BA International Relations with Year Abroad
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB. IB: 6,6,5 at Higher Level with a minimum of 32 points overall. BTEC: BTEC options considered
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations with Year Abroad BA, a politics and international relations degree focused on global political systems and diplomatic practices. Core topics include Research Methods and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students spend their third year studying abroad at an international partner institution before returning to complete a final-year dissertation. The first year establishes fundamental concepts through modules such as Debates in World Politics I, Understanding International Relations, Global History, and Introduction to Political Theory. The second year expands into broader thematic areas with compulsory and optional study including International Relations Theory, Global Governance, Comparative Politics, and International Political Economy. The fourth year offers advanced specialist options covering foreign policy, security, and regional politics, alongside the independent Dissertation.
Modules
- Debates in World Politics I
- Debates in World Politics II
- Pathways to International Relations Research I
- Pathways to International Relations Research II
- Global History
- Introduction to Political Theory
- Understanding International Relations
- Understanding Politics
- Global Governance
- International Relations Theory
- Research Design
- AI Essentials and Geopolitics
- Africans in the Global Diaspora
- Anthropology of the Middle East
- Challenges to Liberal Democracy in Europe
- Comparative Politics
- Digital Democracy
- Feminist Political Ideas
- International Political Economy
- International Politics of East Asia
- International Relations of the Middle East
- International Security
- Kinship, Gender and Sexuality
- Parties and Voters across the Globe
- Political Anthropology
- Political Ethics
- Political Science and International Studies Semester Abroad
- Politics of Sex and Sexuality
- Politics of Sustainable Development
- Post-Colonial Britain: Race, Identity & Belonging
- Russian Politics: From Revolution to Putin
- Sexuality and Identity Politics
- The Anthropology of Sport and Recreation
- The International Law and Politics of Armed Conflict
- The Politics of the European Union
- UK Politics in a Time of Crisis
- US Politics
- Year Abroad
- Dissertation
- American Foreign and Security Policy
- China: State and Society
- Conflict and Peace in Deeply Divided Societies
- Contemporary International Political Economy
- Corruption and Clientelism: Global Perspective
- Environment and climate politics: from global to local
- Global Capitalism and Migration
- Global Security
- Identity in Middle East International Politics
- International Cooperation among Developing states
- International Negotiation
- Nuclear Crises
- Parliamentary Studies
- Political Theory and Social Criticism
- Politics of South Asia
- Racism, Empire, and Colonial Capitalism
- Rising Powers & Global Order
- Social Justice and Politics
- Statelessness and Citizenship
- Strategy, Leadership and Foreign Policy
- The Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- The Politics of Gender, Sex and Sexuality
- The Politics of Memory
- The Politics of Protest and Dissent
- Topics in British Politics
- Understanding Brexit: Identity and Euroscepticism in Europe