Cynlluniau Astudio
International Relations (with integrated year in Industry)
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This degree includes a mandatory year spent gaining experience in industry.
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The relevant QAA benchmark statement for Politics and International Relations can be found here: https://www.qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-politics-and-international-relations
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September 2023
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International Relations is about who gets what, how they get it and why. It is about the international system, relationships between nation states, global resources, international cooperation, inequality and conflict. International Relations is fundamentally interdisciplinary, drawing on several subjects including Politics, History, Philosophy, Law, geography and Sociology. The programme encompasses philosophical, historical, theoretical and empirical questions and concerns. The multiple dimensions of International Relations are considered in a core framework of modules that provide the foundations of an undergraduate specialism in the subject matter, together with a range of optional modules which allow students to engage with issues which capture their interest. All modules are taught by research-active staff who thrive on the opportunity to engage students with their work (published, and in progress). The programme aims to produce students with the necessary skills to analyse and reflect on the subject matter of the degree scheme as well as acquire a broad range of transferable skill. Skills in this subject will be, we believe, valuable for future employers and the wider civil society. International Relations offers a distinct understanding of the world in which we live as well as the problems it confronts. In addition, students on this degree scheme will have an opportunity to build on their academic knowledge and skillsets through undertaking a UK-based year in industry in their 3rd year.
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The learning outcomes of this programme are designed to meet the expectations of the Benchmarking Statement for Politics and International Relations. The structure and the delivery of the degree scheme recognizes the need to achieve an appropriate balance between the acquisition of subject specific knowledge, and the development of discipline specific and generic skills. Integrating these two components is a central feature of the learning outcomes. The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge, understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:
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A knowledge and understanding of:
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1. The evolution of the international system from Westphalia to the present day
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2. Key debates in the history of International Relations as a discipline
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3. The core theories and concepts in the field
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4. The main structures and processes in world politics, including knowledge of regional dynamics, regimes and institutions
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5. The key actors in international relations
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6. The key dynamics, processes and problems facing contemporary Global Politics.
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7. How these approaches help us to explain and understand events in the world
Teaching/learning and assessment methods:
Acquisition
of 1-7 is through lectures, seminars, assessed coursework, exams and
independent research. Students also learn through participation in
discipline-specific student societies and public lectures as well as
through other public resources such as newsprint media, TV, radio and
the internet. Throughout, students are encouraged to undertake
independent reading to supplement, consolidate and broaden individual
knowledge and understanding of the subject. Knowledge and
understanding (1-7) is tested through a combination of unseen and
pre-seen written examinations (1-7), essays (1-7), dissertation (1-7,
depending upon topic) and may, depending on option choices, include
seminar presentations, reports, literature searches, book or film
reviews, e-portfolios, learning logs or blogs. Students also learn
through self-reflection when completing their entries to the Careers
Development Programme.
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10.2.1 Intellectual Skills:
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1. Identify, describe and evaluate different approaches
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2. Identify and research issues
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3. Apply concepts, theories and ideas to concrete cases
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4. Identify, investigate and formulate solutions to intellectual problems
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5. Critically reason, analyse and interpret data and ideas
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6. Demonstrate and exercise independence of mind
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7. Reflect on experience of learning and adjust intellectual strategies accordingly
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8. The ability to apply acquired knowledge to solving hypothetical or actual problems
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9. The ability to distinguish relevance and irrelevance
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10. Recognition that problems often have more than one solution
Teaching and learning methods and assessment:
While
lectures introduce students to topics and ideas, the development of
intellectual skills takes place when students engage with the topic
themselves and interact with others in the intellectual learning
community both during discussions (in seminars, where tutors seek to
guide and develop intellectual skills, and wider public debate), and
in the process of reading and writing notes, essays or examinations.
Reflection and self assessment are also integral to the learning of
intellectual skills. Tutors form impressions of, and assess, a
student's ability and progress through contact with students in
seminars and in the assessment of written work. Intellectual skills
(1-10) are assessed primarily in essay and examination performance,
plus the other methods of assessment set out above. The published
assessment criteria reflect these intellectual skills that in turn are
mirrored in the feedback to students. Students can assess their own
performance by gauging their rate of progress in comparison to that of
their peers, and in the light of tutor's comments. Students are free
to discuss the informal development and assessment of such skills
during staff office hours. Personal learning (7) is not formally
assessed but relative success is reflected in a student's ability to
improve over time. Personal learning is also enhanced through
engagement with the Careers Development Programme process.
10.2.2 Professional Practical Skills:
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1. Seek, extract and effectively annotate information from a range of sources
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2. Prioritise and organise information and deploy it as evidence in argument
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3. Plan, undertake and complete written work (to strict deadlines) suitable for different audiences or tasks
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4. Identify and retrieve relevant and up to date information
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5. Collate information and arguments at short notice to answer specific questions
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6. Express informed opinions through written work and discussion.
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7. Listen and respond appropriately to the opinions of others
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8. Formulate questions and explore links between divergent topics
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9. Learn from experience
Teaching and learning methods and assessment:
All
core modules, and in particular those taught at Part One, contain
elements which directly address the development of practical skills
(1-8). The process of writing essays, reports and presentations etc
(1-6) and preparing for examinations (1-6, 9) allows the student to
hone skills through practice, guided by feedback from tutors.
Discussion in seminars or engagement with debate in public fora leads
students to improve their intellectual communication skills (2, 5-9).
Students also learn and improve such skills through personal
reflection on their learning experience and purposeful adaptation of
their learning methods; a process reflected upon in all modules.
Personal learning is also enhanced through engagement with the Careers
Development Programme process.
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On completion of the programme the student will be able to take responsibility for themselves and their work. They will be able to:
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Work independently
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Work in a team
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Respect the views and beliefs of others
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Listen
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Communicate orally
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Communicate in writing
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Communicate electronically
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Word-process
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Use the Web
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Manage time and work to deadlines
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Research issues
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Solve problems
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Adapt to change
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Develop career awareness
BA International Relations (with integrated year in Industry) [642L]
Blwyddyn Academaidd: 2023/2024Cynllun Anrhydedd Sengl - ar gael ers 2021/2022
Hyd (astudio Llawn Amser): 4 blwyddynExploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
Behind the Headlines
The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
Ymwneud â'ch pwnc yn Gymraeg: sgiliau dwyieithog ar gyfer y brifysgol a'r gweithle
Globaleiddio a Datblygiad Byd-eang
Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain
War, Strategy and Intelligence
Globalization and Global Development
Politics in the 21st Century
International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
Graduate Career and Professional Development
Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
European Security in 21st Century
Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
The Past and Present of US Intelligence
Gender, Conflict and Security
International Politics and Global Development
Women and Global Development
The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: The Diplomacy of Decline
UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations
Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
Cenedlaetholdeb mewn Theori a Realiti
International Politics and the Nuclear Age
The Arab-Israeli Wars
Russian Security in the 21st Century
The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
The Long Shadow of the Second World War
Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
China From the Opium War to the Present
Nationalism in Theory and Practice
Race in Global Politics
People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
Refugee Simulation
Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy
Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
European Security in the 21st Century
The Past and Present of US Intelligence
Gender, Conflict and Security
Women and Global Development
The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: the Diplomacy of Decline:
UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations
Cenedlaetholdeb Mewn Theori a Realiti
International Politics and the Nuclear Age
The Arab-Israeli Wars
Russian Security in the 21st Century
The Long Shadow of the Second World War
Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
China From the Opium War to the Present
Nationalism in Theory and Practice
Race in Global Politics
Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
Refugee Simulation
Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy