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BSc in Politics and International Relations

Programme Code: UBPOLIR

Department: Government

For students starting this programme of study in 2020/21

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year classification scheme for BA/BSc degrees for all students from the 2018/19 academic year

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Year 1

Paper 1

GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0)

Paper 2

GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0)

Paper 3

IR100 International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates (1.0)

Paper 4

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EC100 Economics A (1.0) #  (withdrawn 2021/22)

 

EC102 Economics B (1.0) # A  (withdrawn 2021/22)

 

EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (1.0)

 

GY103 Contemporary Europe (1.0)

 

HY113 From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century (1.0)

 

HY116 International Politics since 1914: Peace and War (1.0)

 

HY118 Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c.1500-c.1800 (1.0)

 

IR101 Contemporary Issues in International Relations (1.0)

 

PH101 Logic (1.0)  (withdrawn 2020/21)

 

PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy (1.0) #

 

PH104 Formal Methods of Philosophical Argumentation (1.0) #  (withdrawn 2020/21)

 

SO100 Key Concepts: Introduction to Social Theory (1.0)

 

SO110 Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology (1.0)

 

SP100 Understanding International Social and Public Policy (1.0)

 

SP110 Sociology and Social Policy (1.0) #

 

SP111 Social Economics and Policy (1.0) #

Optional course

In addition, students may also take the following optional non-assessed course which runs during Weeks 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8 of Michaelmas Term only:

 

IR102 Thinking Globally: Studying International Relations (0.0)

Year 2

Paper 5

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Government List A

Paper 6

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Government List A

Paper 7

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

IR200 International Political Theory (1.0) #

 

IR202 Foreign Policy Analysis 1 (1.0)

 

IR203 International Organisations (1.0) #

 

IR205 International Security (1.0)

 

IR206 International Political Economy (1.0)

Paper 8

Courses to the value of 1.0 units(s) from the following (if not already taken under Paper 7):

 

IR200 International Political Theory (1.0) #

 

IR202 Foreign Policy Analysis 1 (1.0)

 

IR203 International Organisations (1.0) #

 

IR205 International Security (1.0)

 

IR206 International Political Economy (1.0)

Year 3

Paper 9

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Government List B

Paper 10

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

International Relations Options List

Paper 11

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

International Relations Options List

Government List B

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Paper 12

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following: D

 

GV390 Government Dissertation Option (1.0)

 

IR398 Dissertation (1.0)

International Relations Options List

Government List B

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

International Relations Options List

Government List A

Government List B

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

* means available with permission

Footnotes

A : EC102 course allocation dependent on Economics A-level or equivalent background. See course guide for further information.

B : GV319 can be taken in Year 3 only.

C : Only Available to students on the BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics as an option on Government List B. Students on other programmes may only select this course under Paper 12 of their programme regulations.

D : Courses selected from the Undergraduate Outside Options List must be approved.

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to undergraduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the undergraduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the undergraduate summary page for future students.