Year 1
History
You will study the history of Britain and Europe from the 16th century to the end of the 20th century; Colonial America; Europe from 1850; the non-European world from 1850; Britian from 1640.
You will attend workshops using the primary source materials and the internet
International Relations
The modules at year one will introduce students to the concepts and processes of International Relations analysis
The modules include From Sovereignty to Global Governance and International Institutions and Regimes
Students are also strongly advised to study the modules Introduction to International Relations and Contemporary International Relations which provide students with an understanding to major international relations events since 1945
Year 2
History
Study includes: culture and society in Europe, 1450-1700; Germany and the Thirty Years War; European Reformation; riot in the 18th century; Britain 1940-1970, history of China; European history in the 20th century
Workshops examine and reconstruct elections
Techniques of the oral and film historian are explored
International Relations
In year two, minor students develop their knowledge of International Relations acquired at year one by studying modules exploring many important themes of contemporary International Relations
These modules include International Security and North-South International Relations together with the theoretical focus of Imagining the International System
Year 3
History
Modules include: Women and politics in early modern England; family, sex, and society in Britain 1450-1700; crime in the 18th and 19th centuries; the English reformation; the English revolution 1640-1660, Britain in the 1930s; history of European integration from 1945; the second World War
Dissertation
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Year 1
International Relations
Study the theories of the international system and the post-Cold War political environment
Develop your computing, study and research skills and gain a broad grounding of international relations
Topics include international institutions and regimes, sovereignty to global governance and contemporary international relations
Year 2
International Relations
Cover topics including international security, peace and conflict resolution, imagining global society, north-south relations and international political economy
Participate in an International Student Exchange Programme in the Czech Republic, Poland, Canada, US or Australia
Year 3
International Relations
Study options include peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention, refugee studies, arms control, European security, maritime studies, Asia-Pacific, Middle-Eastern
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Years of Entry
2009 and 2010
First Year
Students will take two modules in International Relations since 1945 and Current Issues in International Relations, as well as an introductory module analysing systems of government. They will also take three History modules, including the core modules in The Making of the Modern World and Europe Reshaped, 1815-1914.
Second Year
Students take at least two modules in International Relations, choosing from International Theory, Globalisation, European Union Politics and International Security Studies, and one further Politics option. They also select core modules in History in the first semester, and optional modules from a wide choice in the second
Why study Politics? Politics has a major influence on our rapidly changing global society. You will study how different countries are governed and ruled, the relationships between nations, the prosecution or avoidence of war and be able to identify political issues and events and critically debate political processes and systems.
Course highlights
In the second year of the course, there are opportunities to participate on International Student Exchange Programmes organised by the Department to the Czech Republic and Poland
What the students say
"I had a fantastic three years studying Politics at Plymouth University. Studying for a degree is, however, very different to anything
240 points. A level/AS level (one of which should be: History, Ancient History, Classical Civilisation, Economics, Government and Politics, Law or Sociology). Equivalent qualifications may be considered.
Year 1
History
You will study the history of Britain and Europe from the 16th century to the end of the 20th century; Colonial America; Europe from 1850; the non-European world from 1850; Britian from 1640.
You will attend workshops using the primary source materials and the internet
International Relations
The modules at year one will introduce students to the concepts and processes of International Relations analysis
The modules include From Sovereignty to Global Governance and International
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