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2019/20 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA International Relations

Programme code:BA-INT/RUCAS code:L254
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Hugh Dyer (SEM1) Dr James Souter (SEM2) Contact address:H.C.Dyer@leeds.ac.uk/J.Souter@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 365

Entry requirements:

A,A,B at A level or equivalent UCAS tarriff points

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Politics and International Studies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Politics and International Studies

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Politics and International Relations

Programme specification:

The BA in International Relations in the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) is a successful and established degree programme that has been running for many years. The course is taught by a dedicated team of experts in the field of international relations who use their highly specialised and general knowledge of the international system to provide a thorough grounding in the one of the most important areas of political life.

The core elements of the programme are designed to introduce students to the workings and nature of the international system. In addition to these core parts of the programme, students are also invited and required to study a wider range of topics and courses. Thus the degree programme combines overall views with specific analyses of various issues, problems and topics.

You will explore the political dynamics that influence interstate cooperation, and assess the specific role that international organisations, such as the United Nations, play in promoting international peace and security. You also have the option to study terrorism and insurgency, security studies, foreign policy, international political economy and politics in the Middle East. Furthermore, BA International Relations students, as members of POLIS, are invited to undertake study in the wider set of courses offered in the School, including courses in Development Studies, European Politics, Political Theory and British Politics. In the third and final year students undertake a dissertation on an in-depth and specialised topic with advice from tutors.

Courses are taught using a mixture of lectures and seminars and there is also the opportunity to engage in web-based learning. All students are allocated personal tutors and staff are available during the week for more personalised consultation. POLIS is a friendly and supportive place to engage in the in-depth study of international relations today.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

You are required to study the following compulsory modules:

PIED1000Studying and Researching in POLIS5 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED1110Comparative Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1212Making of the Modern World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED1511International Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED1601Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

You are required to choose at least 20 and up to 40 credits of optional modules from the following list:

PIED1100British Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1201Global Development Challenges20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

You may choose to take the following optional module.

PIED1806Contemporary Africas: Politics, Society and the Environment20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

You may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules. Please check to see that you have the necessary prerequisities before you enrol.

POLIS hosts the multi-disciplinary power and conflict module which you may choose to take if you wish. However there are also numerous other discovery modules based in other schools that you may choose from

PIED1551Power and Conflict - an Introduction20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Your total credits for the year should be 125.


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

You are required to study the following compulsory modules:

PIED2501Theories of International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2558Security Studies20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2721Approaches to Analysis20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

You must choose at least 40 and up to 60 credits of optional modules from the following list:

PIED2301Politics and Policy in the EU20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2403Comparative Politics of Pacific Asia20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2448Politics of Contemporary China20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2455State and Politics in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2463United States Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

You may choose 0- 20 credits of modules from the following list.

PIED2126The Conservative Party Since 194520 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2139The Labour Party Since 194520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2160Spin Doctors and Electioneering20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2220North-South Linkages20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2601Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2602Justice, Community and Conflict20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2711Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2810Career Planning for POLIS Students20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

You may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules. Please check to see that you have the necessary prerequisities before you enrol.

Your total credits for the year should be 120.


Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

You are required to study the following compulsory dissertation module:

PIED3750Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

You must take a minimum of 60 credits of optional modules from both lists combined.

LIST A: You must choose choose at least 40 and up to 80 credits of optional modules from the following list:

PIED3158British Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3325Europe in the World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3402American Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3408Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3504Critically Analysing The Responsibility to Protect20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3505Dirty War: Insurgency, the State and Cities20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3565Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3608Philosophy of Human Rights20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

You must take a minimum of 60 credits of optional modules from both lists combined.

LIST B: You may choose to take up to 40 credits of optional modules from the following list.

PIED3160Prime Ministers and British Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3170The End of British Politics?20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3171The Politics of national identity in the UK20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3172Parliaments and the Public20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3202Land, Fuel and Agriculture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3206The Politics of Aid20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3207International Development and Social Policy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3261Violence and Reconciliation in Africa20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3302Extreme Right Parties in Contemporary Europe20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3310Britain and the EU20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3603Political Psychology: on Authority and Obedience20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3609Radical Political Ideas: Marx, Nietzsche, Schmitt, Foucault, Kristeva20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3617Reimagining Politics: Gender, Race, and Popular Culture20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3702Introduction to Programming for Social Science20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3810Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

You must take a minimum of 60 credits of optional modules from both lists combined. Please speak to your Programme Leader if you need advice about study choices.

Discovery modules:

You may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules. Please check to see that you have the necessary prerequisities before you enrol.

Your total credits for the year should be 120.

Last updated: 28/08/2019

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