International Business Degrees Online

This degree allows you to think about and examine some of the key issues that confront the modern world. It explores the relations between states; it allows you to compare countries and their cultures; and it enables you to reflect upon such important phenomena as globalisation and its impact on the contemporary world. You will develop important analytical and research skills, broaden your knowledge, and gain a sophisticated understanding of contemporary international affairs. The core modules are taught by faculty in the School which includes experts in international relations, European studies, the Middle East and other area studies. The programme is unique in that, apart from the compulsory core modules and a designated number of social science modules within the School, it allows students to experience a genuinely international and interdisciplinary programme of study.
Year 1 You will take three compulsory modules: Social and Political Theory; Introduction to Contemporary Politics; and Introduction to International Relations. You will select two modules from our School of Language, Linguistics and Translation Studies and a further module from a range that in previous years has included: Introduction to American Studies; Introduction to Anthropology; Economics and Society; Introduction to Modern History; Themes in Modern History; Issues and Controversies in Contemporary Spain; Discourse and Power; Introduction to Philosophy; Philosophical Perspectives; A Globalising World.
Year 2 You will take the compulsory module, International Politics Since 1945, and select two modules from a range that in previous years has included: America and Vietnam; Before King: The Struggle for Black Equality, 1895-1940; Gender and Development; Latin American Development; South Asian Development; Public Choice; Modern Germany; Modern Spain; The European Convention on Human Rights; Politics in the USA; Russian Politics; The Body and Society; European Media and the EU: News and Documentary; Culture and Society; Language and Politics; and many more. In addition, you may choose two approved free choice modules from other Schools across the University.
Year 3 You will choose your modules from a range of options which in previous years has included: The American Dream; Human Rights; Globalisation and Economic Development; The Rise and Fall of British Power; Race and Violence in 20th Century America; Public Art, Performance and Memory; Russia in Revolution 1905-1921; Politics of Foreign Policy: Castlereagh to Disraeli; Sex, Lies and Reputations; The Literature of World War I; Language, Gender and Sexual Identity; and many more listed