Undergraduate First Level Modules
The sub-honours course includes four modules: The first year modules IR1005 and IR1006, and the second year modules IR2005 and IR2006.Please note that individual courses of study have to be approved by the relevant Faculty and your choice of modules may be restricted by the regulations. If in doubt, please ask for advice.
IR1005 Introduction to International Relations
This module provides students with some of the basic theoretical approaches and concepts used in the study of international relations. At the same time it relates these concepts to international conflict, attempts to create a more peaceful international order, and the problems of a globalizing world.
| Availability: | All |
| Semester: | 1 |
| Time: | 10.00 am Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday |
| Teaching method: | 3 lectures and 1 tutorial per week. |
| Prerequisites: | AAAA at Higher or AAA at A-Level or IB38. Only available to First Year students in the Faculties of Arts and Divinity . Required for IR1006, IR2005, IR2006 |
| Follow-on modules: | None |
| Assessment: | Coursework = 40%, Written Examination = 60% |
| Reassessment: | |
| Short loan supplementary reading list | |
IR1006 Foreign Policy Analysis and International Security
This module looks at the way states make foreign policy and the importance of security to this process. We start by looking at the domestic context, move on to issues of security, explore the way individual states shape their policy and the extent to which their actions are shaped by international regimes, law and diplomacy.
| Availability: | All |
| Semester: | 2 |
| Time: | 10.00 am Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday |
| Teaching method: | 3 lectures and 1 tutorial per week. |
| Prerequisites: | IR1005 and either AAAA at Higher or AAA at A-Level Required for IR2005, IR2006 |
| Follow-on modules: | None |
| Assessment: | Coursework = 40%, Written Examination = 60% |
| Reassessment: | |
| Short loan supplementary reading list | |
