BA Politics and 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 Politics and International Relations, a politics and international relations degree examining domestic, international, and global challenges. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students can choose between a three-year full-time path and a four-year full-time path with a placement year. The first year covers the foundations through The Global Cold War, Academic Foundations in International Relations, Politics and History, The Contemporary World Arena, International Political Theory, and The Making and Unmaking of the World Order. The second year focuses on methodological approaches through Research Methods in Politics and International Relations and Research Design, alongside optional modules such as Critical Security Studies, History of Political Thought, and Politics of Development. The final year centres on an independent project through the Dissertation module. Optional modules in the final year allow specialisation in areas such as contemporary political philosophy, terrorism, and international conflict management.
Modules
- The Global Cold War
- Academic Foundations in International Relations, Politics and History
- The Contemporary World Arena (20 credits)
- International Political Theory (20 credits)
- The Making and Unmaking of the World Order (10 credit)
- Power, Politics & Ideology in Modern Europe (10 credit)
- Power, Politics & Ideology in Modern Europe (20 credit)
- Politics and Government (10 credits)
- Politics and Government (20 credits)
- 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
- Globalization
- Social Difference
- Critical Security Studies
- History of Political Thought (10 credit)
- History of Political Thought (20 Credit)
- Politics of Development
- Small Wars (10 credit)
- Small Wars
- Your Future Career: Preparing for the World of Work
- Modern China in a Global Perspective
- The American Century: US Politics and Society in the 20th Century (10 credits)
- Political Simulation
- The Politics of Star Wars
- Political Economy: Capitalism, Democracy and the State
- Gender and Global Politics
- 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
- Contemporary Political Philosophy
- Feminist Philosophy
- International Politics of the Middle East
- Politics at the End of the World
- The Politics of Terrorism
- Geographies of Home and Work
- 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
- After Empire: South Asia since 1945
- The Politics of Monsters
- 'Race', Racism and Social Justice in the Modern World
- Poverty, Pay and Living Standards
- University-wide Language Programme