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BAPolitics and International Relations (Including Placement Year)

University of Essex
United Kingdom, Colchester
More information

essex.ac.uk/..-and-international-relations 

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 Politics
Introduction to International Relations
Co-Operation and Conflict
Politics and Power
Truth, Justice, and the Nature of Politics
Career Portfolio
Comparative Political Analysis (optional)
Politics and Economic Policies (optional)

YEAR 2:

International Relations: Theories and Approaches
Conflict Analysis
Career Portfolio
Political Behaviour (optional)
Parties and Elections (optional)
The New British Politics (optional)
Measuring Public Opinion (optional)
Political Analysis: Introduction to OLS (optional)
Games, Strategy and Politics (optional)

YEAR 3:

Alternatively, you can spend your third year on a placement year with an external organisation, where you learn about a particular sector, company or job role, apply your academic knowledge in a practical working environment, and receive inspiration for future career pathways. You will be responsible for finding your placement, but with support and guidance provided by both your department and our Employability and Careers Centre.

If you complete a placement year you’ll only pay 20% of your usual tuition fee to Essex for that year.

YEAR 4:

Career Portfolio
Ethics and Public Policy (optional)
Quantitative Political Analysis (optional)
Electoral Behaviour (optional)
Mass Media and Democracy (optional)
The Analysis of Conflict and Peace (optional)
International Negotiation (optional)

Career opportunities

All Essex Politics & International Relations graduates will have the distinction of a qualification from one of the world’s leading politics departments.

Our students are in demand from a host of employers in political parties, NGOs, international development, the civil service fast stream, management, journalism, police, armed forced, commerce, business, finance, teaching and graduate research.

Our notable alumni include the former President of Costa Rica and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr Oscar Arias, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, and our recent graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of high-profile companies including:

The World Bank
NATO
Houses of Parliament Research Unit
United Nations Development Program
YouGov
IMG Media

Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Notes
Please see the university profile or contact us for the deadlines that apply to you
Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Notes
Please see the university profile or contact us for the deadlines that apply to you