Study Schemes
BA French / International Politics [LRF1]
Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Options
FRENCH ADVANCED: you must take:
Year 1 Options
FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must take:
Semester 1 FR10700 French Language (beginners)
Semester 2 FR10740 French Language (beginners)
Year 1 Options
FRENCH ADVANCED: you must take either FR12910 or EL10610 and must also choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:
Semester 1 EL10500 Introduction To European Film
EL10610 Language In Society: An Introduction To Sociolinguistics
EL10800 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10900 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
Semester 2 EL10520 Introduction To European Film
EL10820 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10920 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
FR12910 Images Of France Through Childhood Memory
Year 1 Options
FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:
Semester 1 EL10500 Introduction To European Film
EL10610 Language In Society: An Introduction To Sociolinguistics
EL10800 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10900 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
Semester 2 EL10520 Introduction To European Film
EL10820 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10920 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
Year 1 Options
Part One students MUST TAKE and PASS 40 credits worth of Part One modules from the Department of International Politics
Semester 1 GW10420 Cyflwyniad I Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol
GW11220 Defnyddio Syniadau Gwleidyddol
GW12320 Gwleidyddiaeth Y Byd Yng Nghyfnod Y Ddau Ryfel Byd
IP10420 Introduction To International Politics
IP12220 Revolution And Continuity In Political Philosophy
IP12320 World Politics In The Age Of The Two World Wars
Semester 2 GW10320 Rhyfel Strategaeth A Chuddwybodaeth
GW10620 Cyflwyniad I Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Y Trydydd Byd
IP10320 War, Strategy And Intelligence
IP10620 Power And Inequality In The Third World
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (30 Credits)
You must take:
Year 2 Options
You must choose 30 credits of the following Level 2 FR or EL modules but note that you cannot take both EL31900/20 and EL20500/10 in combination:
Semester 1 EL31900 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
FR23120 Langues Regionales Et Dialectes De France
Semester 2 EL31920 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
FR26020 Humour In French Literature
Year 3 Core ( Credits)
The third year is a compulsory abroad as a student at a French speaking University. See Exchange Co-ordinator in International Politics for further details. Students are not required to write a Dissertation for European Languages.
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
On your compulsory year abroad your registration will be:
Final Year Core (30 Credits)
You must take:
Final Year Options
You must choose 30 credits of the following Level 3 FR or EL modules but note that you cannot take both EL31900/20 and EL30500/10 in combination:
Semester 1 EL31900 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
FR30310 The Language Of Business And Current Affairs
FR33120 Langues Regionales Et Dialectes De France
FR39020 The Nature Of The Beast: Animal, Human, Monster
Semester 2 EL31920 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
FR33320 L'art Du RÉcit (19e - 20e SiÈcles)
FR36020 Decrasser Le Sacre: Religion And 20thc Literature
Available both years Options
Students must TAKE and PASS one of the following degree scheme core modules before being eligible for graduation (please note that a choice of seven modules is offered over Part Two of the degree) -please see below for those offered this year:
Semester 1 GW35320 Rhyfela Wedi Waterloo: Hanes Milwrol 1815-1918
IP35320 Warfare After Waterloo: Military History 1815 - 1918
Semester 2 GW30120 Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Heddiw
IP30120 International Political Theory Today
IP39220 The Third World In International Politics
Available both years Options
Students must take 120 of their 240 credits in Part Two (year 2 & final year) in International Politics dept; and should also take 120 credits in their `home' department (usually 60 credits from each per year) -including core module credits
Semester 1 GW35320 Rhyfela Wedi Waterloo: Hanes Milwrol 1815-1918
GW37720 Damcaniaethau Amlddiwylliannedd
IP31420 Twenty-first Century Warfare
IP33720 The Making Of National Security Policy
IP35320 Warfare After Waterloo: Military History 1815 - 1918
IP36620 Democracy Promotion In World Politics
IP36920 America At War: A Military History Of The United States
IP37020 Social Movements And World Politics
IP37720 Theories Of Multiculturalism
IP38220 The Evolution Of American Foreign Policy
IP39520 Islam, Foreign Policy And The Developing World
Semester 2 GW30120 Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Heddiw
IP30120 International Political Theory Today
IP30420 International Politics And The Nuclear Age
IP34320 The Ethics Of War In Theory And Practice
IP35720 De Gaulle's France (1919 - 1970)
IP36220 Global Crime And Transnational Policing: Emerging Practices
IP36420 The Second World War In Europe
IP37120 International Peacekeeping And Ethnic Warfare
IP37520 Us And Uk Special Relations
IP39220 The Third World In International Politics
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary