BA International Relations and Modern History with a Year Abroad
About this course
BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations and History, a four-year programme combining political analysis with historical study. Core topics include Data Analysis and Research Methods. The course includes a study abroad semester in the third year, with modules spanning global politics, world history, and international systems.
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What students say
Based on about 41 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 94%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 87%
- Academic support: 97%
- Organisation and management: 85%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 80%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 110 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 93%
- Left higher education: 7%
What graduates do next
Based on about 71 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 57%
- Working and studying: 13%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 4%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 25%
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals: 5%
- Teaching Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 77%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 54%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 44%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 200 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 3%
- East Midlands: 8%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 45%
- London: 21%
- South East: 14%
- South West: 2%
- Wales: 1%
- Scotland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 105 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 93%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- Access course: 3%
- Other HE qualification: 1%
- Other qualifications: 3%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES YEAR ABROAD MODULE
- POWER, (DIS)ORDER & SECURITY: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL POLITICS 1
- UNDERSTANDING POLITICS TODAY: APPROACHES, ISSUES AND CASE STUDIES
- THE AGE OF EXTREMES: WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1914
- GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL POLITICS 2
- WORLDBUILDING: INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
- INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT: THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY
- CLASSIC READINGS IN PHILOSOPHY
- INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN HISTORY AND POLITICS
- RIGHTS & WRONGS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
- INTRODUCTION TO MODERN HISTORY
- ANALYSING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: FROM REALISM TO POSTCOLONIALISM
- INTRODUCTION TO DATA ANALYSIS FOR POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- LATIN AMERICA AND THE WORLD
- GENDER AND POWER
- COOPERATION AND CRISIS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
- DIGITAL MEDIA AND SOCIETY
- WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
- POLITICAL VIOLENCE & CONFLICT: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
- PIR SEMESTER ABROAD MODULE
- ALGORITHMS & BLOCKBUSTERS: THE MAKING OF MEDIA AND CULTURAL POLICY
- POWER, WEALTH AND NATIONS: GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
- STATES, INSTITUTIONS AND CITIZENS
- INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
- THE POWER PARADOX: AUTHORITY, FREEDOM, AND CONFLICT IN MODERN SOCIETY
- ENVIRONMENTAL THINKING FOR SECOND YEARS
- SLAVERY IN THE USA, 1619-1865
- POLITICS IN THE USA
- U.S. EMPIRE
- BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: INTERNATIONAL HISTORY SINCE 1890
- LGBT AND BEYOND: SEXUAL CULTURES, QUEER IDENTITIES, AND THE POLITICS OF DESIRE
- PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
- AMERICA IN THE WORLD: THE HISTORY OF U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES PLACEMENT MODULE
- POLITICS, DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIETY
- THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I - A2+ CEFR
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN I - A1 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH I
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I - A2+ CEFR
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC II
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH II - B2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE II
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN II - A2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE II
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II - B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN II - A1.2 CEFR
- DISSERTATION OR RESEARCH PROJECT IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- DIGITAL POLITICS
- DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
- POLITICS AND POPULAR CULTURE
- BETTER WORLDS? UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS
- DATA, POLITICS AND SOCIETY
- PARLIAMENTARY STUDIES
- POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE INDO-PACIFIC
- MULTICULTURALISM
- GREENING THE WORLD: THE POLITICS OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- WEAPONS OF WAR
- RHETORIC: DEMOCRACY AND THE POLITICS OF PERSUASION
- ACTIVIST CAMPAIGNING
- CAPITALISM AND ITS CRITICS
- BLACK INTERNATIONALISM
- WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER: GLOBAL SEXUALITIES AND CONTEMPORARY QUEER CULTURES
- THE FIRST WORLD WAR: A NEW HISTORY
- TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPORT HISTORY
- GRAND STRATEGY
- RUSSIA IN REVOLUTION 1905-1921
- US INTERVENTIONISM, THE CIA AND COVERT ACTION
- CONTESTING THE PAST: REPRESENTATION AND MEMORY
- THE CULT OF VIOLENCE: THE FASCIST REGIMES OF ITALY, GERMANY AND JAPAN, 1922-1945
- APPEASEMENT AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
- COMMUNISM AND NATIONALISM IN YUGOSLAVIA
- A NEW ORDER? THE 1980s BEYOND THATCHER
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA International Relations and Modern History with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia earn?
The median salary is £26,500 after 15 months, £23,500 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,000 and £34,500. The £29,000 median after five years is £5,000 less than the UK median for Politics.
What do graduates of BA International Relations and Modern History with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia do next?
84% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA International Relations and Modern History with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia?
94% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA International Relations and Modern History with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia?
The average entrant had 113 UCAS points.
Does BA International Relations and Modern History with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory year abroad.
How many students continue on BA International Relations and Modern History with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia?
93% of students continued into their second year, and 7% left higher education.