International Relations and Arabic BA Honours

University of Westminster

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 1,500 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

At Westminster we train competent linguists in modern languages ready to enter graduate employment. We place particular emphasis on employability and the contemporary cultural context, and offer high-quality teaching in all language skills.
This course will enable you to achieve a good or high level of linguistic competence in Arabic in all four skill areas (reading, writing, listening and speaking), and a critical understanding of culture and politics from the perspective of the changing dynamics of the global order in world politics. You will have the opportunity to study language, culture and international relations in an integrated way, exploring the connections between them and the broader geopolitical and cross-cultural contexts in which they are produced. You will also gain the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development.
Our Arabic courses are only available to beginner or 'false beginner' entrants – false beginners are students who may be able to read the Arabic script, and/or have the equivalent to one or two years' part-time study. Please note that we may need to test you to determine your entry point.
Course content.
You will study an integrated curriculum with a focus on applied language skills and cultural studies, supported by a rigorous development of your foreign languages skills in all areas.
You will develop a high level of competence in oral and written communication in Arabic, proficiency in language transfer skills, a thorough knowledge of Arabic culture, and the ability to function linguistically in diverse cultural situations.
International relations is concerned with the challenges of traditional and emerging geopolitics. It focuses on the changing configurations of power, privilege and identity in world politics, and you will explore questions of governance, democracy and human rights in a post-colonial world.
Teaching methods include lectures, tutorials, practical sessions,...

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Harrow Campus, Northwick Park, HA1 3TP

Start date

On request

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2018

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Subjects

  • Arabic
  • International Relations
  • Politics
  • Governance
  • Credit
  • Teaching
  • International
  • Global
  • Part Time
  • Communication Training
  • Democracy
  • World Politics

Course programme

Subjects of study
The following subjects are indicative of what you will study on this course. For more details on course structure and modules, and how you will be taught and assessed, see the full course document.
Year 1 (Credit Level 4)
Subjects of study include:
British Politics
Democracy in Crisis
Global Governance and the State
Intercultural Communication – an Introduction
Introduction to International Relations and Global Politics
Introduction to the Study of Language and Culture
Objects and Meaning: World Cultures in London Galleries and Museums
The Arabic World and the Word
The Global Politics of Migration
Year 2 (Credit Level 5)
Subjects of study include:
Asia, Africa and Latin America: Dynamism and Change in the Global South
Culture(s) and Conflict(s): Representations of War, Conflict and Revolution
Democratic Innovations
Environmental Politics
Expressions of Arabic Culture
Global Security
Language, Power and Institutions: Decoding Dominant Narratives
Learning in an International Environment: a Short-Burst Module
Middle East Politics
Politics and International Relations Internship
Politics and Society in 21st-Century America
Questioning Rights: History Theory and Practice
Screening Memory through Food, Music and Childhood
The European Union as a Global Actor
The Politics of Killing
Theorising Politics and International Relations
Multilingual e-Collaboration: Transposing Current Affairs
Across World Cultures
Work Placement/Work Shadowing Experience in a Language/Culture Setting
Year 3 (Credit Level 6)
Subjects of study include:
Advanced Readings in Contemporary Political Theory
American Power in a Multipolar World
Contested Sovereignty: Jurisdiction and Power in Contemporary International Relations
Developing Career Competences for Linguists
Digital Politics
Dreaming the Same Dream? Concepts of Happiness across Cultures
Ethics, Morality and World Order(s)
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in a Changing World
Gender and Politics
Gender Matters: Femininities, Masculinities and Trans-Cultural Practice
Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations
Dissertation
Narrating the Other: Politics and Literature
People and Things on the Move: Identity, Place and Memory in and Across Diasporic Spaces
Political Psychology
Postcolonial Politics and International Relations
Radical Democracy
Security and the Surveillance State
Social and Political Movements in a Globalising World
Special Topic in Politics and International Relations
Themes in Arabic Studies
The Course content.
is listed by year, corresponding to the full-time mode of study. If you study part-time you will study the same content, spread over five years.
Westminster electives
As part of your course you can take elective modules. Electives are an exciting opportunity to widen your experience at university and to gain skills and knowledge that will help make you more employable.

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