BA (Hons) International Relations and Politics

A degree in International Relations and Politics at Keele will equip you with the necessary tools to understand and explain how power operates and how we might begin to tackle the most pressing domestic and global challenges. You will study contemporary and policy-relevant issues such as democracy, global inequality, protest, globalization, regime change, energy security, environmental sustainability, human rights, gender politics, and terrorism. You can underpin these issues through an in-depth study of particular countries such as Britain, the United States, and Russia, as well as regions in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Year 1

• The Changing World: A History of International Relations since 1945
• Introduction to International Relations
• Why Politics Matters
• Modern Democracies

OPTIONAL MODULES

• Why Politics Matters
• Justice, Authority, and Power
• Introduction to Global Political Economy (GPE)
• Debates in American Politics
• Modern Democracies
• Securing Global Order
• The Changing World: A History of International Relations since 1945
• Introduction to International Relations

Year 2

• Contemporary International Relations Theory
• International Organisation: Mitigating Anarchy

OPTIONAL MODULES

• U.S Government and Politics
• British Government and Politics
• Russian Politics and Society
• Work Experience in Politics, International Relations, and Philosophy
• Foreign Policy
• The International Politics of the Middle East: A Century of War and Diplomacy
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF EURASIA: Challenges of Globalisation and Geopolitics
• The Practice of Politics
• Freedom and Equality
• Why Policy Changes
• The Politics of the European Union
• Contemporary International Relations Theory
• International Organisation: Mitigating Anarchy

Year 3

• The Missing Dimension: Conspiracies, Spying, and International Relations
• The U.S. Presidency
• Policing International Order
• The Extreme Right in Western Europe
• Politics of Development
• Israel/Palestine: Key Debates and Issues
• Parliamentary Studies
• Global Governance of Peace and Security
• Dissertation in Politics and IR – ISP
• Understanding Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
• Human Rights: Concepts, Norms, and Identities
• Modern Russia
• Britain and war since 1945: War, Cold War, and society
• The Rise of China

Employability

Our graduates are to be found in a wide range of jobs from commerce to industry as well as government, civil service, journalism, law, security services, political research, diplomacy, and teaching. Some of our prominent graduates include Laurence Mann, political private secretary to David Cameron, Jonty Bloom, a Business correspondent for the BBC, Farah Faisal, High Commissioner for the Maldives, and Paul Rimmer, Director at the Ministry of Defence, as well as a number of current MPs.