BSc Politics and International Relations

Structure and Syllabus

Please note: the following course information sheets are in pdf format.

Standard Route		Graduate Entry Route
100 courses		100 courses
1	IR1011 Introduction to international relations	1	IR1011 Introduction to international relations
2	PS1114 Democratic politics and the State or PS1130 Introduction to modern political thought	2	PS1114 Democratic politics and the State or PS1130 Introduction to modern political thought
3	One course (or two half courses) from Selection group F(i)	3	One course (or two half courses) from Selection group F(i)
4	One course (or two half courses) from Selection group F(i)

200 and 300 courses		200 and 300 courses
5	PS2082 Comparative politics (PS1114 or PS1130)	4	PS2082 Comparative politics (PS1114 or PS1130)
6	IR3083 International political theory (IR1011)	5	IR3083 International political theory (IR1011)
7	IR2084 Nationalism and international relations (IR1011)	6	IR2084 Nationalism and international relations (IR1011)
8	PS3086 Democracy and democratisation (PS1114 or PS1130)	7	PS3086 Democracy and democratisation (PS1114 or PS1130)
9	One 300 course from Selection groups IR or P	8	One 300 course from Selection groups IR or P
10	One course (or two half courses) from Selection groups E, IR, P or S	9	One 100, 200 or 300 course (or two half courses) from Selection groups E, F(i), IR, P or S
11	One course (or two half courses) from Selection groups E, IR, P or S
12	One 100, 200 or 300 course (or two half courses) from any Selection group

Notes:

The structure shown above is subject to confirmation in the 2011-2012 Regulations. The Regulations also contain full details on the rules that govern the choice of any course. Students already registered on the programme should consult the current Regulations section of our website.
To be eligible for the award of a degree, you must attempt all 12 courses and pass a minimum of 10 (although this would result in a drop in the class band of the degree award). On the Graduate Entry Route, you must successfully pass all 9 courses to be eligible for the award of degree.
In your first year of study you must demonstrate the capacity to succeed at Level 4 (100) courses before advancing to Level 5 (200) or Level 6 (300) courses, unless you have received accreditation of prior learning.
Prerequisites - courses which you must have already passed - are shown in brackets.
Course codes are new from the 2011–2012 academic year and replace any previous year’s examination numbers. This change does not affect the syllabus or course content. Please note that the course information sheet displays the old code – this will be updated in due course.