Politics and International Relations

About this course

Politics and International Relations is the study of power in its widest sense: how it is acquired, exercised and contested within states and across the international system. The two disciplines are deeply complementary. Political theory and comparative politics give you the analytical frameworks to understand how governments, institutions and political actors operate, while international relations examines the interactions between states, multinational organisations, non-governmental actors and global forces such as trade, security, environment and migration. Together they provide a coherent and searching account of the contemporary political world. At the University of Southampton, this three-year full-time BSc programme is grounded in both the theoretical traditions of political science and the empirical study of how politics actually works. You will study comparative political syste

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 55% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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