(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
On completion of the programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- understand the nature and significance of politics as a global activity;
- demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the origins and evolution of the international political system, including international institutions and contemporary changes underway;
- demonstrate a solid knowledge of the recent International Relations scholarship and an ability to critically engage with it;
- appreciate the uncertainty of and limits to knowledge in the International Relations discipline;
- demonstrate a solid grasp of the key International Relations concepts;
- apply concepts, theories and methods used in the study of International Relations to the analysis of political ideas, practices and issues in the global arena;
- evaluate different interpretations of world political events and issues; and
- design and carry out an extended self-initiated research project.
Competence Standards
1. Evaluate key theories and concepts in International Relations
2. Apply theories of International Relations to national and global political events
3. Evaluate academic literature on International Relations
4. Identify appropriate methods to research International Relations
5. Construct effective arguments on International Relations that are backed by evidence.
6. Retrieve, organize, and summarize information and data, utilizing digital technologies.
7. Collaborate with peers effectively.
If the chosen pathway includes an industrial placement –
8.Demonstrate ability to direct, monitor and evaluate their work, by seeking/accepting feedback, within a workplace context, using appropriate support as necessary.
9.Demonstrate an awareness of own strengths and development needs and the need for ongoing learning and proactive continuing professional development.
If the chosen pathway includes an international placement -
10.Collaborate effectively with other people in a new environment and successfully completes a period of work or study in another country.
11. Demonstrate self-awareness relating to personal and academic/professional development through successfully completing a period of work or study in another country.
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme, the following skills:
- gather, organise and deploy evidence, data and information from a variety of secondary and some primary sources;
- identify, investigate, analyse, formulate and advocate solutions to problems;
- construct a reasoned argument, synthesise relevant information and exercise critical judgement;
- reflect on their own learning and seek and make use of constructive feedback;
- manage their own learning self-critically;
- communicate effectively and fluently in speech and writing and present an argument in a scholarly manner;
- use communication and information technology for the retrieval and presentation of information, including, where appropriate, statistical or numerical information;
- work independently, demonstrating personal responsibility, initiative, self-organisation and time-management;
- collaborate with others to achieve common goals.
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- dissertation;
- reports, log books and short essays;
- individual and group presentations;
- assessment essays;
- examinations.
These assessments will include a demonstration of:
- independent and self-directed research;
- an ability to locate and use a wide range of sources;
- an ability to use wide-ranging knowledge;
- a solid grasp of concepts;
- an ability to understand and evaluate scholarly judgements;
- an ability to apply theory to practice; and
- an ability to construct a reasoned argument, draw conclusions and communicate those effectively in speech and writing.
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