BA English and Politics
About this course
BA in Politics and International Relations and English, combining politics and international relations with English. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Policy Analysis, Historical Research, and Critical & Analytical Thinking.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB including A-level English Note: for applicants who have not studied A-level English then AS-level English (grade A) would be acceptable in lieu of A-level English. IB: 33 points overall, including 6(English),5,5 at Higher Level.
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What students say
Based on about 8 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 78%
- Learning opportunities: 64%
- Assessment and feedback: 66%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 80%
- Learning resources: 97%
- Student voice: 72%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 100%
What graduates do next
Based on about 90 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 62%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 3%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 25%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 10%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals: 5%
- Elementary occupations: 5%
- Sales occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 77%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 62%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 57%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Modules
- English in Transition
- Issues in Contemporary Fiction: Gender, Race, Ecology
- Introduction to English Language
- Perspectives on Politics
- Contemporary Europe
- Comparative Politics
- What is to be done? Sustainability, climate change and just energy transitions in the Anthropocene
- Studying Politics
- Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World
- Foundations for Speech Analysis: The Phonetics of English
- Language and Power
- History of English: Studying Language Change
- Politics and Policy of the European Union
- Modern Political Thought
- The Politics of Deeply Divided Societies
- Shakespeare and Co
- Irish Literature
- Irish Politics
- International Relations
- American Politics
- Security and Terrorism
- International Organisations
- British Politics in crisis?
- Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and Reading Later Medieval England
- Modern American Fiction: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality
- Inventing America
- Modernism and Modernity
- Fiction and the Novel (1660-1820)
- Utopia / Dystopia: The Future in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature
- Romantic Poetry, 1789-1832
- Enlightenment and its Discontents
- Dickens and the Cult of Celebrity
- Northern Ireland: Past, Present and Future
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Identity Politics in Diverse Societies
- America's Aftermaths
- The Politics of the Planetary Crisis: power, people and place
- Political Economy of the Global South
- Writing Contemporary Ireland: Elegy, Epistle, Ekphrasis
- The Bible and Modern Fiction
- Poetry from Britain and Irelan
- Women's Writing 1680-1830
- Shakespeare on Screen
- Speech Worlds: Phonological Acquisition, Variation and Disorder
- Contemporary Political Philosophy
- Long Placement
- Contemporary Critical Theory
- Gender and Politics
- Comparative Politics of the Middle East
- Dissertation (Politics)
- Televising the Victorians
- Earth, Energy, Ethics and Economy: The Politics of Unsustainability
- Language in the Media
- European Cultural Identities
- Double Dissertation English Literature
- Double Dissertation English Language
- War and Visual Culture and Surveillance
- Politics of the Global Economy
- Marvels, Monsters and Miracles in Anglo-Saxon England
- Contemporary Indian Literature in English
- Special Topic in Creative Writing
- Special Topic in Irish Writing
- Renaissance Performance, Gender, Space
- The Politics of the Far Right in Europe and the Americas
- Political Parties and Elections in Northern Ireland
- National and Ethnic Minorities in European Politics
- Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction Devolutionary Identities
- Challenges to contemporary party politics
- Politics, Public Administration and Policy-Making
- The Structure of English
- US Foreign Policy
- Asylum and Migration in Global Politics
- Representing the Working Class
- Security and Technology
- Writing New York, 1880-1940
- Contemporary Poetry
- Irish Gothic
- Global Pol. Econ. of Energy
- Short Placement
- Writing Africa: The Colonial Past to Colonial Present
- Work-based Learning
- Restoration to Regency in Contemporary Fiction
- Love Across the Divide: Northern Irish Literature and Culture 1968-Present
- Radical Hope:Inspiring Present-day Sustainability Transformations through an Examination of Our Past
- The Politics of European Union Enlargement… and Withdrawal
- The Politics of Global Health: Promise and Perils
- Political and Economic Development in Latin America
- Understanding Africa: Governance, Ethnicity and State Structures
- NATO: History & Current Developments
- Shakespeare's History Plays: Then and Now
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English and Politics at Queen's University Belfast earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months. After fifteen months the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £28,000. The £25,000 median after fifteen months is £4,000 less than the UK median for Politics.
What do graduates of BA English and Politics at Queen's University Belfast do next?
92% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English and Politics at Queen's University Belfast?
78% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English and Politics at Queen's University Belfast?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 33 points in the IB. The average entrant had 150 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA English and Politics at Queen's University Belfast?
100% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.