2023/24 UBIRCHI BSc in International Relations and Chinese

Paper 1

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• IR100 International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates (1.0)

Paper 2

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• HY113 Empires and Resistance in Global History (1.0)
• HY116 International Politics since 1914: Peace and War (1.0)

Paper 3

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• LN104 Mandarin Language and Society Level 1 (Beginner) (1.0)
• LN142 Mandarin Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0)

Paper 4

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• LN115 Intercultural Communication and Management (1.0)

Paper 5 & 6

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• IR200 International Political Theory (1.0)
• IR202 Foreign Policy Analysis 1 (1.0)
• IR203 International Organisations (1.0)
• IR205 International Security (1.0)
• IR206 International Political Economy (1.0)

Paper 5 & 6

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• IR200 International Political Theory (1.0)
• IR202 Foreign Policy Analysis 1 (1.0)
• IR203 International Organisations (1.0)
• IR205 International Security (1.0)
• IR206 International Political Economy (1.0)

Paper 7

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• LN140 Mandarin Language and Society 3 (Advanced) (1.0)

Paper 8

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• LN241 Mandarin for International Relations (Elementary) (1.0)

Paper 9

This paper is examined at level IV
This paper may be taken in year 4

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• IR200 International Political Theory (1.0)
• IR202 Foreign Policy Analysis 1 (1.0)
• IR203 International Organisations (1.0)
• IR205 International Security (1.0)
• IR206 International Political Economy (1.0)

Paper 10

This paper is examined at level IV
This paper may be taken in year 4

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• IR305 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0)
• IR312 Genocide (0.5)
• IR314 Southeast Asia: Intra-regional Politics and Security (0.5)
• IR315 International Relations of the Middle East (1.0)
• IR317 American Grand Strategy (0.5)
• IR318 Visual International Politics (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• IR319 Empire and Conflict in World Politics (0.5)
• IR322 Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• IR323 Race, Resistance and Decolonisation in International Relations (0.5)
• IR324 The Practices of Transitional Justice (0.5)
  (Only if IR203 taken and IR200 taken)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• IR326 The Rule of Law: A Global History (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• IR327 World Orders in Historical International Relations (0.5)
• IR345 Global Politics of China (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• IR350 Global Politics of China (0.5)
• IR354 Governing International Political Economy: Lessons from the Past for the Future (0.5)
• IR355 Economic Diplomacy (0.5)
• IR367 Green Political Economy (0.5)
• IR368 The Political Economy of Trade (0.5)
• IR369 Politics of Money in the World Economy (0.5)
• IR372 Nuclear Non-proliferation and World Politics (Special Topics in International Relations) (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• IR373 China and the Global South (0.5)
  (Only if IR202 taken)
• IR374 Conflict and Peacebuilding (0.5)
• IR377 The Politics of Peace & Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)
• IR378 Critical War Studies (0.5)
• IR379 Eastern Europe: Domestic Regimes and Foreign Policies (0.5)
• IR380 The Politics of Inequality and Development (0.5)
  (Only if IR206 taken)
• IR391 Globalisation and Development (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• IR392 The Political Economy of China's Technological Rise (0.5)
• IR395 The Politics of Displacement and Refuge (0.5)
• IR398 Dissertation (1.0)

Paper 11

This paper is examined at level IV
This paper may be taken in year 4

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• LN342 Academic Chinese for International Relations (1.0)

Paper 12

This paper is examined at level IV
This paper may be taken in year 4

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

Note:
Students may use the unlised course function to replace LN341 with a course approved by the Academic Mentor and Departmental Tutor

• LN341 Mandarin in the Global Workplace (1.0)