International Politics and Modern Languages BA (Hons) – 4 years including year abroad

The beginner language stream will fast track your first two years in order to achieve the ability to study abroad in the third year. If you study an advanced language, you will be taught to engage with political and cultural issues in the target language.

In years 1 and 2 you will cover key concepts and theoretical tools which will enable you to study international relations and international politics. You’ll also explore the history and cultures of the country or countries of your chosen language in an international context. Your third year will be spent studying or working abroad. The year abroad assessment contributes towards your final degree classification.

In the final year, you will write a politics dissertation supervised by an academic member of staff. There are several optional units you can choose, allowing you to focus on areas that you are most interested in and excited by.

Our politics graduates are found in a wide range of public, private and voluntary sector jobs. Popular destinations are jobs in the banking and finance industries, the media, public administration, and national, European and international political institutions and organisations.

Recruiters include:

Amazon
American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
Civil Service
Interel
KPMG
Virgin Media

We welcome students from a variety of backgrounds to our language courses. Language teaching in the first year of this degree for beginner languages is typically pitched at students who have not studied that language before and who are not native speakers. Teaching in the first year of this degree for advanced languages is intended for those who have studied the language to A level (or equivalent). If you have more advanced language skills may find these aspects of first-year study less challenging.