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BA International Relations and American Studies,

Swansea University

Institution
Swansea University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
International Relations and American Studies, BA (Hons)
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
LT2S

About this course

BA in Politics and International Relations and English Literature, American Studies and Creative Writing, combining the study of global politics with American culture and literature. Core topics include Research Methods and Policy Analysis. Students can spend a year or semester studying in the United States. The programme includes a Global Summit Simulation module.

Modules

  • Locating American Studies
  • International Relations in a Changing World
  • Forging a Nation: US History and Politics
  • War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
  • Making Modern Europe, 1789 to the Present
  • Creu Ewrop Fodern, 1789 hyd y Presennol
  • Who Sings America? Literature and Culture of the United States
  • Politics and the People
  • Disinformation, Ideology, and Bias: Researching and examining political data
  • The Colour Line: Race and Racism in World Politics
  • Critical Reasoning
  • Anarchy and Order: Theories in International Relations
  • Global Justice and Human Rights in the Age of Globalisation
  • Disunited Kingdom? Class, Race, Gender and Social Division in Twentieth-Century Britain
  • Philosophy of the Enlightenment
  • The State and Political Institutions
  • Investigating Gender
  • Devolution, Policy Making and Social Change
  • The Global First World War
  • A Matter of Life and Death: Exploring Existential Philosophy
  • Contemporary Moral Controversies
  • The History of Political Thought
  • International Security
  • Global Summit Simulation
  • Contemporary Wars and Conflicts
  • British Politics and Public Policy
  • The Global South in International Relations: Diplomacy, Development, and Resistance
  • America in a Nutshell: A History of Pennsylvania from William Penn to Donald Trump, 1631-2016
  • The Making of Transatlantic America
  • Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives
  • America in Crisis: From the Tet Offensive to Trump
  • Re-Thinking the South: Southern Culture and History, 1865-1955
  • American Word / American Image
  • The Story of America on Film and Television, 1607-1867
  • Stori America Ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1607-1867
  • Researching Politics 1
  • American Studies Dissertation
  • Dissertation
  • Senedd Cymru/The Welsh Parliament
  • The Russian Civil War
  • Philosophy, Mental Health and Illness
  • Parliamentary Studies
  • Capitalism and Justice
  • Genocide
  • The Rise and Fall of Wales? Politics, Culture and Society, 1847-1939
  • The Philosophy and Politics of Identity
  • Digital Futures
  • Shadow Wars: US Presidents and covert action from the Cold War to Trump
  • Researching Politics 2
  • Global Environmental Politics
  • African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance
  • The Story of the USA on Film and Television, 1865-2008
  • Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008
  • Clear and Present Danger: America and Terrorism
  • The American Civil War in History and Memory
  • The Cold War
  • America and the Bomb