BAGlobal Studies

Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	BA
Course code	L903

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher)

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 TOEFL (IBT): 76 CAE: B2 with 52+ CAE (from Jan 15): 169+

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided.

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Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Year 1

Introduction to International Relations
Themes in Global History
Co-Curricular Employability Module (Year 1)
The World Economy in Historical Perspective (optional)
The Making of the Modern World 1776-1989 (optional)
Co-Operation and Conflict (optional)
Space, Place and Locality (optional)

Year 2

Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainability and Community Action
The World in Question: the Social, Political and Psychological Legacies of the Enlightenment
International Relations: Theories and Approaches
International Organisations (optional)
Development, N.G.Os and Foreign Aid (optional)
South Africa: The Road to Apartheid (optional)
Russia in Europe: From Ivan the Terrible to the Great War (optional)

Final year

Dangerous Ideas: Essays and Manifestos as Social Criticism
Political Economy of International Development (optional)
Human Rights and Global Justice (optional)
China: The Long Twentieth Century (optional)
The British Empire in the Indian Ocean World, 1780-1930 (optional)
Strategies of Economic Development (optional)
Current Issues in Development Economics (optional)

Career opportunities

Our course provides you with an excellent basis for going onto a career in media, education, politics, the Civil Service, international organisations such as the UN and NATO or non-governmental organisations, and many other fields.

Our Centre’s recent graduates have gone on to work in a wide range of desirable roles including an events co-ordinator for Age UK, a business provision manager for BT, an accountant in London, and an account executive for Bluesky PR.