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BA (Hons) International relations and politics

Keele University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

International relations and politics are of vital importance to all of us in our daily lives. They concern fundamental choices about the ways in which societies are organized and the way we are governed, both within states and in the international community. You will be taught by researchers in the fields of international relations and politics, doing cutting edge research in key issues relevant to your studies and working experience. A degree in International Relations and Politics at Keele will equip you with the necessary tools to understand and explain how power operates and how we might begin to tackle the most pressing domestic and global challenges. You will study contemporary and policy-relevant issues such as democracy, global inequality, protest, globalization, regime change, energy security, environmental sustainability, human rights, gender politics, and terrorism. You can underpin these issues through an in-depth study of particular countries such as Britain, the United States, and Russia, as well as regions in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

General Eligibility

A LEVEL REQUIREMENTS

  • A Level requirement - BBC

GCSE REQUIREMENTS

  • English Language / Literature at C (or 4)

BTEC

  • BTEC requirements DMM

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

  • 29 points 

ACCESS TO HE DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS

  • Obtain Access to Higher Education Diploma with 112 UCAS Tariff points including a minimum of 15 Level 3 credits at Distinction. 

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

COMPULSORY MODULES

  • The Changing World: A History of International Relations since 1945

  • Introduction to International Relations

  • Why Politics Matters

  • Modern Democracies

OPTIONAL MODULES

  • Why Politics Matters

  • Justice, Authority and Power

  • Introduction to Global Political Economy (GPE)

  • Debates in American Politics

  • Modern Democracies

  • Securing Global Order

  • The Changing World: A History of International Relations since 1945

  • Social and Political Theory

  • Introduction to International Relations

2 Year 2

COMPULSORY MODULES

  • International Organisation: Mitigating Anarchy

  • Contemporary International Relations Theory

OPTIONAL MODULES

  • U.S Government and Politics

  • British Government and Politics

  • African Politics (Level 5)

  • The International Politics of the Middle East: A Century of War and Diplomacy

  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF EURASIA: Challenges of Globalisation and Geopolitics

  • Freedom and Equality

  • Environmental Politics and Policy

  • Why Policy Changes

  • The Politics of the European Union

  • Foreign Policy

  • International Organisation: Mitigating Anarchy

  • Contemporary International Relations Theory

3 Year 3

OPTIONAL MODULES

  • The Missing Dimension : Conspiracies, Spying and International Relations

  • The U.S. Presidency

  • The Extreme Right in Western Europe

  • Politics of Development

  • Parliamentary Studies

  • The Rise of China

  • Dissertation in Politics and IR - ISP

  • Understanding Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism

  • Policing International Order

  • Human Rights: Concepts, Norms and Identities

  • Contemporary Democratic Theory

  • Israel/Palestine: Key Debates and Issues

  • Britain and war since 1945: War, Cold War and society

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69

IELTS 6.0 or equivalent with no sub-test score below 5.5.

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