Your first year will introduce you to the key analytical approaches used in the study of global politics and applies these to international political events in historical and contemporary settings. Your second year modules will focus on security, political economy, global society and contemporary history and prepare you for your final year dissertation by providing training in research techniques. You will pursue your own independent research project during your third year while taking elective modules based on the research-expertise of the school staff.

Year 1

Modules

• Approaches to Global Politics
• International Law and Organisations
• Introduction to European Union Politics
• Power and Contest: Living in a Political World

Optional Modules

Year 2

Modules

• The Contemporary World Since 1945
• Global Political Economy and International Development
• International Relations of the Asia Pacific
• International Security

Optional Modules

Year 3

Modules

• Dissertation: Politics, History and International Relations (for non-language students)

Optional Module

• Advanced French/German/Japanese/Korean/ Mandarin/Spanish*
• Asian Country Study: Thailand
• Asian Study Tour: Thailand
• Food, Hunger and Development
• Nationalism and the State: Themes and Perspectives from
• Contemporary Southeast Asia
• Policy and Persuasion
• The Politics and Economics of European Monetary Integration
• Politics and International Relations of the Middle East
• Regionalism in World Politics: The Case of ASEAN

*International relations with a language students only. 

Other equivalent qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

September 

Our degrees will equip you for a career in a wide variety of fields including foreign ministries, international organisations, international businesses and finance, non-governmental and aid sectors, international media and journalism, local and national government, think-tanks, policy advice and lobbying.