menu icon
Book your open day visit nowClick to book open day
PGCert International Relations

Different course options

Part time | City Campus | 9 months | 16-SEP-24

Study mode

Part time

Duration

9 months

Start date

16-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

Postgraduate Certificate

Subject areas

International Relations

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Explore a wide variety of current issues around the world such as trade negotiations and social inequality. You’ll develop an understanding of these challenges at a local and global level.

As part of this course, you’ll:

Discover how the study of international relations has evolved and developed over time

Consider traditional theories of international relations and how they compare with contemporary thinking and current events

Study global institutions such as the World Bank, the United Nations and the EU, and the role they play on the political stage

Gain insight into how global institutions deal with the shifting political and social issues that influence decision making at a regional, national and worldwide level

Explore the impact of globalisation and understand its consequences for international society. This course also has 15 weeks (short) duration.

Modules

Learn how to deploy the principal classical and contemporary theories of International Relations by developing theory within the context of modern and historical case studies.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£3,117

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

Part-time rates for international students are not automatically displayed as there are specific visa requirements which generally limit students to study in the UK on a full-time basis.

Entry requirements

Applicants should either have at least a second class honours degree in the cognate subjects of Sociology, Politics, Economics, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Human Geography, History, Business Studies, Criminology, Journalism, Media Studies, Anthropology, Education Studies, Peace Studies, European Studies, International Political Economy, Social Work, Law, Social Sciences, Social Policy, Development Studies, Events Management, Marketing, Security Studies or International Relations, at least a second class honours degree in a non-cognate subject supported by evidence of an aptitude for the subject applied for, or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment.