BA Politics and 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 Politics and International Relations with Year Abroad BA, a politics and international relations degree focused on political systems, diplomacy, and global affairs. Core topics include Research Methods and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students spend the third year studying abroad at a partner institution. The first year establishes fundamental knowledge through Understanding Politics, Understanding International Relations, Global History, and Introduction to Political Theory. The second year builds analytical capability with Comparative Politics, International Relations Theory, Research Design, and Global Governance. In the final year, students select from diverse optional modules covering specialised topics such as Global Security, Nuclear Crises, and Parliamentary Studies, alongside the option to complete a dissertation.
Modules
- Debates in World Politics I
- Debates in World Politics II
- Pathways to Political Research I
- Pathways to Political Research II
- Global History
- Introduction to Political Theory
- Understanding International Relations
- Understanding Politics
- Comparative Politics
- International Relations Theory
- Research Design
- AI Essentials and Geopolitics
- Challenges to Liberal Democracy in Europe
- Digital Democracy
- Feminist Political Ideas
- Global Governance
- Globalisation, Capitalism and Welfare
- International Political Economy
- International Politics of East Asia
- International Relations of the Middle East
- International Security
- Parties and Voters across the Globe
- Political Ethics
- 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 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
- Issues in US Domestic Politics
- Nuclear Crises
- Parliamentary Studies
- Political Theory and Social Criticism
- Politics of South Asia
- Professional Development
- 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