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BA (Hons) International Relations

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.

General Eligibility

Typical offers

  • A level – ABB–BBC

  • UCAS points – 112–128 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent

  • 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
  • Global Development

  • Key Themes in International Relations

  • Political Thought

  • Professional Practice: Skills for Academic and Professional Success

  • The Making of the Global South

2 Year 2

Core modules this year include:

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

  • International Thought

Optional modules in this year include:

  • A History of US Foreign Policy: From the Great War to 9/11

  • Analysing Foreign Policy

  • Autocracy and Democracy

  • Development and Democracy in Latin America

  • East Asian States and Societies

  • Empire and its Afterlives in Britain, Europe and Africa

  • Engaged Citizenship in Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Global Security

  • Intercultural Perspectives on Communication

  • Introduction to Teaching

  • Marketing and Communication

  • Modern Foreign Language

  • Modernity and Globalisation

  • Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis and the Everyday

  • News, Discourse and Media

  • Principles of Economic Crime Investigation

  • Professional Experience L5

  • Space, Place and Being

  • Transitional Justice and Human Rights

  • US Politics

  • Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response

3 Year 3

Core modules this year include:

  • Dissertation / Major Project (International Relations)

  • Security Challenges in the Twenty-First Century

Optional modules in this year include:

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

  • Global Capitalism: Past, Present and Future

  • Global Health

  • Independent Project

  • International Security in the Asia-Pacific

  • NGOs and Social Movements

  • Professional Development: Recruiters and Candidates

  • Professional Experience L6

  • Race, Rights and Development: Global Perspectives on Inequality and Social Justice 

  • Religion and Politics in Global Perspective

  • The European Union: A Global Power in the Making?

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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