BA
French / International Politics
[LRF1]
Academic Year: 2025/2026Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001 (Last intake year is 2020/2021)
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary
Part 1 Rules
Year 1
Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
IP12420Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
Module in Welsh▼Module in Welsh▲
orGW12420Cyflwyniad i Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol 1: Cysyniadau Canolog a Sgiliau Craidd
IP12620Behind the Headlines
Module in Welsh▼Module in Welsh▲
Year 1
Timetable Core/Student Option
FRENCH ADVANCED: you must take:
Semester 1
FR11900French Language (Non-Beginners)
Semester 2
FR11940French Language (Non-Beginners)
Year 1
Timetable Core/Student Option
FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must take:
Year 1
Options
All students must take 20 credits (1 module) of optional modules from the list below.
Semester 1
IP12820The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
Semester 2
GW12520Globaleiddio a Datblygiad Byd-eang
GW12920Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain
IP10320War, Strategy and Intelligence
IP12520Globalization and Global Development
IP12920Politics in the 21st Century
Year 1
Options
Choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:
Semester 1
EL10000Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages
EL10500Introduction to European Film
EL10800Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe
FR11100Introduction to French Studies
Semester 2
EL10020Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages
EL10520Introduction to European Film
EL10820Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe
FR11120Introduction to French Studies
Part 2 Rules
Year 2
Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
FR22100French Language (Intermediate)
Semester 2
FR22140French Language (Intermediate)
Year 2
Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 2
IP20120International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
Module in Welsh▼Module in Welsh▲
orGW20120Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
Year 2
Options
Choose 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules:
Semester 1
FR21020Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture
FR27020Self-Writing, 18th-21st Centuries
Semester 2
FR27820History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema
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
GQ23820Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
GQ23920Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
GW29920Cenedlaetholdeb mewn Theori a Realiti
IP20420The Strategy and Politics of Nuclear Weapons
IP23320NATO: From Cold War to Hybrid War
IP28820Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
IP29220International Politics and Global Development
IP29920Nationalism in Theory and Practice
IQ23820UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
IQ23920People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
IQ24420Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
IQ25120Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
Semester 2
GW25820Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
IP22320The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
IP25320Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
IP26020The Past and Present of US Intelligence
IP29620Women and Global Development
IQ20520From Mincemeat to Cyberwars: A Global Perspective on Covert Operations since 1945
IQ21720Justice, Order, Human Rights
IQ22820Capitalism and International Politics
IQ22920Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics
IQ24320Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
Year 3
Core ( Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 3
Core (60 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Final Year
Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Final Year
Options
Final year students must take 60 credits in the Department of International Politics.
Semester 1
GQ33820Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
GW30000Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
GW39920Cenedlaetholdeb Mewn Theori a Realiti
IP30420The Strategy and Politics of Nuclear Weapons
IP33320NATO: From Cold War to Hybrid War
IP38820Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
IP39920Nationalism in Theory and Practice
IQ33820UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
IQ34420Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
Semester 2
GW30040Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
GW35820Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
IP36020The Past and Present of US Intelligence
IP39620Women and Global Development
IQ30520From Mincemeat to Cyberwars: A Global Perspective on Covert Operations since 1945
IQ31720Justice, Order, Human Rights
IQ32820Capitalism and International Politics
IQ32920Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics
IQ34320Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
Final Year
Options
Choose 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules:
Semester 1
FR31020Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture
FR37020Self-writing, 18th-21st Centuries
Semester 2
FR37820History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary
