Study Schemes

BA  International Politics / Spanish [LRF4]

Academic Year: 2023/2024Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001 (Last intake year is 2020/2021)

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
IP12420

Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills

or
GW12420

Cyflwyniad i Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol 1: Cysyniadau Canolog a Sgiliau Craidd

IP12620

Behind the Headlines

or
GW12620

Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

SPANISH ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
SP19900

Spanish Language Advanced

Semester 2
SP19930

Spanish Language Advanced

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

SPANISH BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
SP10820

Beginners Spanish 1

Semester 2
SP11020

Beginners Spanish 2

Year 1  Options

All students must take 20 credits (1 module) of optional modules in International Politics.

Semester 1
IP12820

The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789

Semester 2
GW12520

Globaleiddio a Datblygiad Byd-eang

GW12920

Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain

IP10320

War, Strategy and Intelligence

IP12520

Globalization and Global Development

IP12920

Politics in the 21st Century

Year 1  Options

SPANISH ADVANCED: you must take SP10610 and must also choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

SP10610

Hispanic Civilization

SP11120

Study and Research Skills in Spanish and Latin American Studies

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

Year 1  Options

SPANISH BEGINNERS: you must choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

SP11120

Study and Research Skills in Spanish and Latin American Studies

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP20100

Spanish Language

Semester 2
SP20130

Spanish Language

Year 2  Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 2
IP20120

International Relations: Perspectives and Debates

or
GW20120

Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau

Year 2  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following SP or EL modules but note that you cannot take both SP20010 and SP20310:

Semester 1
EL20500

Extended Essay Module

SP20010

The Spanish Avant-Garde

SP26120

Spanish American Cinema

Semester 2
EL20510

Extended Essay Module

SP20310

Language of Business and Current Affairs 1

SP26020

Cuba in Revolution

Year 2  Options

Students must take 40 credits (2 modules) of International Politics optional modules from the list of those made available at pre-registration.

Semester 1
GQ23820

Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?

GW25820

Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell

IP20720

Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene

IP23620

European Security in 21st Century

IP25320

Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918

IP26020

The Past and Present of US Intelligence

IP26720

Gender, Conflict and Security

IP29220

International Politics and Global Development

IP29620

Women and Global Development

IQ20920

The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present

IQ22620

Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: The Diplomacy of Decline

IQ23820

UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?

IQ24320

Economic Diplomacy and Leadership

IQ25520

Global Politics and the Refugee Regime

IQ26020

The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations

Semester 2
GQ23920

Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw

GW29920

Cenedlaetholdeb mewn Theori a Realiti

IP20420

International Politics and the Nuclear Age

IP21320

The Arab-Israeli Wars

IP21820

Russian Security in the 21st Century

IP22320

The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module

IP22720

The Long Shadow of the Second World War

IP28820

Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800

IP29820

China From the Opium War to the Present

IP29920

Nationalism in Theory and Practice

IQ20020

Race in Global Politics

IQ23920

People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today

IQ24420

Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics

IQ25120

Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics

IQ25620

Refugee Simulation

IQ27120

Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy

Year 3  Core ( Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
IPS0000

Abroad Year Credits

Semester 2
IPS0060

Abroad Year Credits

Year 3  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SPS0000

Year Abroad Assessment

Semester 2
SPS0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Final Year  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP30100

Spanish Language

Semester 2
SP30130

Spanish Language

Final Year  Options

Final year students must take 60 credits in the Department of International Politics.

Semester 1
GQ33820

Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?

GW30000

Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig

GW35820

Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell

IP30000

Dissertation

IP30720

Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene

IP33620

European Security in the 21st Century

IP36020

The Past and Present of US Intelligence

IP36720

Gender, Conflict and Security

IP39620

Women and Global Development

IQ30920

The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present

IQ32620

Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: the Diplomacy of Decline:

IQ33820

UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?

IQ34320

Economic Diplomacy and Leadership

IQ35520

Global Politics and the Refugee Regime

IQ36020

The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations

Semester 2
GW30040

Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig

GW39920

Cenedlaetholdeb Mewn Theori a Realiti

IP30040

Dissertation

IP30420

International Politics and the Nuclear Age

IP31320

The Arab-Israeli Wars

IP31820

Russian Security in the 21st Century

IP32720

The Long Shadow of the Second World War

IP38820

Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800

IP39820

China From the Opium War to the Present

IP39920

Nationalism in Theory and Practice

IQ30020

Race in Global Politics

IQ34420

Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics

IQ35620

Refugee Simulation

IQ37120

Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy

Final Year  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following SP or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL30100

Dissertation

EL30500

Extended Essay Module

SP35020

Seeing Spain Through Cinema

SP35120

Reading Late 19th Century Literature

Semester 2
EL30120

Dissertation

EL30510

Extended Essay Module

SP36020

Cuba in Revolution

SP39910

Traducción al español

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary