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 and postcolonial studies
Undertake a comprehensive piece of research on a topic of your interest for your final year dissertation
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Politics
Study the main concepts and theories of British and European politics and understand questions like 'what is politics?' 'what is power?' and 'what is a political system?'
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Develop a theoretical and methodological knowledge of politics
Opportunity to undertake a student exchange programme in the Czech Repulic or Poland
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