BSc (Hons) Politics with International Relations

**Aston University is The Guardian's 'University of the Year' 2020.****Course outline**As a student on the BSc (Hons) Politics with International Relations course, you’ll have the opportunity to explore political topics going beyond the UK and Europe, covering North America, South Asia, China, Japan or the emerging global powers. You will acquire the ability to analyse and understand political problems, socio-cultural change and political institutions and structures.On the international relations strand of the course, you’ll get an introduction to the international state system and to the structure and purpose of international organisations, such as the United Nations, the World Health Organization (WHO) and NATO. You will develop a knowledge and understanding of the nature between states and also of the roles played by international institutions, other intergovernmental organisations, multinational corporations and NGOs.**Key benefits**- 95 per cent of students studying ‘BSc (Hons) Politics with International Relations’ at Aston said that their course was intellectually stimulating (National Student Survey, 2020).- Politics at Aston was ranked 11th in the UK for ‘research quality’ (The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2020).- Politics at Aston was ranked 6th in the UK for the percentage of graduates in employment or further study, five years after graduating (Longitudinal Education Outcomes, 2020).- Employed Aston politics graduates earn £3,600 (13 per cent) more than the UK average, five years after graduation (Longitudinal Education Outcomes, 2020).