BA Politics and International Relations (with Foundation Year)
Entry requirements
GCSE: Grade C/4 in English, or equivalent. Tariff points: 48 Contextual tariff: See our contextual offers page. English Language Requirement: International and EU applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0, with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*). *The University accepts a large number of UK and international qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you'll need in our English language section. A-level subjects: No specific subjects required. EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma: No specific subjects required. For information on required Guided Learning Hours please see our minimum entry requirements page. Access: No specific subjects required. Baccalaureate IB: No specific subjects required. We accept the IB Career-related Programme in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications. Irish Highers: No specific subjects required. Welsh Baccalaureate: We accept tariff points achieved from the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications. Cambridge Technical: No specific subjects required. T Levels: No specific subjects required.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Research Methods and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The Parliamentary Studies optional module is approved by the Houses of Parliament and co-taught by university tutors and Parliament officials, with visits to Westminster. A dissertation project is completed in the final year.
Modules
- Essentials of Academic Practice
- Exploring the Social World and the Problems of Crime
- From Plato to NATO
- Psychology, Policing and Society
- Critical Thinking and Political Theory
- International Relations
- Politics of Crisis and Change
- Politics, States and Resistance
- Governing Society
- Interrogating the International
- Political Innovation, Leadership and Communication
- Atrocities in Global Politics
- Foreign Policy
- Gender in Politics
- Global Political Economy
- Advanced Debates in International Relations
- Advanced Debates in Politics
- Dissertation Project
- Global Governance
- Justice in Global Politics
- Climate and Society
- Decolonisation in Theory and Practice
- Parliamentary Studies
- Terrorism: History, Myths and Policy