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Politics and International Relations

  • 2 Study options
  • Undergraduate
Leicester Campus
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Course summary

This course uses a range of innovative strategies to immerse you in the most pressing contemporary issues in politics and international relations.

You'll engage in interactive sessions and complete assignments designed to boost your employability, ensuring you graduate with the confidence and capabilities needed to thrive in a range of diverse career paths.

Benefit from guest lectures and events, including the highly anticipated Congress to Campus event, offering direct insights from leading experts in the field. Our staff are committed to delivering cutting-edge, research-led teaching, with exciting modules on international politics and the critically relevant topic of decolonising politics.

Key features

  • Collaborate with the DMU UN Hub and engage with global initiatives through participation in COP summits and other high-profile international activities, offering real-world experience on critical global issues.

  • Specialise in either Politics or International Relations during your second year, leading to an extended research project in your final year that challenges your skills in research, critical thinking, and communication.

  • Learn from academics who frequently contribute to local, national, and international news outlets, such as BBC Radio, giving you insights from those shaping public discourse.

Modules

Course Modules

Year 1
Block 1: Ideas and Change in Politics and International Relations
Block 2: Journeys and Places
Block 3: Global Challenges: Politics and Policy
Block 4: Comparative Politics and Democracy

Year 2
Block 1: Political Theory

  • Politics pathway: Political Theory – Why Big Ideas Matter

  • International Relations pathway: Contemporary International Relations Theory
    Block 2: Exploring Work and Society
    Block 3:

  • Politics pathway: Global Political Economy: Gender, Race, Class

  • International Relations pathway: Not Westminster
    Block 4: Political Research in Action

Year 3
Politics pathway
Block 1: Politics of the Americas
Block 2: Decolonising Politics
Block 3: Sustainable Futures
Block 4: Politics and IR Project (year-long)
International Relations pathway
Block 1: Global Inequalities
Block 2: Security, Peace and Conflict
Block 3: Tackling Global Crises
Block 4: Politics and IR Project (year-long)

Once you have selected a specialism pathway, you cannot switch to an alternative pathway for the remainder of the course.

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate-courses/politics-and-international-relations-ba-degree/politics-and-international-relations-ba-hons.aspx#what-you-will-study

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Leicester Campus

Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years
  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • Placement (mandatory) • 4 Years

Start dates

Application codes

Institution code:
D26

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Application codes

Institution code:
D26

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

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Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
BBC

T Level
M

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 112

From at least two A-levels or equivalent

Access to HE Diploma
Merit: 15 Pass: 30

We will normally require students have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 26

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6including a minimum of 5.5 in each component

or equivalent

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

Here at DMU we welcome all applications, no matter what your background. To make sure you get fair and equal access to higher education, when looking at your application we consider more than just your grades–we take into account any challenges that you may have faced in your education. Contextual Offers will be offered to candidates who are in receipt of Free School Meals, who are Care Experienced or who are deemed to live in areas of low HE participation neighbourhoods (POLAR Quintiles 1 & 2).

Learn more on the De Montfort University website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland£10050
EU & International£16800*

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Please note, this fee is subject to parliamentary procedure and will also be subject to a compounded annual inflationary increase.

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