BA French / International Relations [1FRL]
Academic Year 2024/2025
Campus Aberystwyth
Joint Honours scheme - available from 2021/2022
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)
Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option
Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option
FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must take:
Year 1 Options
All students must take 20 credits (1 module) of optional modules in International Politics.
The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
Year 1 Options
FRENCH ADVANCED: you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:
Year 1 Options
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (30 Credits)
Year 2 Core (20 Credits)
Year 2 Options
Choose 30 credits of the following FR or EL modules:
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
The Second World War in Europe
Intervention and Humanitarianism
The European Union: Politics, Policies, Problems
Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
Gwleidyddiaeth mewn Cymdeithasau Amrywiaethol
International Politics and Global Development
Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
Total War, Total Peace
Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
The BRICS in World Politics
Science, Technology, and International Relations
Climate Change Politics
Russian intelligence from Lenin to Putin
War Crimes
Datganoli a Chymru
The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
Trade Wars and the Liberal Order
Political Theory
Devolution and Wales
Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War
Questions of International Politics
A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
Contemporary Latin America
Militaries and Crisis: Where Strategy Meets Society
Capitalism and International Politics
Year 3 Core ( Credits)
The third year is a compulsory abroad as a student at a French speaking University. See Exchange Co-ordinator in International Politics for further details. Students are not required to write a Dissertation for European Languages.
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
Final Year Core (30 Credits)
Final Year Options
Final year students must take 60 credits in the Department of International Politics.
Total War, Total Peace
The BRICS in World Politics
Climate Change Politics
Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
Science, Technology, and International Relations
Russian intelligence from Lenin to Putin
Intervention and Humanitarianism
Gwleidyddiaeth mewn Cymdeithasau Amrywiaethol
The European Union: Politics, Policies, Problems
Y Meddwl Cymreig Mewn Syniadaeth Ryngwladol
The Second World War in Europe
Datganoli a Chymru
A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
Trade Wars and the Liberal Order
Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War
Contemporary Latin America
Political Theory
Capitalism and International Politics
Devolution and Wales
War Crimes
Militaries and Crisis: Where Strategy Meets Society
Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
Questions of International Politics
Final Year Options
Choose 30 credits of the following FR or EL modules:
Dissertation
Self-writing, 18th-21st Centuries
The Language of Business and Current Affairs
"...ISMES" Cultural and Artistic Movements in 20th c. France
Extended Essay Module
History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema
Brazilian / Portuguese Language III
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