PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Like all disciplines in the social sciences International Relations is a subject that is open to interpretation and debate Our methods of teaching are based largely on classroom dialogue and debate You will attend lectures that identify important themes in international relations and then explore these themes in depth during seminars

You will think about ethical questions such as the role and limits of state power conflict and political violence and the obligations that one state has to another You will also consider empirical questions such as What are the causes of war? Under what conditions do states cooperate to address common problems such as global warming human rights violations and development? And how influential are non-state actors?

YEAR 1
Introduction to politics examines the British and Scottish political systems in a comparative perspective to introduce key concepts in the study of politics and foreign policy making

Introduction to international relations introduces students to key approaches to explaining and understanding key aspects of international order

YEAR 2
History of political thought examines political thought from the ancients primarily Aristotle through Machiavelli Hobbes and Locke to Rousseau and Karl Marx

Introduction to comparative politics explores and compares different countries to introduce students to the variety of political regimes that exist in the contemporary international system

You will also study other subjects in 1 and 2 see Flexible degrees

YEARS 3 AND 4
If you progress to Honours 3 and 4 in 3 you will take a core course on international relations concepts which will include analysing criticising and applying concepts and theories of international relations to real-world cases in order to better understand the complexities of historical and contemporary global politics Topics may include the Coronavirus pandemic Britain’s changing world role immigration the role of gender in global politics and ideas of national belonging

During both of your Honours 3 and 4 you can select from over 30 courses in Politics and International Relations including Politics of the EU Politics of migration Politics of Terror Postcolonial International Relations Theory Global Environmental Politics War and International Security and Visual Global Politics

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