BA Politics and International Relations
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB IB: 34; 33, with B in the extended essay
About this course
BA in Politics and International Relations BA, a politics and international relations degree centred on political systems, global governance, and societal power dynamics. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking. The final year culminates in an independent research dissertation. The first year introduces foundational disciplines through compulsory study in Political Analysis 1: An Introduction to Research and Scholarship, Thinking Politically: Key Concepts, Global Political Economy, and World Politics, alongside optional modules covering topics such as comparative political systems and political theory. The second year advances empirical investigation with compulsory modules including Political Analysis 2: How to do empirical research, Political Theory in Practice, and Autocracies and Democracies, complemented by options exploring security challenges and regional politics. The final year centres on the compulsory module Political Analysis 3: Independent Research Through a Dissertation, while allowing students to tailor their studies through diverse optional modules addressing topics such as parliamentary studies, terrorism, and global policy challenges.
Modules
- Political Analysis 1: An Introduction to Research and Scholarship
- Thinking Politically: Key Concepts
- Global Political Economy
- World Politics
- Comparative Politics
- Planet Politics
- Race and Racism in World Politics
- Gender Politics
- British Politics
- Western Political Thought
- Political Analysis 2: How to do empirical research
- Political Theory in Practice
- Autocracies and Democracies
- The Political Economy of Global Capitalism
- Contemporary Security Challenges
- Europe in Crisis
- Chinese Politics
- Migration and World Politics
- Oppression and Resistance
- Political Analysis 3: Independent Research Through a Dissertation
- Global Culture Wars
- The Ethics of Political Leadership
- Understanding Elections
- Research Project 1
- War, Peace and Justice
- Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
- Corporations in Global Politics: Possibilities, Tensions, and Ambiguities
- Parliamentary Studies
- Party Politics: Competition, Strategies and Campaigns
- Peacekeeping, State-building and International Intervention
- Gender Politics in the Arab World
- Global Politics of Forced Migration
- Conflict, Violence and Security in Africa
- Policy Change: Theory and Practice
- Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence
- Narcopolitics
- Party, State and Society in China
- Cosmopolitanism
- Pandemics and Panics: Health, Security and Global Politics
- Practical Politics: How to Make Policy and Influence People
- Terrorism, Violence and the State
- Political Psychology: The Personal Side of Politics
- Animals, Ethics and Politics
- Brexit and Beyond
- Britain in a New Age of Crisis