BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations

at Goldsmiths University of London

Year 1 (credit level 4)

In your first year, you take a total of 120 credits comprised of these compulsory modules:

Module title   

• Political Theory and Ideologies 
• UK and European Comparative Governance and Politics   
• World Politics    

You then take either:

Module title    

• Introduction to Political Economy    
• Introduction to Economic Policy    
• Colonialism, Power, and Resistance 

Year 2 (credit level 5)

In your second year, you must take the following two modules:

Module title    

• Global Governance and World Order   
• Contemporary International Relations Theories   

Your remaining 90 credits are made up from these options:

Module title    

• Making Modern Japan    
• Chinese Politics: The Revolutionary Era   
• US Politics and Foreign Policy   
• Europe Since 1945    
• Ideologies and Interests: Political Thought in Modern Britain   
• International Trade    
• International Monetary Economics    
• Liberalism and its Critics   
• Life: A User's Manual
• Modern Britain: Politics from 1979 - today    
• Modern Political Theory   
• Political Economy    
• International Politics of the Middle East    
• Politics of Vision   
• Rough Politics    

Year 3 (credit level 6)

In your third year, you write a research dissertation (30 credits) and take the following compulsory module:

Module title 

• Citizenship and Human Rights    

You then make up the remaining 90 credits from a list of modules provided by the department, which currently includes:

Module title  

• An(other) China: Streetscenes of Politics   
• An(other) IR – Views from the South    
• Anarchism    
• Beyond All Reason    
• Britain and Europe  
• Colonialism and Non-Western Political Thought   
• Rhetoric and Politics    
• Work Placement    
• Ethics and Economics of Environmental Protection    
• Feminist Politics  
• Finance and the Global Political Economy    
• International Political Economy 2    
• Liberal Government and Power    
• Political Islam: Ideology and Discourse   
• Nationalist Conflict and International Intervention   
• New Radical Political Economy    
• Political Economy of the European Union    
• Politics of Conflict and Peacebuilding in Contemporary Africa    
• An(other) Japan: Politics, Ideology and Culture    
• The Political Economy of International Development Assistance    
• The Politics of Popular Music    
• Armed Politics and Political Violence    
• Feminist Economics   

• Higher Secondary School Certificate at Standard XII from either CBSE, CISCE/ICSE and Metro state boards
• Diploma (2-4 years) from a Polytechnic/College of Technology/Professional Institute

International Tuition Fees:

£20650 per year

Skills
This programme will develop you intellectually, and will enhance your transferable and communication skills – learning to plan your workload, to research solutions, and to express your ideas coherently.

Careers
Our politics graduates go on to a wide variety of careers. Some go on to postgraduate study or further training in law, accountancy, social work, business administration, or to specialise in one area of their academic studies, whilst others go directly into employment.

Recent politics graduates have found employment in administration and management; in various departments of central and local government; in finance, in the media; in research and computing; in voluntary agencies; in health, education and housing management; the probation service; in company management, and as lecturers and teachers. You can read more about career options on our Politics and International Relations careers pages.