International Relations
UCAS Code: L252
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Excluding General Studies
Access to HE Diploma
Pass the Access to HE Diploma with 25 L3 credits at Distinction Grade and 20 L3 credits at Merit Grade. Please also see GCSE requirements
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Applicant will be considered with IB 34-32 OR 665 or 655 in three Higher Level subjects.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
Scottish Higher
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About this course
This exciting and distinctive programme combines a solid grounding in international relations, with the opportunity to specialise in an issue or region.
The content of our programme is influenced by our research interests that are nationally and internationally recognised and positioned at the forefront of academic debate. Staff at the Penryn Campus have particular expertise in the following international relations specialisms:
•International security
•Foreign policy
•Intelligence studies
•The politics of the European Union
•The Middle East and North Africa
•Gender and international relations
•Critical military studies
•Comparative electoral politics
•Media
•Political psychology
•Political theory
•Quantitative and qualitative research methods
•Environmental politics
Our academics bring the latest political thinking into your degree through research-led teaching. You will experience a range of innovative teaching, ranging from traditional lectures and small-group seminars to participating in real research experiments and political simulations.
Our programmes produce graduates who can engage imaginatively in the process of understanding and analysing complex and sophisticated problems by using critical approaches that blend detailed and broad levels of analysis. Field work overseas and a focus on career-related experience and skills, ensure learning is both research-led and relevant to your future career aspirations. The study of International Relations in Cornwall is characterised by its focus on some of the biggest political challenges facing the world today such as terrorism, the global financial crisis, conflict in the Middle East, and the changing balance in world power. We believe a degree shouldn’t just be an intellectual exercise; it’s the means by which people change the world.
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University of Exeter Penryn Campus, Cornwall
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What do graduate employment figures really tell you?The numbers of people taking politics degrees fell sharply last year and we'll keep an eye on this one - it can't really be because of graduates getting poor outcomes as politics grads do about as well as graduates on average. Most politics or international relations graduates don't actually go into politics - although many do, as activists, fundraisers and researchers. Jobs in local and central government are also important. Other popular jobs include marketing and PR, youth and community work, finance roles, HR and academic research (you usually need a postgraduate degree to get into research). Because so many graduates get jobs in the civil service, a lot of graduates find themselves in London after graduating. Politics is a very popular postgraduate subject, and so about one in five politics graduates go on to take another course - usually a one-year Masters - after they finish their degrees.
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