced Mandarin