BA International Relations (Study Abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in International Relations (Study Abroad), a politics and international relations degree centred on political theory, global governance, and international institutions. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students complete a study abroad period at an international partner university during the third year. The first year introduces foundational themes through compulsory modules such as Origins and Foundations of International Relations, Global Challenges in World Politics, Global Governance and International Institutions, Critical Perspectives on Global Politics, and Political Theory for a Troubled World, with optional modules spanning topics like microeconomics and sociology. The second year builds research capabilities through compulsory study including Understanding Political Research and Reshaping Global Order, alongside optional modules covering authoritarianism, global capitalism, and superpowers. The third year is spent studying abroad at an international partner institution. The final year focuses on an independent Politics and International Relations Dissertation alongside advanced optional study in areas such as security, regional politics, and policymaking.
Modules
- Origins and Foundations of International Relations
- Global Challenges in World Politics
- Global Governance and International Institutions
- Critical Perspectives on Global Politics
- Political Theory for a Troubled World
- Parties, Populism and Protest
- Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
- History of Philosophy: Ideas that Shaped the West
- Foundations of Microeconomics
- Thinking Sociologically
- Reshaping Global Order
- Understanding Political Research
- Authoritarianism, Repression and Resistance in the 21st century
- Global Capitalism and its Discontent
- Global Superpowers
- Politics of the Global South
- War, Peace and Modernity
- Employability, Purpose and Social Impact (Discovery module)
- Global Challenges and Collaborative Solutions (Discovery module)
- Taking an Idea and Making it Happen (Discovery module)
- Your Year Abroad
- Politics and International Relations Dissertation
- Critical Studies of War and Security
- Critical Political Theory
- Democracy Under Pressure
- Environment and Development
- Europe and America
- Parliamentary Studies
- Policymaking in the Real World
- Politics of Latin America and Africa
- Politics of the Middle East and Asia Pacific
- Russia and China
- Security, Strategy and Technology
- The Politics of Borders and Migration
- The Politics of Crises and the Future of Governance
- Queer Futures (Discovery module)
- People Power and Collective Action (Discovery module)
- Confronting the Climate Crisis (Discovery module)
- Artistic Fusions (Discovery module)