国际关系是一门相对年轻的学科，涉及国家与国际秩序中各种非国家行为者（例如非政府组织，跨国公司，工会，媒体）之间的政治关系。在本课程中，您将被介绍政治和国际关系的理论，并将分析有关国家，代议制民主，英国政治，全球治理，战争与安全，发展中国家的政治，美国外交等方面的专题辩论。政策，性别与政治，中东政治，欧洲一体化，选举行为，公共政策与全球化。您将有机会学习与这两个学科相关的模块。在课程结束时，您将获得分析和理解这些已经改变并继续改变我们世界的现实问题所需的技能。
International relations is a relatively youthful discipline which is concerned with the political relations between states and various non-state actors (e.g. NGOs, multinational companies, trade unions, the media) in the international order. During this programme you will be introduced to theories of both politics and international relations and will analyse topical debates on, among others, the state, representative democracy, British politics, global governance, war and security, the politics of the developing world, US foreign policy, gender and politics, the politics of the Middle East, European integration, electoral behaviour, public policy and globalisation. You will be given the chance to study modules that are pertinent to both disciplines. At the end of your programme you will have acquired the skills needed to analyse and make sense of these real-life issues that have changed and continue to change our world.