3.5-Term Foundation Certificate for Business, Law and Social Sciences - Continue to Bachelor of Science (Honours) - International Politics

Program Description For students who've finished high school but don’t meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help them gain entry to an undergraduate degree. After completing this pathway option students qualify for progression to the 1st year of an undergraduate degree at City, University of London.

A student’s course length is determined mainly by their English language level (UKVI IELTS score). Students on all course lengths take a set of common or similar modules to gain a solid base of skills for university. Students taking a course longer than 2 terms, will take additional modules designed to improve one or more of their English language level, academic skills, and basic knowledge of particular subjects.

Bachelor of Science (Honours) - International Politics

The BSc (Hons) in International Politics enables students to obtain the skills and knowledge to answer the many questions about our fast-changing world, and will help them to:

• Understand the important theoretical debates in the study of international politics. • Explore global political systems and how they are engaged in policy-making on contemporary issues and related to country-level politics. • Understand the diplomatic relations between governments, as well as the economic, social and political relations between societies that are undertaken by companies and private groups. • Recognise political globalisation through the development of transnational and transgovernmental relations and how these relations are structured through international organisations.