Introducing Politics with International Studies

A core training in the study of Politics is combined with the theoretical, global and multi-disciplinary perspective provided by International Studies modules. Four modules are taken in each year, and of the eight examined for the final degree, five are chosen from the lists of Options. There are various opportunities for you to undertake overseas study as part of the degree. You can apply to spend the Second Year of your degree at one of our exchange partner universities in the United States and still complete your Warwick degree in three years. There is also a half-year exchange programme in the Second Year with City University in Hong Kong. If you wish to spend the Third Year of your degree at an approved overseas university, you can apply during the summer term of your Second Year. You would then spend a Fourth Year completing your studies in the Department.

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Modules

Year One

Module 1: (Core) Introduction to Politics.

Module 2: (Core) Research Methods in Political Science.

Module 3: (Core) World Politics.

Module 4: (Option) An approved Option from a related discipline or an approved foreign language module. Students are encouraged to study a foreign language.

Year Two

Module 1: (Core) Political Theory from Hobbes.

Module 2: (Core) Theories of International Relations.

Modules 3 and 4: (Options) including: Politics of Developing Areas; International Politics of Democracy Promotion; States and Markets – An Introduction to International Political Economy; Politics of Contemporary China; Europe – Politics and Ideas; Politics of the USA; Politics of the UK; French Politics and Institutions; Politics and Policy; Core Issues in Comparative Politives; International Security; an approved Option from another department.

Year Three

Module 1: (Core) Issues in Political Theory.

Modules 2 and 3: (Options) including: Politics of Globalisation; Britain and the War in Iraq; Ethnic Conflict and Violence; United States Foreign Policy; Shapes and Shadows of the Cold War; Middle East Regional Relations; Citizenship, Migration and Minorities; Problems of European Integration; Gender and Development; Governing Britain since 1918; The Politics of European Union Policy Making; Sport, Politics and Society; Political Theory and Conceptions of Industrial Society; The Making of Economic Policy; Vigilant State – the Politics of Intelligence; Dissertation.

Module 4: (Option) A further Politics and International Studies Option or an approved Option from a related discipline.

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Assessment

A combination of timed examination and assessment essays (subject to certain limits).

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Further Information 

Admissions: (024) 7652 3723

Email: ugadmissions@warwick.ac.uk

Department Open Day:
At least two open days held during Spring Term for applicants who have been made offers. For more information see PAIS website

Gap Year:
Deferred entry welcome

Interviews:
Applicants returning to study may be interviewed.

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