1 : Awarding Institution / Body
Aberystwyth University
2a : Teaching Institution / University
Aberystwyth University
2b : Work-based learning (where appropriate)
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3a : Programme accredited by
Aberystwyth University
3b : Programme approved by
Aberystwyth University
4 : Final Award
Bachelor of Arts
5 : Programme title
German / International Politics
6 : UCAS code
RL22
7 : QAA Subject Benchmark
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8 : Date of publication
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9 : Educational aims of the programme
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10 : Intended learning outcomes
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10.1 : Knowledge and understanding
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10.2 : Skills and other attributes
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10.3 : Transferable/Key skills
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11 : Program Structures and requirements, levels, modules, credits and awards
BA German / International Politics [RL22]
Academic Year: 2023/2024Joint Honours scheme - available from 2019/2020
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Last intake year: 2020/2021
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1 IP12420 Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option
GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take:
Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option
GERMAN BEGINNERS: you must take:
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
GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take GE10810 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
Semester 2 EL10520 Introduction to European Film
EL10820 Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe
GE10810 Exploring German Cultural Identity
Year 1 Options
GERMAN 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
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).
Year 2 Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 2 IP20120 International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
Year 2 Options
Choose 30 credits of the following GE or EL modules:
Semester 1 GE22820 Children's Literature in German
Semester 2 GE27220 German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK
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
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
IQ23920 People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
IQ24420 Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
IQ25120 Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
IQ27120 Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy
Year 3 Core ( Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1 GES0000 Intercalary Year Dissertation
Final Year Core (30 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
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
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
IP30420 International Politics and the Nuclear Age
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
IQ34420 Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
IQ37120 Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy
Final Year Options
Choose 30 credits of the following GE or EL modules:
Semester 1 GE32820 Children's Literature in German
Semester 2 GE31110 Contemporary German Politics
GE37220 German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK
12 : Support for students and their learning
Every student is allocated a Personal Tutor. Personal Tutors have an
important role within the overall framework for supporting students and
their personal development at the University. The role is crucial in
helping students to identify where they might find support, how and where
to seek advice and how to approach support to maximise their student
experience. Further support for students and their learning is provided by
Information Services and Student Support and Careers Services.
13 : Entry Requirements
14 : Methods for evaluating and improving the quality and standards of teaching and learning
All taught study schemes are subject to annual monitoring and periodic
review, which provide the University with assurance that schemes are
meeting their aims, and also identify areas of good practice and
disseminate this information in order to enhance the provision.
15 : Regulation of Assessment
15.1 : External Examiners
External Examiners fulfill an essential part of the University’s Quality
Assurance. Annual reports by External Examiners are considered by
Faculties and Academic Board at university level.
16 : Indicators of quality and standards
The Department Quality Audit questionnaire serves as a checklist about the
current requirements of the University’s Academic Quality Handbook. The
periodic Department Reviews provide an opportunity to evaluate the
effectiveness of quality assurance processes and for the University to
assure itself that management of quality and standards which are the
responsibility of the University as a whole are being delivered
successfully.