BA Politics and International Relations

Politics and International Relations can be taken as part of the UL Arts Degree as single honours or a joint honours combination. Review the subjects you can study with Politics and International Relations by looking on the BA Arts course page.

About You

The study of Politics and International Relations is all about thinking critically and understanding change. You might be attracted to studying this course if you are interested in understanding the way the world works. You will learn how to research, how to study and develop your analytical and reasoning skills, and how to apply these skills to the real world. You will learn about Ireland and Europe, their place in the world, about what makes a good society and about what doesn’t, and how we might tell the difference between the two.

Why study Politics and International Relations at UL?

At the University of Limerick you will have the opportunity to study a wide cross section of areas within Politics and International Relations. The staff of the Department of Politics and Public Administration have expertise across the discipline and as a result students will learn about the general workings of Politics and International Relations and then look at Irish Politics, European Politics, Political Theory, International Relations and Political Economy, and Public Administration. By doing so they will cover more content that any other Politics-based course in the state. It provides a unique opportunity to study all the main areas within Politics and International Relations.