BA (Hons) International Relations with International Development

On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in industry.

We’ll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support throughout the year.

Core modules in this year include:

• Global Development

• Key Themes in International Relations

• Political Thought

• Professional Practice: Skills for Academic and Professional Success

• The Making of the Global South

Core modules in 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

• Economics and Politics of Development

• Empire and its Afterlives in Britain, Europe and Africa

• Gender and Social Justice

• Global Environmental Issues and Concerns

• Introduction to Teaching

• Modern Foreign Language (Institution-wide Language Programme)

• Professional Experience L5

• Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

• US Politics

Core modules in this year include:

• Security Challenges in the Twenty-first Century

Optional modules in this year include:

• Dissertation / Major Project

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

• Global Capitalism: Past, Present and Future

• Global Health

• Independent Project (International Relations)

• 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

• Rethinking Aid and Development

• Religion and Politics in Global Perspective

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