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BA Politics and International Relations

Cardiff University

Institution
Cardiff University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Politics and international relations
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
L280
Typical offer
A-level ABB

Entry requirements

A level: ABB

About this course

BA in Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The degree includes an extended research project, such as a dissertation or simulation-based group work. Modules are co-taught by Parliamentary officials through the Parliamentary Studies scheme.

Modules

  • Introduction to Political Thought
  • Comparative Government and Politics
  • Histories and Texts in International Relations
  • Key Questions in Global Politics
  • Challenges in Contemporary Politics and International Relations
  • Thinking Politically
  • International Relations Theories
  • Governing the UK
  • Comparative European Politics
  • Sex, Drugs and Public Policy
  • Justice and Politics
  • Making Modern Britain
  • Political Thinkers in Focus
  • Modern Welsh Politics
  • Gwleidyddiaeth Cymru Fodern
  • Ideas and Ideologies
  • Credoau’r Cymry
  • Damcaniaethu Cyfalafiaeth
  • Politics by Numbers: Research Design and Analysis
  • Qualitative Research
  • Global Governance: Contested Orders and International Organisations
  • Global Crises
  • International (In)Securities
  • Spies, Secrets and Policy: Intelligence in Contemporary Politics
  • Gender, Race & Death in Global Politics
  • Colonialism and Decolonisation
  • Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
  • International Relations Dissertation
  • Model United Nations
  • Problem-solving in International Relations
  • Politics Dissertation
  • Exploring Constitutional Reform in the UK: A Model Commission on the Constitution
  • Renewing Democracy: Strengthening Community and Local Politics
  • Inside the Minds of Voters: Political Psychology and Opinion
  • The European Union and the Wider World
  • The Political Economy of Wales
  • Economi Wleidyddol Cymru
  • Non-Western and Cross-Cultural Political Thinking
  • Parliamentary Studies
  • Bombs, Bullets and Ballot-Boxes: The Northern Ireland Conflict and Peace Process from 1969
  • US Government and Politics
  • Global Justice
  • Cenedlaetholdeb, Crefydd a Chyfiawnder: Hanes Athroniaeth yr 20fed Ganrif yng Nghymru
  • International Law in a Changing World
  • International Politics in the Nuclear Age
  • War & Society
  • Global Politics of Cybersecurity: Diplomacy and Governance of Emerging Technologies
  • Cyfiawnder Byd-eang
  • Strategy in Theory and Practice
  • Critical Approaches to Middle East Politics
  • Anglo-American Relations and Cold War Defence
  • Global Environmental Politics