BA International Relations / Spanish [4FRL]

Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Joint Honours scheme - available from 2021/2022

Last intake year is 2024/2025

Duration 4 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).

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 ol i'r Penawdau

Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option

SPANISH ADVANCED: you must take:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP11900

Spanish Language (Non-Beginners)

Semester 2
SP11940

Spanish Language (Non-Beginners)

Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option

SPANISH BEGINNERS: you must take:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP11700

Spanish Language (Beginners)

Semester 2
SP11740

Spanish Language (Beginners)

Year 1 Options

All students must take 20 credits (1 module) of optional modules from the list below.

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

Choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10000

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

SP16100

Hispanic Civilization

Semester 2
EL10020

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

SP16120

Hispanic Civilization

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP22100

Spanish Language (Intermediate)

Semester 2
SP22140

Spanish Language (Intermediate)

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 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules

Semester 1
SP20620

The Spanish Avant-Garde

SP26120

Spanish American Cinema

Semester 2
SP25220

Spanish Cinema ii: New Tendencies

SP27020

Cuban Cinema of the Revolution: Crisis, National Identity and the Critique of Contemporary Society

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
GQ20920

Y Meddwl Cymreig mewn Syniadaeth Ryngwladol

GQ23720

Gwleidyddiaeth mewn Cymdeithasau Amrywiaethol

GQ23920

Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw

IP22320

The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module

IP24520

Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War

IP26420

The Second World War in Europe

IP26820

Questions of International Politics

IP29820

China From the Opium War to the Present

IQ20220

Intervention and Humanitarianism

IQ20320

The BRICS in World Politics

IQ23420

Total War, Total Peace

IQ23720

Politics in Diverse Societies

IQ23920

People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today

IQ25120

Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics

Semester 2
GW25020

Datganoli a Chymru

IP21820

Russian Security in the 21st Century

IP22220

Political Theory

IP23020

Science, Technology, and International Relations

IP25020

Devolution and Wales

IP25320

Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918

IP26920

America at War: A Military History of the United States

IP28320

A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century

IP28720

Contemporary Latin America

IQ21620

Trade Wars and the Liberal Order

IQ25220

The Century of the Superpowers and the Global Cold War

Year 3 Core ( Credits)

Your compulsory Year Abroad modules for International Politics

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
IPS0000

Abroad Year Credits

Semester 2
IPS0060

Abroad Year Credits

Year 3 Core (60 Credits)

During your Year Abroad your registration will be:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SPS0000

Year Abroad Assessment

Semester 2
SPS0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Final Year Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP33400

Spanish Language (Advanced)

Semester 2
SP33440

Spanish Language (Advanced)

Final Year Options

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

Semester 1
GQ30920

Y Meddwl Cymreig Mewn Syniadaeth Ryngwladol

GQ33720

Gwleidyddiaeth mewn Cymdeithasau Amrywiaethol

GW30000

Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig

IP30000

Dissertation

IP30720

Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene

IP34520

Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War

IP36420

The Second World War in Europe

IP36820

Questions of International Politics

IQ30220

Intervention and Humanitarianism

IQ30320

The BRICS in World Politics

IQ33420

Total War, Total Peace

IQ33720

Politics in Diverse Societies

Semester 2
GW30040

Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig

GW35020

Datganoli a Chymru

IP30040

Dissertation

IP31820

Russian Security in the 21st Century

IP32220

Political Theory

IP33020

Science, Technology, and International Relations

IP35020

Devolution and Wales

IP36920

America At War: a Military History of the United States

IP38320

A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century

IP38720

Contemporary Latin America

IQ31620

Trade Wars and the Liberal Order

Final Year Options

Choose 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules:

Semester 1
SP35120

Reading Late 19th Century Literature

Semester 2
SP35220

Spanish Cinema ii: New Tendencies

SP37020

Cuban Cinema of the Revolution: Crisis, National Identity and the Critique of Contemporary Society