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History / International Relations

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Key Facts

2DLV

  • UCAS Tariff

    120 - 96

  • Course duration

    3 years

Available for September start 2025

Further details on entry requirements

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Course Overview


Our Staff

Staff in the Department of History and Welsh History are active researchers and experts in their field of History. Most are qualified to PhD level and hold PGCHE. To find out more about our staff, please visit our departmental staff page.

Lecturers in the Department of International Politics are all research active and qualified to PhD level, and most also have a PGCHE.

Modules September start - 2025

Please note: The modules listed below are those currently intended for delivery during the next academic year and may be subject to change. They are included here to give an indication of how the course is structured.

Core

Module Name Module Code Credit Value
International Relations: Perspectives and Debates IP20120 20

Options

Module Name Module Code Credit Value
A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century IP28320 20
Capitalism and International Politics IQ22820 20
Climate Change Politics IP21420 20
Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene IP20720 20
Contemporary Latin America IP28720 20
Devolution and Wales IP25020 20
International Politics and Global Development IP29220 20
Intervention and Humanitarianism IQ20220 20
Militaries and Crisis: Where Strategy Meets Society IP20820 20
People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today IQ23920 20
Political Theory IP22220 20
Politics in Diverse Societies IQ23720 20
Questions of International Politics IP26820 20
Russian intelligence from Lenin to Putin IQ24920 20
Science, Technology, and International Relations IP23020 20
Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics IQ25120 20
Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War IP24520 20
The BRICS in World Politics IQ20320 20
The European Union: Politics, Policies, Problems IP23820 20
The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module IP22320 20
The Second World War in Europe IP26420 20
Total War, Total Peace IQ23420 20
Trade Wars and the Liberal Order IQ21620 20
War Crimes IQ25720 20
Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918 IP25320 20
African-American History, 1808 to the Present HY28320 20
Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850 WH23420 20
Germany since 1945 HY29620 20
Interdisciplinary and decolonial history HY24320 20
Magic in the Middle Ages: From Antiquity to the Eve of the Witch Craze HY25920 20
Media and Society in Twentieth Century Britain HY27520 20
Memory, Myth and History: Investigating Medieval Chronicles, c. 1000-1250 HY24120 20
Recounting Racism: Oral History and Modern American Race Relations. HY25020 20
Science, Religion and Magic HY28620 20
Southeast Asia at the crossroads (c.1400 to the present) HY29920 20
The Atlantic World, 1492-1825 HY29720 20
The Making of Europe: Christendom and beyond, c. 1000-1300 HY25720 20
The Tudors: A European Dynasty? HY20920 20
Victorian Visions: Exploring Nineteenth-Century Exhibitions HY24620 20

Core

Module Name Module Code Credit Value

Options

Module Name Module Code Credit Value
A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century IP38320 20
African-American History, 1808 to the Present HY38820 20
Capitalism and International Politics IQ32820 20
Climate Change Politics IP31420 20
Contemporary Latin America IP38720 20
Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850 WH33420 20
Devolution and Wales IP35020 20
Dissertation IP30040 40
Germany since 1945 HY39620 20
Intervention and Humanitarianism IQ30220 20
Magic in the Middle Ages: From Antiquity to the Eve of the Witch Craze HY35920 20
Media and Society in Twentieth Century Britain HY37520 20
Militaries and Crisis: Where Strategy Meets Society IP30820 20
Political Theory IP32220 20
Politics in Diverse Societies IQ33720 20
Questions of International Politics IP36820 20
Russian intelligence from Lenin to Putin IQ34920 20
Science, Religion and Magic HY38620 20
Science, Technology, and International Relations IP33020 20
Southeast Asia at the crossroads (c. 1400 to the present) HY39920 20
Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War IP34520 20
The Atlantic World, 1492-1825 HY39720 20
The BRICS in World Politics IQ30320 20
The European Union: Politics, Policies, Problems IP33820 20
The Making of Europe: Christendom and beyond, c. 1000-1300 HY35720 20
The Second World War in Europe IP36420 20
The Tudors: A European Dynasty? HY30920 20
Total War, Total Peace IQ33420 20
Trade Wars and the Liberal Order IQ31620 20
War Crimes IQ35720 20

* Also available partially or entirely through the medium of Welsh

Careers


Teaching & Learning


Typical Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff 120 - 96

A Levels BBB-CCC

GCSE requirements (minimum grade C/4):
English or Welsh

BTEC National Diploma:
DDM-MMM

International Baccalaureate:
30-26

European Baccalaureate:
75%-65% overall

English Language Requirements:
See our Undergraduate English Language Requirements for this course. Pre-sessional English Programmes are also available for students who do not meet our English Language Requirements.

Country Specific Entry Requirements:
International students whose qualification is not listed on this page, can check our Country Specific Entry Requirements for further information.

The University welcomes undergraduate applications from students studying the Access to Higher Education Diploma or T-level qualifications, provided that relevant subject content and learning outcomes are met. We are not able to accept Access to Higher Education Diplomas or T-levels as a general qualification for every undergraduate degree course.
Our inclusive admissions policy values breadth as well as depth of study. Applicants are selected on their own individual merits and offers can vary. If you would like to check the eligibility of your qualifications before submitting an application, please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office for advice and guidance.

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