BA (Hons) International Politics (with Foundation year)

• A Level: Must include passes at A2 in at least one subject.
• BTEC: Extended Diploma (QCF) or Diploma (QCF)
• International Baccalaureate: Diploma with 24 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.
• Other equivalent qualifications recognised by the university.

Note: We would normally expect you to have Grade C in GCSE English and Maths.

English Language Requirements:

• Overall IELTS score of 5.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking (or recognised equivalent).

On your International Politics course, you’ll ask questions about who gets what at international level and how decisions are reached when it comes to distributing power, wealth and resources.

You’ll study theory in modules such as Political Philosophy, International Organisation and Global Governance and you’ll see it brought to life in a fascinating modules such as Women, Power and Politics as you investigate how global political change has come about.

You’ll also find modules to develop your particular interests or passions in politics such as War Revolution and Upheaval in Twentieth Century Europe or Islam and Society.

You’ll be taught by experts in their field such as Dr Branislav Radeljic, who has written books on conflict in the European Union, both from the point of view of the former Yugoslavia and the impact of Islam on EU policy.

Foundation Year
If you don’t meet the entry requirements for a bachelor’s degree, you can study this course as an ‘extended’ four-year programme. You’ll begin with a foundation year, which will prepare you for a successful transition to the degree course a year later.
By the end of the degree you’ll gain the same qualification as those obtaining direct entry to the course but you’ll take one year longer to complete your studies. 

• Key ideas and issues for Social Scientists 
• Understanding Work in Contemporary Society 
• Perspectives on Race and Racism
• Technology and Self

Year 1

• Political Philosophy
• Politics, State and Society 
• International Studies 
• Political Economy of Development 

Year 2

• International Relations Theory Today
• International Organisation and Global Governance 
• Theories of Development and Globalisation

Optional

• Social Movements in the Radical Twentieth Century 
• Human Mobility, Forced Migration and Social Change
• Anthropological Theory

Year 3

• Dissertation 

Optional:

• Politics of Global Powers 
• Community Organising 
• War, Revolution and Upheaval in Twentieth Century Europe 
• Women, Power and Politics
• European Union Politics 
• Topics in Regional Ethnography 
• Global Crises 
• Islam and Society 
• Conflict & Development 
• Nationalism in a Global Era
• Surveillance, Technology and Society