Undergraduate

BSc Politics and International Relations

Structure and Syllabus

You will be required to make a serious attempt in the examination for 12 units on the standard route of the degree. On the graduate entry route you must take and pass nine full units.

You can take the Foundation and Further units in any order, provided you satisfy any prerequisites (units which you must have already passed). Prerequisites are shown in italic text in brackets.

Most students, however, would normally take the Foundation units first because (as their name suggests) they are the ‘building blocks' – the foundation – for the units that follow.

Standard Route

Graduate Entry Route

Foundation units 1 Introduction to international relations 2 Introduction to politics 3 One full unit (or two half units) from Selection group F(i) 4 One full unit (or two half units) from Selection group F(i) Further units 5 Comparative politics 6 International political theory 7 Nationalism and international relations 8 Democracy and democratisation 9 One unit from Selection groups E, IR, P or S 10 One unit from Selection groups E, IR, P or S 11 One unit from Selection groups E, IR, P or S 12 One full unit (or two half units) from any Selection group

Foundation units 1 Introduction to international relations 2 Introduction to politics Further units 3Comparative politics 4 International political theory 5 Nationalism and international relations 6 Democracy and democratisation 7 One unit from Selection groups E, IR, P or S 8 One unit from Selection groups E, IR, P or S 9 One unit from Selection groups IR, P, S or F(i)