Undergraduate Modules
1st year modules
POL106 Introduction to International Relations
POL108 Background to British Politics
POL199 Thinking Politically: Introduction to concepts, theories and ideologies
2nd Year Modules
POL247 Modernity: Theories of State, Economy and Society
POL249 Foreign Policy Analysis
POL253 Accountability and Complexity in British Government
POL255 Colonialism, Capitalism and Development
POL257 The International Politics of the Developing World
POL258 The International Politics of Security
POL259 Politics of International Law
POL260 Power and Legitimacy in British Politics
POL261 Power in Global Governance
POL263 Modern Political Thought 1
POL264 Modern Political Thought 2
POL265 Comparative European Politics I - Context and Institutional Development
POL269 Political Data Research
POL299 International Relations Theory
POL2XX Social Theory (from 2021/22)
3rd Year Modules
POL303 Technology, Politics, War
POL305 Contemporary Russian Politics - Independent Research
POL307 Politics at the End of the "End of History"
POL311 The Politics of the Anti-Colonial
POL312 Populism: A Global Perspective
POL313 Populism in 21st Century Europe
POL317 Global Politics of Health and Disease
POL318 Dissertation in Politics / International Relations
POL320 Politics of South Asia – Independent Research
POL350 Analysing Public Policy
POL355 Globalisation: Issues and Debates
POL365 The Politics of the Post-Colonial Middle East
POL368 Socialist Political Thought
POL369 Latin American Politics
POL371 Nationalism & Ethnicity in International Relations
POL377 Race and Racism in World Politics
POL380 Utopia and Dystopia: Political, Economic and Literary Dreamworlds
POL382 Contemporary Russian Politics
POL383 Political Violence and Liberal Modernity
POL389 The Political Life of Security Methods
POL381 The Political Economy of Southeast Asia
POL391 The International Politics of Africa: Independent Research
POL392 Parliamentary Studies (Internship)
POL396 British Economic and Social Policy Since 1945 – Ideas, Interests and Institutions
Terms and Conditions
Queen Mary will aim to deliver your programme so that it closely matches the way in which it has been described to you by QMUL in print, online, and/or in person. However, it is important to realise that in some circumstances, we may change aspects of your programme.