BSc International Politics
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Historical Research. The degree includes a final-year dissertation supported by dedicated research skills modules. An optional placement year is available, with past students undertaking roles in the House of Commons, HM Treasury, and other public and private organisations. Study-abroad options include partner universities in Europe, China, or the USA.
Modules
- Contemporary Challenges
- Fundamentals of the Social Sciences
- Special Subjects A
- Special Subjects B
- From Student to Scholar: Successful Research in the Modern World
- Theories of International Relations
- Climate Politics
- Colonialism and Decolonization in Africa
- Colonialism, Migration and Global Racism
- Explaining Politics: Quantitative Political Science in Practice
- Fascist Italy, 1919-1945: Revolution, Conflict and Collapse
- Insurgency and Counter-insurgency
- Issues in American Politics
- Middle East: Societies, Religion and Politics
- Military History and Strategic Thought
- National Security Intelligence
- Plato’s Republic
- South Asia: Cultures, Societies and Development
- The State and Revolution
- War and Humanitarianism
- Advanced Research Skills for Social and Political Sciences
- Dissertation
- Apocalypse! Crisis and Society
- Digital Media, Social Movements and Change
- Environment and Sustainability
- European Union Politics: Problems and Prospects
- Great Power Competition: Russia, China and the USA
- Global Development: Critical Perspectives
- International Development: Politics and Policy
- Lawyers, Guns and Money: Making the modern world-system
- Marx and the Critique of Political Economy
- Media, Politics & Power in America
- Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Parliamentary Studies
- Political Economy of the Changing World Order
- Public Policy Analysis
- Terrorism and Counterterrorism
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Violence and Conflict in Eastern Africa
- War and Humanitarianism