Coventry University offers you an exciting and innovative International Relations degree. You will learn about international affairs in depth by:

• Studying questions of power, political decision-making, conflict, peace, foreign policy, democracy, human rights, and social movements.
• Considering how foreign policy decision-makers and international organisations respond in the face of war, social movements, terrorism, political struggles, democratic advances, and setbacks.
• Reflecting on how these issues have impacted regions around the world, such as the Middle East, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and China.

 

Why you should study this course

• You should get a deeper understanding of the rationale for and value of cooperative relationships between nations, and of the foreign policy challenges.
• You will explore how the world is becoming ever more interdependent with the resulting global socio-political changes. This includes the rising cost of foreign aid and the impact of non-English speaking immigrants within the education system – increasingly affecting people at a local level.
• You will examine major themes of post-war international politics, including: the dominant relationship between the superpowers, the consequences of decolonisation, the emergence of the 'Third World', ;the spread of revolutionary wars, ;the development of European integration and the spread and final collapse of communism and its effect on world politics at the end of the Cold War.
• If you choose to start this course in January you will study exactly the same course but over a slightly shorter timescale in Year 1. This is ideal if you missed the September start, want to transfer from a different university or course or just need a bit more time to prepare for life at university.