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Social Sciences
Politics & International Relations
BSc International Studies
3 years
€256 - 3060 pa
Programme profile
This course gives you the basic knowledge and the essential conceptual and methodological tools to orient yourself in contemporary socio-political reality.
The multidisciplinary approach provides adequate tools to investigate the various aspects of contemporary international and transnational reality from different and complementary perspectives: historical and diplomatic, economic and legal, linguistic and socio-political. The course prepares you for careers such as international relations officers (in foreign offices of companies and corporations operating in the European and international market, and/or in international relations offices of public bodies) or international cooperation operators working for NGOs.
Programme content
FIRST YEAR
Comparative Legal Systems
Political Philosophy
Culture, Society and Ideologies
International History
Russian, French, German or Spanish 1
SECOND YEAR
North-South Relations in Int.l History
International Law
Macroeconomic Policy
Statistics
Foundations of Politics
Russian, French, German or Spanish 2
Workshop
THIRD YEAR
Great Powers Politics Since 1945
Politics in a Global World
International Economics
GROUP OF CHOICE in Area Studies
ELECTIVE COURSES
Final Examination
Entry Requirements
3 A-Levels and 3 GCSEs
Six passes at Leaving Cert, inc 2 x H5
Yes: TOLC
No
No
02 May
01 July