LLB Law and International Relations [21LM]
Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start
Campus Aberystwyth
Joint Honours scheme - available from 2021/2022
Duration 3 years
Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards Excellence Scholarship;
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).
Year 1 Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 1 Options
All students must take 20 credits (1 module) of optional modules from the list below.
The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
Year 1 Options
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
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.
Y Meddwl Cymreig mewn Syniadaeth Ryngwladol
Gwleidyddiaeth mewn Cymdeithasau Amrywiaethol
Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War
The Second World War in Europe
Questions of International Politics
China From the Opium War to the Present
Intervention and Humanitarianism
The BRICS in World Politics
Total War, Total Peace
Politics in Diverse Societies
People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
Datganoli a Chymru
Russian Security in the 21st Century
Political Theory
Science, Technology, and International Relations
Devolution and Wales
Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
America at War: A Military History of the United States
A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
Contemporary Latin America
Trade Wars and the Liberal Order
The Century of the Superpowers and the Global Cold War
Year 2 Options
Choose 60 credits of options. (Language preference English LC / Welsh CT):
Systemau Cyfreithiol a Chyfiawnder Troseddol
Sgiliau ac Ymchwil Cyfreithiol
Cyfraith Gyhoeddus
Ecwiti a Chyfraith Ymddiriedolaethau
Legal and Criminal Justice Systems
Legal Skills and Research
Public Law
Equity and Trusts
Human Rights
Commercial Law
Family and Child Law
International Law
Company Law
Drugs and Crime
Trosedd yn y Gymru Gyfoes
Cyfraith Troseddol
Cyfraith Ewrop
Cyfraith Fentro Byd-Eang
Cyfraith Camwedd
Cyfraith Contract
Cyfraith Tir
Criminal Law
European Law
Tort
Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the Law
Contract Law
Land Law
Medicine Ethics and the Law
Employment Law
Climate Change and Environmental Law
Intellectual Property Law
Final Year Options
Final year students must take 60 credits in the Department of International Politics.
Y Meddwl Cymreig Mewn Syniadaeth Ryngwladol
Gwleidyddiaeth mewn Cymdeithasau Amrywiaethol
Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
Dissertation
Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War
The Second World War in Europe
Questions of International Politics
Intervention and Humanitarianism
The BRICS in World Politics
Total War, Total Peace
Politics in Diverse Societies
Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
Datganoli a Chymru
Dissertation
Russian Security in the 21st Century
Political Theory
Science, Technology, and International Relations
Devolution and Wales
America At War: a Military History of the United States
A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
Contemporary Latin America
Trade Wars and the Liberal Order
Final Year Options
Choose 60 credits of options. (Language preference English LC / Welsh CT):
Employability Skills in Practice
Cyfraith Gyhoeddus
Ecwiti a Chyfraith Ymddiriedolaethau
Traethawd Ymchwil Cyfreithiol o dan Arweiniad
Sgiliau Cyflogadwyedd Ar Waith
Public Law
Legal Practice and Public Law
Business Law and Practice and Solicitors Accounts
Dispute Resolution in Contract and Tort
Equity and Trusts
Human Rights
Commercial Law
Family and Child Law
International Law
Company Law
Drugs and Crime
Law Guided Research Essay
Employability Skills in Practice
Trosedd yn y Gymru Gyfoes
Cyfraith Troseddol
Cyfraith Ewrop
Cyfraith Fentro Byd-Eang
Cyfraith Tir
Traethawd Ymchwil Cyfreithiol o dan Arweiniad
Sgiliau Cyflogadwyedd Ar Waith
Criminal Law
European Law
Criminal Law and Practice
Wills, Trusts and Estates Law and Practice
Property Law and Practice
Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the Law
Land Law
Medicine Ethics and the Law
Employment Law
Climate Change and Environmental Law
Intellectual Property Law
Law Guided Research Essay
Advocacy Skills
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