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Bachelor of Arts (International Honours) International Relations


BA (International Honours) International Relations: First Year
Code Module name Credits
Introduction to International Relations 20 AND
Foreign Policy Analysis and International Security 20 AND
(( Macroeconomics 20 AND
Microeconomics 20 ) OR
Economics 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
BA (International Honours) International Relations: Second Year
Code Module name Credits
Theoretical Approaches to International Relations 20 AND
Issues in International Relations 20 AND
80 credits from Level 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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BA (International Honours) International Relations: Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 90 credits from William & Mary International Relations Level 3 Options List A AND
Introduction to International Relations 20
Foreign Policy Analysis and International Security 20
Theoretical Approaches to International Relations 20
Issues in International Relations 20
International Political Economy 30
International Regimes and Organisations 30
IR3007 Democracy and Democratisation 30
International Terrorism 30
IR3011 Ethics and World Politics 30
IR3013 Modern Ideologies 30
Case Studies in Conflict Analysis 30
International Relations and International Law 30
US Foreign Policy: The Dilemmas of Power 30
The Politics of Africa 30
International Security 30
Diplomacy and Conflict Intervention 30
IR3027 American New World Orders of the Twentieth Century 30
IR3028 Politics of China 30
IR3029 The Logic of Irregular Warfare 30
Human Rights in Theory and Practice 30
Globalisation and the War on Terrorism 30
Globalisation and its Disjunctures 30
Post-Conflict Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR3034 The Political Theory of War and Peace 30
IR3035 Peace Processes and Violence 30
IR3036 Public International Law and International Legal Theory 30
IR3037 Central Asian Studies 30
IR3038 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR3039 International Relations of the European Union 30
International Political Theory 30
Representations of Violent Conflict: Research Seminar 30
IR3043 Approaches to Counter-Terrorism 30
Pathways of European State Formation 30
Violence in Deeply-Divided Societies 30
Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR3047 Arrested Development? The Politics of Postcolonialism 30
IR3048 Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention 30
IR3049 International History and International Relations 30
IR3050 State, Power, Crime 30
IR3051 International Relations Theory 30
IR3052 The Politics of Violence and Resistance in Latin America 30
Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Transition in Latin America 30
IR3054 Mapping the Boundaries of Emerging and Evolving Securities 30
International Relations and the Internet 30
Political Leadership: Theories and History 30
Armaments and International Relations 30
Armed Forces, Societies and Governments: An International Perspective on Civil-Military Relations 30
IR3059 Anglo-American Relations Since 1939: The Special Relationship? 30
Rebellion and Revolution 30
IR3061 International Political Theology: Christian Realism and Beyond 30
IR3062 The United Nations since 1945 30
Organised Crime and Corruption 30
Critical Terrorism Studies 30
Refugees and International Relations 30
Emotional Encounters: Diplomacy, Power and Persuasion in World Politics 30
IR3067 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
Christianity and World Politics 30
IR3070 Armed Conflict in Postcolonial Africa 30
IR3071 Realism in International Relations 30
IR3072 New and emerging security threats in the Caucasus and Central Asia 30
Dilemmas of International Order: Governing Conflict and Human Rights 30
International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
Leader Personality and Foreign Policy 30
Political Economy of Trade and Investment 30
The Motives and Enablers of Terrorist Violence 30
Hot Economics, Cold Politics? International Relations of Northeast Asia 30
IR3101 Russian Politics and Foreign Policy after Communism 30
The International Relations of Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
IR3111 Asian Security 30
Gender and Generation 30
Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR3301 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
Democracy and Revolution in North Africa 30
The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
Honours Dissertation in International Relations 60
Communication in International Relations 15
IR4501 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR4502 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR4504 The Language of Politics 30
IR4506 Political Economy of the Modern Middle East 30
IR4508 Religion and World Politics 30
IR4509 World Order in the History of Political Thought 30
IR4512 Britain and the World 30
IR4514 Global Public Policy 30
The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR4518 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
Politics and Development in Southeast Asia 30
IR4521 Representations of International Relations 30
IR4522 Critical Approaches to International Security 30
The Aftermath of the Wars: Liberal Dilemmas 30
IR4525 Ethno-National Conflict in the Post-Communist Space 30
IR4526 Terrorism, Radicalism and Extremism 30
IR4527 International Relations of the European Union 30
IR4528 Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR4529 Force in the Modern World 30
Genocide 30
IR4531 The Return of Great Power Politics 30
The Cultural Politics of Human Rights 30
IR4534 Terrorist Finance 30
Theories of Friendship, Solidarity and Peace 30
IR4536 Warmongers and Peacemakers: Religious Actors and Conflict 30
Identities, Belonging and Others 30
IR4539 International Law and International Legal Theory 30
The Changing Character of War 30
IR4541 Dealing in Darkness: An Anatomy of Realism in International Relations 30
IR4542 Gender and Terrorism 30
Activism and Resistance 30
Wars and Peace in the Caucasus 30
Indian Foreign Policy 30
The Psychology of International Security 30
IR4547 Shadows in the Global Political Economy 30
Force and Statecraft 30
IR4549 Theory, Critique and Ideology in International Relations 30
IR4550 Art and War 30
IR4551 Cosmopolitanism and Global Politics 30
The Politics of the Environment 30
Europe, America and the Transatlantic 30
IR4554 Global Aesthetics and Politics 30
Music, Politics and International Relations 30
IR4556 Politics and Time: Memory, Narrative and Mourning in Group Identity and Conflict 30
IR4558 Non-Western International Relations 30
Faith, Politics, and War: The Augustinian Tradition in IR 30
Security as Ethics: Rethinking the Global Polity 30
IR4562 The Political Lives of Objects 30
Rebels, Terrorists, Militias: The Comparative Analysis of Armed Groups 30
IR4564 Strategic Studies 30
Contemporary Political Theory: from revolution to recognition 30
Comparative regionalism 30
IR4567 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR4568 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
Everyday Life and Global Politics 30
Conflict and intervention in world politics 30
Economy of Anger: Marxism, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Status 30
Global Economic Governance: Visions and Realities 30
Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
International Relations of the Middle East 30
IR4603 Central Asia in International Politics 30
IR4604 Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4605 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
Britain's Iraq War 1990-2004 30
IR4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
International Security 30
IR5003 Regional Security 30
Terrorism and Liberal Democracy 30
IR5012 Revolution and Change: Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
IR5017 The United Nations and Global Governance 30
IR5024 Asian Security and the United States 30
IR5026 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
IR5027 Armed Conflict and Human Rights 30
Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 30
Religion and International Politics 30
IR5032 Strategic Studies 30
IR5033 Identity and Collective Violence 30
IR5034 Political Communities, Political Violence 30
IR5035 The 'Traditional' Security Agenda in the Twenty-first Century 30
Critical Security Studies 30
IR5038 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR5039 Political Economy of Conflict 30
Emergent Great Powers 30
IR5041 Social Identity and the Making of Community: Anxiety, Threat and Security 30
Gender and Terrorism 30
Carl von Clausewitz: Life, Work and Reception 30
The Changing Face(s) of Diplomacy: Emotions, Power and Persuasion in International Relations 30
IR5050 Strategic Studies 30
IR5051 Human Rights, Politics and Power 30
IR5052 Art and Violence 30
IR5053 The First World War and its impact on the Global System 30
IR5054 Transatlantic Security Relations 30
Agency and Strategy in Non-Western Political Thought 30
IR5056 Empires and Imperialism 30
IR5057 The Evolution of United Nations Peacekeeping 30
IR5058 New and emerging security threats in the Caucasus and Central Asia 30
Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR5060 Conflict and Intervention in the Twenty-First Century 30
Security and Justice Institutions in World Politcs 30
IR5062 Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Latin America 30
Spaces of Securitization 30
IR5064 The Military in Politics 30
IR5065 The Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
The Global Politics of Everyday Life 30
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 30
Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60
Issues in Peace and Conflict 30
IR5212 Revolution and Change: Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEES) 40
IR5217 International Relations of the Middle East 40
IR5219 Politics and State Formation in the Modern Middle East 40
IR5227 Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (40) 40
IR5229 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 40
IR5303 Revolution and Change: The International Relations of Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe (Def) 40
IR5304 Managing and Resolving Conflict in the International System 40
Texts in International Political Theory 30
Analysis and Interpretation in International Political Theory 30
Political Philosophy and World Order 30
IR5404 Post-Positivism and International Theory 30
Theories of Friendship and Enmity 30
IR5407 Rethinking Human Rights 30
Global Constitutionalism 30
IR5409 Empire and Civilisation in International Political Theory 30
African Political Thought 30
IR5412 'Reason of State': Origin, Nature and Career of a Concept 30
Topics in International Political Thought 30
IR5414 Politics After "the Death of God"": Evil and Tragedy in Modern Politics" 30
IR5415 Social Movements and Ideologies 30
Core in Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies 30
IR5502 Global and Transnational Islamism 30
Central Asia in World Order 30
Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR5519 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
IR5520 International Relations of the Modern Middle East 30
IR5522 Special Topics in Modern Middle East Politics 30
IR5524 Special Topics in the Politics of Modern China 30
IR5525 The Arab-Israeli Conflict Past and Present 30
IR5526 Law and Society in the Modern Middle East: Local, Regional and International Dimensions 30
IR5527 Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (30) 30
IR5528 Social Movements, Revolutions and Authoritarianism in North Africa 30
IR5529 International Society and Central Asia 30
IR5530 Introductory Uzbek 15
IR5531 Intermediate Uzbek 15
IR5533 The Political Lives of Objects in Eurasia 30
Research Methods in International Relations 30
IR5602 International Relations: Philosophical and Historical Debates 15
IR5603 Texts in International Political Theory 15
IR5605 Core in International Security Studies 15
IR5699 Dissertation for M.Res. Programme/s 60
Peace and Conflict Theory 30
IR5702 Case Studies in Conflict and Field Work Component 30
IR5721 Reconstruction and Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Wars 30
IR5722 Conflict, Gender and Generation 30
IR5723 Security and Conflict in Africa 30
IR5724 The United Nations in Africa 30
IR5725 Globalisation and the South 30
IR5727 Civil War, Genocide and Transformation in Rwanda 30
IR5728 Foreign Policy Analysis 30
Genocide Studies 30
Modern War and Strategy 30
Strategic Thought 30
The influence of seapower on history 1805-present 30
IR5822 The American Way of War 30
Fundamental Issues and Structures of Terrorism 30
Research Methods 30
IR5903 Terrorism: How to Respond 30
Terrorism and Theories of Collective Action 30
IR5920 Electives 30
Fundamentals of Terrorist Violence 30
Terrorism after 1945 30
State Responses to Terrorism 30
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict 30
Fundamental Issues and Structures of Terrorism (Distance learning) 30
Research Methods (Distance learning) 30
Distance Learning Electives 30
State Responses to Terrorism (Distance learning) 30
Dissertation for Terrorism and Political Violence Studies MLitt Distance learning Programme 60
Dissertation for Terrorism and Political Violence MLitt Programme 60
IRC505 Politics 40
International Relations Study Abroad University Placement Semester 1 0
International Relations Study Abroad University Placement Semester 2 0
International Relations Study Abroad University Placement Whole Year 0
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list 30 credits from Module List: IR4100 - IR4999 (excluding IR4794 - IR4795)
Communication in International Relations 15
IR4501 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR4502 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR4504 The Language of Politics 30
IR4506 Political Economy of the Modern Middle East 30
IR4508 Religion and World Politics 30
IR4509 World Order in the History of Political Thought 30
IR4512 Britain and the World 30
IR4514 Global Public Policy 30
The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR4518 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
Politics and Development in Southeast Asia 30
IR4521 Representations of International Relations 30
IR4522 Critical Approaches to International Security 30
The Aftermath of the Wars: Liberal Dilemmas 30
IR4525 Ethno-National Conflict in the Post-Communist Space 30
IR4526 Terrorism, Radicalism and Extremism 30
IR4527 International Relations of the European Union 30
IR4528 Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR4529 Force in the Modern World 30
Genocide 30
IR4531 The Return of Great Power Politics 30
The Cultural Politics of Human Rights 30
IR4534 Terrorist Finance 30
Theories of Friendship, Solidarity and Peace 30
IR4536 Warmongers and Peacemakers: Religious Actors and Conflict 30
Identities, Belonging and Others 30
IR4539 International Law and International Legal Theory 30
The Changing Character of War 30
IR4541 Dealing in Darkness: An Anatomy of Realism in International Relations 30
IR4542 Gender and Terrorism 30
Activism and Resistance 30
Wars and Peace in the Caucasus 30
Indian Foreign Policy 30
The Psychology of International Security 30
IR4547 Shadows in the Global Political Economy 30
Force and Statecraft 30
IR4549 Theory, Critique and Ideology in International Relations 30
IR4550 Art and War 30
IR4551 Cosmopolitanism and Global Politics 30
The Politics of the Environment 30
Europe, America and the Transatlantic 30
IR4554 Global Aesthetics and Politics 30
Music, Politics and International Relations 30
IR4556 Politics and Time: Memory, Narrative and Mourning in Group Identity and Conflict 30
IR4558 Non-Western International Relations 30
Faith, Politics, and War: The Augustinian Tradition in IR 30
Security as Ethics: Rethinking the Global Polity 30
IR4562 The Political Lives of Objects 30
Rebels, Terrorists, Militias: The Comparative Analysis of Armed Groups 30
IR4564 Strategic Studies 30
Contemporary Political Theory: from revolution to recognition 30
Comparative regionalism 30
IR4567 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR4568 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
Everyday Life and Global Politics 30
Conflict and intervention in world politics 30
Economy of Anger: Marxism, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Status 30
Global Economic Governance: Visions and Realities 30
Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
International Relations of the Middle East 30
IR4603 Central Asia in International Politics 30
IR4604 Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4605 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
Britain's Iraq War 1990-2004 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year
BA (International Honours) International Relations: Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
Honours Dissertation in International Relations 60 AND
View list At least 30 credits from William & Mary International Relations Level 4 Options List A
Communication in International Relations 15
IR4501 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR4502 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR4504 The Language of Politics 30
IR4506 Political Economy of the Modern Middle East 30
IR4508 Religion and World Politics 30
IR4509 World Order in the History of Political Thought 30
IR4512 Britain and the World 30
IR4514 Global Public Policy 30
The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR4518 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
Politics and Development in Southeast Asia 30
IR4521 Representations of International Relations 30
IR4522 Critical Approaches to International Security 30
The Aftermath of the Wars: Liberal Dilemmas 30
IR4525 Ethno-National Conflict in the Post-Communist Space 30
IR4526 Terrorism, Radicalism and Extremism 30
IR4527 International Relations of the European Union 30
IR4528 Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR4529 Force in the Modern World 30
Genocide 30
IR4531 The Return of Great Power Politics 30
The Cultural Politics of Human Rights 30
IR4534 Terrorist Finance 30
Theories of Friendship, Solidarity and Peace 30
IR4536 Warmongers and Peacemakers: Religious Actors and Conflict 30
Identities, Belonging and Others 30
IR4539 International Law and International Legal Theory 30
The Changing Character of War 30
IR4541 Dealing in Darkness: An Anatomy of Realism in International Relations 30
IR4542 Gender and Terrorism 30
Activism and Resistance 30
Wars and Peace in the Caucasus 30
Indian Foreign Policy 30
The Psychology of International Security 30
IR4547 Shadows in the Global Political Economy 30
Force and Statecraft 30
IR4549 Theory, Critique and Ideology in International Relations 30
IR4550 Art and War 30
IR4551 Cosmopolitanism and Global Politics 30
The Politics of the Environment 30
Europe, America and the Transatlantic 30
IR4554 Global Aesthetics and Politics 30
Music, Politics and International Relations 30
IR4556 Politics and Time: Memory, Narrative and Mourning in Group Identity and Conflict 30
IR4558 Non-Western International Relations 30
Faith, Politics, and War: The Augustinian Tradition in IR 30
Security as Ethics: Rethinking the Global Polity 30
IR4562 The Political Lives of Objects 30
Rebels, Terrorists, Militias: The Comparative Analysis of Armed Groups 30
IR4564 Strategic Studies 30
Contemporary Political Theory: from revolution to recognition 30
Comparative regionalism 30
IR4567 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR4568 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
Everyday Life and Global Politics 30
Conflict and intervention in world politics 30
Economy of Anger: Marxism, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Status 30
Global Economic Governance: Visions and Realities 30
Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
International Relations of the Middle East 30
IR4603 Central Asia in International Politics 30
IR4604 Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4605 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
Britain's Iraq War 1990-2004 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 58吃瓜 School in the Learning Agreement (see ).