BSc (Hons) International Relations with Law

Year 1

Investigate daily headlines and topical news, discovering the international systems and the political and economic ideas that shape our contemporary world. You’ll also be introduced to the key areas of law and gain an understanding of the English, EU and international legal systems, and examine law in context to understand its relationship with other areas of study.

Core modules

• GOV1000PP One Planet? Society and Sustainability
• IRL100 Imagining World Order
• IRL102 International Relations Since 1945
• LAW1219 Legal Studies (Law Minor)
• LAW1220 Introduction to Law (Law Minor)
• PIR100 Discovering World Politics

Year 2

In your second year, you’ll immerse yourself in the international political economy since 1945, and investigate and analyse global systems. You’ll explore concepts of national and individual security, peace and conflict resolution and imagining global society, and study law modules including consumer law, media and information law, tort and human rights. You can also choose to visit the Czech Republic, Poland, Canada or the USA with our international student exchange programme.

Core modules

• IRL200 Understanding Global Politics
• IRL201 International Security Studies
• IRL202 The Third World
• PIR200 International Political Economy

Optional modules

• LAW2215 Environmental Law
• LAW2216 Human Rights Law
• LAW2218 Family Law
• LAW2219 Immigration, Nationality and Refugee Law
• LAW2220 Cybercrime: Issues and Regulation
• LAW2226 Tort Law (Law Minor)
• LAW2229 Jurisprudence: law, society and justice

Final year

In your third year, you’ll undertake a comprehensive piece of research of your choice under expert supervision. You’ll also deepen your knowledge of international relations by studying a range of modules, including foreign policy, global environmental politics, refugee studies, the European Union, politics of the Middle East and Africa, globalisation and health. Our law options include criminal law, media and information law, environmental law, and business regulation and corporate governance.
Core modules

• PIR300 Dissertation and PDP Review

Optional modules

• IRL302 NATO after the Cold War and Beyond
• LAW3229 Environmental Law
• LAW3230 Family Law
• LAW3231 Criminal Law (Law Minor)
• LAW3233 Commercial Law
• LAW3235 Immigration, Nationality and Refugee Law
• LAW3238 Sex, Power and Legal Control
• LAW3239 Cybercrime: Issues and Regulation
• LAW3244 Jurisprudence: law, society and justice
• LAW3248 Law, Literature and the Screen
• LCG300A Research Traineeship
• LCG300B Research Traineeship
• MAR321 Carriage of Goods by Sea
• PIR304 US Foreign Policy Since 1945
• PIR305 The Politics of the United States
• PIR306 Environmental Political Economy
• PIR307 Europe in the World
• PIR310 Work Based Learning in Politics or International Relations
• PIR311 Global Governance and the United Nations
• PIR312 The Politics and International Relations of the Middle East
• SOC3538 Philosophy of Social Science

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