Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.
Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.
You also take 20 or 40 credits of language modules, choosing from:
All of our languages may be taken from beginners, intermediate (eg post GCSE/AS level) or post A level.
You choose up to three modules from the following list:
Other optional modules may also be available, including modules in a second foreign language (with the approval of the Degree Programme Director).
At either Stage 2 or Stage 3 you take one of the following modules:
You take one of the following language modules to build on your language skills developed in Stage 1. Options include:
You choose modules from the following list to bring your total credits to120:
Other optional modules may also be available.
You spend a year between Stages 2 and 3 studying at a European university or on a politics-based work placement in another European country.
Several of our current students, for example, are spending their year abroad interning at a PR firm in Brussels.
We currently have links with highly-rated politics departments in universities in:
You take at least 20 and no more than 60 credits of modules from the following list:
You take one of the following modules, if not already taken at Stage 2:
You choose modules from the Stage 2 optional modules above and the following Stage 3 modules to bring your total credits to 120:
Other optional modules may also be available.