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BA (Hons) International Relations and Politics

University of Portsmouth ( Navitas ), United Kingdom
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Course Overview

To give you the best chance of securing a great job when you graduate, our Careers and Employability service can help you find relevant work experience during your course. We can help you identify placements, internships, and voluntary roles that will complement your studies. We'll also be available to help, advise and support you for up to 5 years as you advance in your career. This course allows you to take the Learning From Experience (LiFE) option. This means you can earn credits towards your degree for work, volunteer, and research placements that you do alongside your study. You’ll explore the latest developments in British and international politics, and set yourself up for local and national government careers, international diplomacy, security, lobbying, academic research, the charity sector and the media.

General Eligibility

Typical offers

  • A level – ABB–BBC

  • UCAS points – 112-128 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels or equivalent. (calculate your UCAS points)

  • T levels – Merit

  • BTECs (Extended Diplomas) – DDM–DMM

  • International Baccalaureate – 25

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1
  • Analysing Politics: Britain and Beyond

  • Global Development

  • Key Themes in International Relations

  • Political Thought

  • Professional Practice: Skills For Academic and Professional Success

2 Year 2

Core modules

  • Bending the Truth a Little? Researching Politics and International Relations

Optional modules

  • A History Of US Foreign Policy: From The Great War To 9/11

  • Analysing Foreign Policy

  • Autocracy and Democracy

  • British Political Leadership

  • Campaigning In Action

  • Comparative European Politics

  • Development and Democracy in Latin America

  • East Asian States and Societies

3 Year 3

Optional modules

  • Digital Media and Democracy

  • Dissertation (International Relations)

  • Dissertation (Politics)

  • France in the World: Global Actor or Global Maverick?

  • Global Capitalism: Past, Present and Future

  • Independent Project (International Relations)

  • Independent Project (Politics)

  • International Security in the Asia-Pacific

  • Looking for Utopia, Finding Dystopia? Ideas and Ideologies in the New Millennium

  • Major Project

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.

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