BSc (Hons) International Relations and Sociology
Course Overview
This program explores the major political and social issues shaping our world, providing a deep understanding of the international state system and the social processes that define modern societies. You will analyze contemporary challenges like inequality, migration, and climate change, taught by experts in these fields. The course equips you with the critical skills to understand the complex interplay between global politics, social constraints, and organizational dynamics.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain expertise in key global issues, including international policy, global economic change, and the environment.
- Option to undertake a professional placement year to gain valuable practical experience demanded by employers.
- Learn from expert faculty, with exceptional student satisfaction scores for staff availability and teaching quality.
- Undertake an individual research dissertation in your final year on a specialized topic of your choice.
- Join a program with strong graduate outcomes, including significantly higher-than-average earnings for sociology graduates.
Course Overview
This program explores the major political and social issues shaping our world, providing a deep understanding of the international state system and the social processes that define modern societies. You will analyze contemporary challenges like inequality, migration, and climate change, taught by experts in these fields. The course equips you with the critical skills to understand the complex interplay between global politics, social constraints, and organizational dynamics.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain expertise in key global issues, including international policy, global economic change, and the environment.
- Option to undertake a professional placement year to gain valuable practical experience demanded by employers.
- Learn from expert faculty, with exceptional student satisfaction scores for staff availability and teaching quality.
- Undertake an individual research dissertation in your final year on a specialized topic of your choice.
- Join a program with strong graduate outcomes, including significantly higher-than-average earnings for sociology graduates.
Requirements
Modules
- Introduction to the Concepts and Methods of International Relations
- Introduction to the European Union
- Introduction to Social Theory
- Becoming a Social Scientist
- The Making of the Modern World
- What’s Trending (Current Affairs in Politics and International Relations)
- International Relations: Theories
- Critical Approaches to Security Studies
- Research Methods
- Advanced Research Methods
- West European Politics and Society
- North American Politics and Society
- East Asian Politics and Society
- South Asian Politics and Society
- Security Studies: Theories and Issues
- The Politics and Policies of the European Union
- International Political Economy
- International Climate Politics
- Social Theory for a Changing World
- Global Society
- Embodiment and Feminist Theory
- Media and Society
- Kith and Kin: Family Lives in a Social Context
- Material Worlds: Culture, Objects and Practices
- Racisms
- Digital Methods for Social Science and the Humanities
- Integrated Placement Year
- Dissertation (Sociology)
- Research Skills and International Relations Dissertation
- African Politics: From the Colonial Period to the Present Day
- The American Presidency
- Chinese Politics and Society
- Writing and Reporting of Conflict and Violence
- EuroSim: Learning Negotiation through Simulation Games
- Gender and Politics
- Interest Groups and Lobbying
- Politics and Islam: Past and Present
- Religion and Politics in Contemporary Europe
- Sport and Politics
- Technology and Digital Politics
- Debates in Contemporary British Politics
- Political Parties
- Understanding Foreign Policy
- Work, Organisations and Society
- Bodies, Power and Resistance
- Contemporary Social Movements
- Pregnancy and Politics
- Education for the 21st Century
- Religion and Society
- Corporate Power
- Migration, Borders and Belonging
- Health Policy
- The Challenges of Climate Change
- Community Engagement
- Elites
