B.A. International Relations

All year one units are compulsory.

• Introduction to Political Thought
• Introduction to International Relations: States, Conflict and Cooperation
• Understanding Governance and Politics
• Introduction to Political Economy
• Current Political Issues
• Global Issues

Alongside year two's core study, you are able to select options that shape your degree to the issues or countries that most interest you.

• International Politics
• International Relations Theory

Options including:

• Colonialism and End of Empire in Black Africa
• Governing the European Union
• Culture and Ideas in Twentieth Century Europe
• Comparing Extremism in Twentieth Century Europe
• Global Environmental Issues and Concerns
• International Politics of the Middle East
• Key Issues in Development
• Democratisation of Latin America
• US Foreign Policy: Ideals and Self Interest
• Conflict and Disaster
• Nation, Language and Identity
• Contemporary East Asian Cultures and Societies
• France's Civil Wars
• Russian and Eurasian Politics
• Languages (University Wide Option)
• Learning from Experience (Faculty Wide Option)
• Ethnicity and Conflict Resolution
• Chinese Politics and Society
• Fighting over Europe
• From Revolution to Dictatorship - Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941
• The French Exception: Politics and Society in Contemporary France

In year three, you will write your dissertation, or undertake a work-based project, alongside further core and optional study.

• Dissertation / Project
• Global Political Economy
• Strategic and Security Studies

Options including:

• Civil Rights in the USA and its Legacy
• Applying EU Policy
• China and East Asian Economies
• Money, Power and the Press
• Transitional Justice and Human Rights
• Development and Foreign Aid
• Rethinking Nazi Germany
• Development and Foreign Aid
• Civil Rights in the USA and its Legacy
• Fighting over Europe
• Migration in East Asia
• Negotiation and Lobbying in the EU
• Democracy and Democratisation
• Political Economy of the European Union
• Coming to Terms with the National Socialist Past
• France in the World: Global Actor or Global Maverick
• Learning from Experience (Faculty Wide Option)