Course summary

TEF Bronze

Kingston University has opted into the TEF and received a Bronze award.

Reasons to choose Kingston

You’ll be able to combine your study of politics and international relations with a strong emphasis on human rights and social justice.
Kingston’s proximity to central London makes it easy for you to participate in lectures, workshops, talks and political events.
You’ll be enabled and encouraged to make a contribution to political life in your community and become active in a democratic society.

About this course

How should Europe respond to migrants and refugees? How is the UK overcoming the challenges of Brexit? On this course, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to debate and participate in finding answers to these and other questions raised by our globalised world.

You’ll examine how the world might be made a safer and fairer place. There is the opportunity to specialise in your main interests through a choice of topics, such as political violence, global terrorism and developmental economics.

In your final year, you’ll complete a research project on a topic of interest and receive training in research skills. The project culminates with a presentation at our annual student conference.

Course details

Modules

Year 1

Introduction to Human Rights
Introduction to International Relations
Another World is Possible: Order and Revolution in Political Ideology
Pathways to Power: Active Citizenship in the UK

Year 2 (Core)

Modern Political Thought
International Relations and Global Governance

Year 2 (Optional)

Crime, Media and Policy
Contemporary Issues in Economics
Criminality, Deviance and the State in Early Modern Britain and Europe
Age of Extremes: Themes in Twentieth Century World History
Securing Human Rights: Contemporary Themes and Issues
Latin America: Power, Politics and El Pueblo Rising
Voices of Contemporary Europe
Globalisation, Development and Social Justice
How to Change the World
Globalisation and Social Change

Final Year (Core)

Advanced Research Project (Extended)

Final Year (Optional)

Global Terrorism and Transnational Crime
Development Economics
Beatles to Blair: Britain since 1960
Britain, the US and the World in the Twentieth Century
Britain, Europe and the Extreme Right, 1918-to the Present
Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Human Rights and Political Violence
Identity, Culture, Politics
Crimes of the Powerful: Corporations, the State and Human Rights
Cold War, Hot War: the Politics of the Middle East
Social Justice Through the Arts
Social Intersections: Gender, Race and Class
War and Society
Migration and Social Transformation

How to apply

Application deadlines

If your application is completed by the following date, it’s guaranteed to be considered:

15 January

*If you apply after this deadline, universities or colleges don’t have to consider your application if they’ve filled their spaces, so the sooner you apply, the better!

Application codes

You will need these codes when you add a choice to your application.

Course code	L245
Institution code	K84
Campus name	Main Site
Campus code	-

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Qualification	Offer	Further information
UCAS Tariff	112 points	UCAS points from a minimum of 2 A-Levels or equivalent Level 3 qualifications. General Studies not accepted.
A level	BBC	Other A Level combinations possible to achieve 112 points. Minimum of 2 A Levels, can be combined with other Level 3 qualifications eg. AS levels/Extended Project to achieve 112 points
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)	DMM	Grade combinations below 112 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications including AS and Extended Project to achieve 112 points
Access to HE Diploma	M: 21 credits P: 24 credits	Mature applicants (21 years and older) will need to pass a QAA-approved Access to Higher Education Diploma in a relevant subject with 60 credits, minimum 45 credits at Level 3 including 21 at merit. Applicants under 21 years will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Scottish Higher	BBCCC	Achieve a minimum of 112 tariff points achieved from either five Highers or a combination of two Highers offered with two Advanced Highers. Where only Highers have been taken a minimum of (BBCCC) are required.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme	25 points	4 in Mathematics at Standard Level. English Language required at 5 Standard Level or 4 Higher Level.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)	H3, H3, H3, H3, H4	A minimum of 112 UCAS points usually from 5 subjects. Irish Leaving Certificate (Higher Level subjects only)

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate-course/digital-business/

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

EU	£9,250 *	Year 1
England	£9,250	Year 1
Northern Ireland	£9,250	Year 1
Scotland	£9,250	Year 1
Wales	£9,250	Year 1

*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Additional fee information

*This is a provisional fee and subject to change as we are awaiting the Office For Student Guidance on Fee levels for 2020 and beyond. For foundation year and international fees, please visit: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/fees/ Please visit the provider course webpage for further information regarding additional course costs

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