BA International Relations

Entry Requirements

• A level: BBC, excluding general studies
• IB Diploma: 28 points with 5,5,4 at Higher Level and 4 points in mathematics at Standard or Higher Level
• STPM: B+B+B, excluding Pengajian Am
• UEC: 4 As, excluding Bahasa Malaysia and Chinese language
• SAM or other Australian matriculations: Applicants with these backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply and are welcome to contact the school beforehand if they wish to discuss eligibility
• Canadian (CIMP/ICPU): Applicants with these backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply and are welcome to contact the school beforehand if they wish to discuss eligibility
• The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus Foundation: Successful completion of the Foundation in Arts and Education or Business and Management programme 
• SPM/GCSE/IGCSE: In addition to the entry requirements listed above, those who have taken SPM/GCSE/IGCSE must have grade C in mathematics

English language requirements

• IELTS: 6.5 (no element below 6.0)
• TOEFL iBT: 88 (no element below 19)
• PTE (Academic): 62 (minimum 55)
• SPM: grade A-
• 1119 (GCE O Level): grade B
• GCSE O Level: grade C
• IGCSE (first language): grade C
• IGCSE (second language): grade B
• UEC: grade A2
• IB English A1 or A2 (Standard or Higher 
• Level): 4 points
• IB English B (Higher Level): 4 points
• IB English B (Standard Level): 5 points

Curriculum

Year 1

• Approaches to Global Politics
• International Law and Organisations
• Introduction to European Union Politics
• Power and Contest: Living in a Political World

Typical optional modules

• Cultures of Everyday Life
• Contemporary Economic Policy
• Entrepreneurship and Business
• The Individual 2: Individual Differences
• The Making of Modern Asia
• Mass Media
• People, Work and Organisations

Year 2

• The Contemporary World Since 1945
• Global Political Economy and International Development
• International Relations of the Asia Pacific
• International Security

Typical optional modules

• Cultural Politics
• Global Media and Communication
• Introduction to Citizenship
• People, Groups and Society
• Political Communication, Public Relations and Propaganda
• Understanding the Malay World

Year 3

• Dissertation: Politics, History and International Relations 

Typical optional modules

• Asian Country Study: Thailand
• Asian Study Tour: Thailand
• Food, Hunger and Development
• Nationalism and the State: Themes and Perspectives from Contemporary Southeast Asia
• Policy and Persuasion
• The Politics and Economics of European Monetary Integration
• Politics and International Relations of the Middle East
• Regionalism in World Politics: The Case of ASEAN