BA Modern Languages / International Relations [RL90]
Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start
Campus Aberystwyth
Joint Honours scheme - available from 2025/2026
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).
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
PATHWAY A: Students taking a language at NON-BEGINNERS level MUST choose 40 credits of NON-BEGINNERS language modules:
Year 1 Options
PATHWAY B: Students taking a language at BEGINNERS level MUST choose 40 credits of BEGINNERS language modules:
Year 1 Options
All students MUST choose an additional 20 credits of the following language pathway specific, EL or other Level 1 content modules:
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 2 Options
PATHWAY A and B: Choose 40 credits of the following language pathway specific modules. Students must continue with the language pathway followed in Level 1.
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
FRENCH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules
History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema
Year 2 Options
GERMAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following GR or EL modules
German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK
Contemporary German Politics
Year 2 Options
ITALIAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following IT or EL modules
Rethinking late 20th Century Italy
Year 2 Options
Final Year Options
PATHWAY A and B: Choose 40 credits of the following language pathway specific modules. Students must continue with the language pathway followed in Level 2.
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
FRENCH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules
Voyage Et Litterature En France / Travel and Literature in France
History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema
Final Year Options
GERMAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following GR or EL modules
German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK
Contemporary German Politics
Final Year Options
ITALIAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following IT or EL modules
Rethinking late 20th Century Italy
Final Year Options
International Politics,Aberystwyth University, International Politics Building, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3FE
Telephone Department: +44 01970 622708 Admissions: +44 (0)1970 622021
Email: interpol@aber.ac.uk