BA

International Relations and Climate Change (with integrated year in industry)

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Key Facts

37LF

  • UCAS Tariff

    120 - 96

  • Course duration

    4 years

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Climate Change is the single most significant and complex challenge facing human, social, political and economic systems.

International Relations is key to understanding this complexity and confronting this global crisis.

By choosing the International Relations and Climate Change degree in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, you will have the opportunity to explore the complexity of this global crisis and learn how countries are confronting it.

You will develop a distinct multidisciplinary approach to the international politics of climate change, reflecting on ways that states and societies struggle with managing the planet's resources and ecological systems and developing effective political and societal solutions.

Course Overview

Why should you study International Relations and Climate Change (with an integrated year in industry) at Aberystwyth University?

What are the obstacles to such cooperation? What possibilities are there to overcome them? These questions are at the heart of this innovative, incisive and intellectually stimulating degree scheme. The course provides a thorough and critical understanding of the interconnectedness of politics and international relations, climate change, the environment and natural resources, inequality and development, and cooperation and conflict. In particular this programme focuses on evaluating the nature of the climate emergency, its political, economic, social and ecological impacts, and the political, social, economic and human responses to it.

On this degree you will:

  • engage with and develop a distinct multidisciplinary approach to the international politics of climate change
  • analyse the causes and consequence of climate change and environmental degradation, especially from the perspective of international politics
  • reflect on ways that states and societies struggle with managing the planet’s resources and ecological systems and to develop effective political and societal solutions
  • examine links between climate change and other global challenges such as conflict, migration, inequality and governance
  • explore through simulations the experience of decision-making processes, negotiations and the politics surrounding contemporary climate governance.

Your year in industry is normally undertaken during the third year. You will be required to find your placement independently, but support is available within the Department and also from colleagues in our Careers Service.

Our Staff

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

Careers

Employability is embedded within all our courses. Our degrees provide a solid foundation for a vast array of careers across a range of sectors.

In a rapidly shifting global economy, our graduates are adaptable and are able to draw on a range of transferable skills, ensuring that they are always in demand.

As a graduate of this degree, you will be well-placed to pursue a career in climate change management, adaptation and mitigation, both in the UK and abroad. Additionally, you will be suited to careers in related areas, such as environmental education and consultancy or conservation. Another option would be to undertake further study, either at Masters or Doctoral level.

Teaching & Learning

The breakdown below will provide you with an illustration of what you may study during the four year degree scheme.

What will I learn?

First Year:

  • Exploring the International: Central concepts and core skills
  • Globalisation and Global Development
  • Climate Change: Impacts, Perceptions, Adaptations
  • The Science of Climate.

Second year:

  • The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
  • International relations: Perspectives and debates.

During your third year, you will undertake your work experience placement.

Final Year:

  • Dissertation.

On each year of the degree, and especially in your second and final years, you will study several optional modules. These may include:

  • International Politics in the Anthropocene
  • People, Progress, Environment: Theories and Histories of Environmental Politics
  • Refugee simulation
  • International Politics and Global Development
  • Global Inequality and World Politics
  • Global Politics and the Refugee Regime.

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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