BSC Economics and Politics [LL13]
Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start
Campus Aberystwyth
Joint Honours scheme - available from 2020/2021
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 (60 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Understanding the Economy
Year 1 Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 1 Options
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 2 Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Microeconomics Theory and Policy Applications
Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy Applications
Year 2 Options
Students must take 40 credits (2 modules) of International Politics modules from the following list.
Gwleidyddiaeth mewn Cymdeithasau Amrywiaethol
Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
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
Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
Y Meddwl Cymreig mewn Syniadaeth Ryngwladol
Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
Datganoli a Chymru
International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
Making Sense of Secrets: Intelligence Analysis in Theory and Practice
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
Final Year Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Contemporary Issues in Economics and Policy
Growth, Development and Sustainability
Final Year Options
Final year students must take 60 credits in the Department of International Politics.
Gwleidyddiaeth mewn Cymdeithasau Amrywiaethol
Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
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
Y Meddwl Cymreig Mewn Syniadaeth Ryngwladol
Datganoli a Chymru
Making Sense of Secrets: Intelligence Analysis in Theory and Practice
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
The Century of the Superpowers and the Global Cold War
Final Year Options
Aberystwyth Business School,Aberystwyth University, Hugh Owen Building, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DY
Telephone Department: +44 01970 622500 Admissions: +44 (0)1970 622021
Email: business-school@aber.ac.uk