BSc Politics and International Relations
About this course
BSc in Politics and International Relations, a politics and international relations degree focused on governance, political systems, and international affairs. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Marketing, Policy Analysis, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The course is run by the Centre for Computational Social Science, providing practical training in quantitative data analysis alongside an optional work placement lasting three to six weeks. The first year covers foundational academic concepts and quantitative skills through compulsory modules such as Critical Skills for Politics and International Relations, Globalisation of World Politics, Power and Democracy, Introduction to Social Data, and Data Analysis in Social Science 1, with further choice from optional topics including political thought, Middle Eastern politics, and artificial intelligence. The second year advances methodological training through compulsory modules including Research Design in the Social Sciences and Data Analysis in Social Science 2, while optional modules allow students to explore diverse themes such as American politics, security studies, environmental governance, and political philosophy.
Modules
- Critical Skills for Politics and International Relations
- Globalisation of World Politics
- Power and Democracy
- Introduction to Social Data
- Data Analysis in Social Science 1
- Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East
- Religious Communities of the Middle East: Culture, Endangerment and Survival
- 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
- The Politics of Development
- Population and Society
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Research Design in the Social Sciences
- Data Analysis in Social Science 2
- 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
- Contemporary Theories of World Politics
- The Politics of the World Economy
- The Economics of Politics
- American Politics
- Political Philosophy
- Security Studies
- Political Thought of Modernity
- Changing Character of Warfare
- Explaining Public Policies
- Comparative Electoral Systems
- Environmental Governance
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Gendering World Politics