BA International Relations and Modern Languages
About this course
BA in International Relations and Modern Languages, a politics and international relations and modern languages degree centred on global affairs alongside linguistic and cultural study. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Language & Translation, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course includes an option to spend the third year studying or working abroad in a country matching the chosen language. The first year introduces the discipline of International Relations and foundational challenges of world politics alongside language modules in French, German, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish. Optional modules in the first year cover topics such as the politics and economy of the Middle East, classical and early modern political thought, comparative politics, and social data. The second year progresses to contemporary theories of world politics and international political economy, alongside further intermediate and written or oral language modules. Optional study choices in the second year range from Middle Eastern studies and American politics to research design in the social sciences and data analysis.
Modules
- Globalisation of World Politics
- The Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty-First Century
- French Language
- French Language for Beginners
- German Language
- German Language for Beginners
- Italian Language
- Italian Language for Beginners
- Beginners Chinese
- Portuguese Language for Beginners
- Contemporary Russian Written and Oral
- Russian Language for Beginners
- Spanish Language
- Spanish Language for Beginners
- Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East
- Power and Democracy
- Classical Political Thought
- Early Modern Political Thought
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- International Politics of the Global South
- The State of the UK: Identifying Marginalised Identities and Addressing Inequalities
- Global Sustainability Policy and Governance
- Population and Society
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Introduction to Social Data
- Data Analysis in Social Science 1
- The Making of Modern France
- The Devil is in the Detail: An Introduction to the Short Story in French
- The French Language, Present and Past
- An Introduction to French Thought
- A Nation Remembers: Issues in German Cultural Memory
- Turning Points in German History 1200 - 2000
- An Emotional Experience: Russian Literature and the Expression of Feeling
- Russia: Empire and Identity
- Chinese Art and the Art of Living
- Introduction to Asian Philosophy
- Italy Inside Out: Popular Visual Narratives about Italy
- A Thousand Faces: Cultures and History in 19th-Century Italy
- Comparative Literatures and Cultures: Theories and Approaches
- Reading Comparatively
- Introduction to Film
- Language, Culture, International Relations
- An Introduction to the Hispanic World: Texts in Context
- The Making of Modern Latin America: History Through Literature and Culture
- An Introduction to the Literature and Film of Spain
- Contemporary Theories of World Politics
- The Politics of the World Economy
- French Language, Written and Oral
- Intermediate French
- German Language, Written and Oral
- Intermediate German
- Italian Language, Written and Oral
- Italian Language
- Intermediate Chinese (One)
- Intermediate Portuguese
- Contemporary Russian Written and Oral I
- Intermediate Russian
- Spanish Language, Written and Oral
- Spanish Language (ex-beginners)
- Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to the Islamic State
- Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East
- Islamic Law and Society
- Ethnography of the Middle East
- Conflict and Peacemaking Palestine/Israel
- Muslims in Britain
- A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014
- The Economics of Politics
- American Politics
- Political Philosophy
- Political Thought of Modernity
- Changing Character of Warfare
- Explaining Public Policies
- Introduction to Research Design in Politics and International Relations
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Gendering World Politics
- Research Design in the Social Sciences
- Data Analysis in Social Science 2
- Data Analysis in Social Science 3
- Chinoiserie and Européenerie: Artistic and Vultural Exchanges between China and Europe
- Digital China: Popular Culture, Technology, and Society
- Revolutions! Art and Society in France, 1770-1830
- Evolution of the French Language
- Intimate Spaces of the French Enlightenment
- Violence and Virtue: Early Modern French Theatre
- Subversive Texts: Baudelaire and Rachilde
- Berlin - Culture, History and Politics
- Gender, Race and Migration in 20th and 21st-century German Literature
- Migrating Texts: Classical Reception, Adaptation, Translation
- Research Skills in Languages and Cultures
- Contemporary Latin American Cinema
- Multilingualism in Society
- Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence
- From Page to Screen: Female Detectives in Literature, Film, and Television
- Exploring Revolution: The Making of Soviet Society and Culture in the 1920s
- Apocalypse/Utopia: the Russian Roots of Revolution
- Other Shores: Exile and Emigration in Russian Literature
- Federico Garcia Lorca: Theatre and Poetry
- The Latin American Short Story
- Catalonia Is Not Spain? Modern Catalan Culture in Context
- "What is Love? And Do I Need It?" An Introduction to Spanish Renaissance Love Poetry
- Fiction in Post-War Spain: Voices of Conformity and Subversion