BA International Relations
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 34 (6,5,5 HL) BTEC: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDM BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DD plus one A level at Grade B BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate: D plus two A levels at Grades BB Preferred BTEC: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma Applied Science, Business, Health and Social Care, IT, Sport. Other BTEC subjects may be considered when offered in combination with one A level from the following list: Biology, Business, Classical Civilisation, Chemistry, Economics, English Language/Literature, Geography, History, Languages, Law, Maths/Further Maths, Philosophy, Physics, Politics, Psychology, Religious Studies, and Sociology.
About this course
BA (Hons) in International Relations, a politics and international relations degree centred on political, economic and social challenges in regional and global contexts. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course is offered as a four-year full-time option incorporating a placement year, or as a standard three-year full-time route. The first year covers the foundations through Academic Foundations in International Relations, Politics and History, The Contemporary World Arena, The Global Cold War, International Political Theory, and Politics and Government. The second year focuses on research methodologies through Research Methods in Politics and International Relations and Research Design, alongside optional modules covering areas such as development, security studies, and political thought. Optional modules in the final year allow students to specialise in diverse topics ranging from terrorism and political philosophy to regional politics and environmental thought, complemented by a compulsory Dissertation.
Modules
- Academic Foundations in International Relations, Politics and History
- The Contemporary World Arena (20 credits)
- The Global Cold War
- International Political Theory (20 credits)
- Politics and Government (10 credits)
- Power, Politics & Ideology in Modern Europe (10 credit)
- Power, Politics & Ideology in Modern Europe (20 credit)
- The Making and Unmaking of the World Order (10 credit)
- The Making and Unmaking of the World Order (20 credit)
- Introduction to Film
- Slavery to Black Lives Matter: African American Culture 1840 - present
- What is History?
- Art and Visual Culture Since 1850
- Families, Relationships and Communities
- University-wide Language Programme
- Research Methods in Politics and International Relations
- Research Design
- Critical Security Studies
- Politics of Development
- Small Wars (10 credit)
- Small Wars
- Your Future Career: Preparing for the World of Work
- History of Political Thought (10 credit)
- History of Political Thought (20 Credit)
- Modern China in a Global Perspective
- Globalization
- Social Difference
- The American Century: US Politics and Society in the 20th Century (10 credits)
- Political Simulation
- Gender and Global Politics
- Political Economy: Capitalism, Democracy and the State
- Modern Germany: Recovery from Ruin, 1945-present (20 credit)
- African States and Nations: Before and After Colonialism, 1850-1990
- Digital Lives and Society
- University-wide Language Programme
- Dissertation
- The Asia-Pacific in Global Politics
- International Politics of the Middle East
- Politics at the End of the World
- The Politics of Terrorism
- Contemporary Political Philosophy
- Feminist Philosophy
- Jim Crow, Bootleggers and Okies: American Culture 1865-1940
- The Soviet Security State, 1917-present
- Gender, Intersectionality and Society
- War in the 21st Century
- International Conflict Management
- Environmental Thought
- Special Relationship? Anglo-American Relations since 1900
- Mobilities, transnationalism and diaspora
- No Gods! No Masters! Anarchism Past and Present
- After Empire: South Asia since 1945
- The Politics of Monsters
- 'Race', Racism and Social Justice in the Modern World
- University-wide Language Programme