Bachelor of Arts - International Relations (Honours) (with placement year)

Learn how to analyse contemporary events in international politics and develop responses to them.

Global forces are shaping our decisions on crucial issues in contemporary international politics.

On this course students will develop an in-depth understanding of some of the crucial developments impacting our world including the rise of China and India, the crisis in Syria, the challenges of facing terrorism and the persistence of poverty and inequality in the global south.

Choose from a wide range of modules including Global Comparative Politics, Corruption and its Avoidance, Making of a Global World, Politics of Nationalism and American Presidency.

DMU teaching links theory and practice through simulations, engagement with House of Commons committees and the DMU Policy Commission – a supervised project-based module where staff and students work together to co-produce policy proposals in response to a contemporary political issue.

Key features

• 100% overall satisfaction, (Politics and related subjects) National Student Survey, 2019.
• Students will have the opportunity to go on field trips to the House of Commons and further afield to EU institutions in Brussels and partner institutions in Hong Kong.
• DMU is the only university in the UK to hold both ‘Congress to Campus’ and ‘European Parliament to Campus’ events, featuring visits from prominent political figures to enhance your study experience.
• DMU is recognised as a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence because of the high standards of research and teaching in European Studies.
• Enjoy an international experience linked directly to students' studies through the #DMUglobal programme. International Relations students have recently visited Hong Kong, Berlin, Washington D.C. and New York. Students in Brussels gained an understanding of the history of Europe and how that’s shaped life today.

• Minimum Level of Education Required: 1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate
• Min GPA: 60.0%
• English Proficiency Requirements:
  For direct admission, applicant must be from an English speaking country or meet either of the following English test scores:
  • Min TOEFL iBT: 60 (Min Listening: 7.0, Min Reading: 8.0, Min Speaking: 16.0, Min Writing: 18.0)
  • Min IELTS overall: 6 (Min Listening: 5.5, Min Reading: 5.5, Min Speaking: 5.5, Min Writing: 5.5)
  • Min PTE overall: 50
  Applicants interested in applying for direct admission, but are yet to complete an acceptable language test, can do so, but must provide valid results before receiving a final offer letter.
  For conditional admission, you are required to provide English proficiency scores:
  • Min TOEFL iBT: 32 (Min Listening: 2, Min Reading: 2, Min Speaking: 11, Min Writing: 11)
  • Min IELTS overall: 4.5 (Min Listening: 4, Min Reading: 4, Min Speaking: 4, Min Writing: 4)
  • Min PTE overall: 29