BA (Hons) Politics & International Relations at Cardiff Metropolitan University

This degree explores politics and international relations at local, national and global levels, engaging with conflict, justice, freedom, power and equality. It has an outward-looking focus with authentic assessment, employability and sector links embedded throughout, and students build a Politics and International Relations Portfolio of Skills.

Faculty: Cardiff School of Education & Social Policy  |  Department: Politics and International Relations  |  Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years with a foundation year; 6 years part time  |  Intake: 2027  |  Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

360 credits over three years. Year 1: Introduction to Social Science, Introduction to the 'isms', Everyday Politics, Arguing Politics, What is Politics? and Global Politics and International Relations. Year 2: UK Politics Since 1945, The Politics of Policy Making, Regions and Powers, Social Research Methods, Critical Theories, plus an option such as (In)Security in a Global World. Year 3: Scrutiny and the Senedd, Interrogating the International, an Individual Evidence Based Project (40 credits), Research and Employability, plus an option such as Political Communication and Influence.

Career pathways

Graduates work in government, research, civil service, campaigns, NGOs and INGOs, the third sector, media and journalism, communications and public relations, law, public service and humanitarian organisations; progression routes include the MRes Social Policy and PhD study at Cardiff Met.

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