BA (Hons) International Relations and Politics Bachelor's degree at Oxford Brookes University

In this module, you'll gain core analytical skills, key to studying Humanities at university, as you explore human bodies and emotions through time. You'll understand the ideas, practices and experiences that we have around bodies and feelings. You'll also explore how bodies and emotions are shaped by: politics, religion, science, medicine, literary and artistic, fashion. You'll analyse texts, images and artefacts to understand the core role of human emotions and bodies in our world.

How do genres - styles or categories of literature - grow from major events in history and culture? In this module, you'll explore how drama and literary studies relate to genre. You'll get to grips with genres as categories that have evolved historically to become key influences on culture, taste and fashion. You'll investigate real life cases of key movements across a range of disciplines. You'll also consider how art responds to life and life to art.

In this module, you'll learn about basic theories of meaning-making. You'll begin to undertake a critical analysis of systems of representation - which could be spoken or written language, and virtual or physical texts. You'll come to understand how meaning is made, but also challenged, through acts of interpretation which often we're not conscious of making. You'll also be encouraged to reflect on your own role in producing 'meanings'.

This module gives you the chance to do independent research on a topic that fascinates you. You'll gain the key skills you need to succeed as a university student, as you create, manage and complete your own research project. You'll have one-to-one guidance from an expert academic supervisor in your chosen subject area who will support you to shape your research from your initial ideas through to your completed project.

In this module, you'll gain the core skills and strategies you need to succeed as a university student. You'll build up knowledge of each of the subjects within your foundation year and learn how to turn critical reading into clear and successful undergraduate assignments. You'll also learn effective study strategies, including: learning from lecture content, taking part in seminars, working and studying in groups.

What is a nation? Do nations develop through shared language or the history of a people? Are they about laws and governance, or habits and customs? In this module, you'll get to grips with core themes from subjects, including: Sociology, Politics and International Relations, History, Philosophy, English Literature. You'll develop a strong understanding of the concepts of a nation (including elements such as borders and national identity) and its challenges.

Explore the study and understanding of Culture and Society by looking at relevant Customs, Icons and Symbols with a particular emphasis on communicative practice of reading and written language in contexts.

This is your opportunity to explore some of the key issues (e.g.urbanisation, poverty and social exclusion, environmental concerns and gender issues) within the field of Development Studies. You'll also look at the factors causing poverty in countries defined as less developed. Exploring the fundamentals of how sociology, human geography and economics interact in the process of development. You'll study key topics that will teach you to draw on your own knowledge and experience where possible to

How is political opinion, authority and democracy shaped and influenced? In this module, you'll explore foundational issues in political philosophy through exploring the main political ideologies. You'll start your journey with Liberalism as the default position in the West since the English, American and French Revolutions. Your focus then shifts to the ideologies that arose in response to Liberalism, including: Conservatism, Communism, Fascism, Communitarianism, Anarchism and Feminism. You'll

As someone with a beginner's knowledge of French, you'll develop strong skills in French speaking and writing, translating and interpreting. You'll be able to express yourself effectively in French, and gain a critical sensitivity to the intercultural differences between France and other countries.

As someone with a beginner's knowledge of Spanish, you'll develop strong skills in Spanish speaking and writing, translating and interpreting. You'll be able to express yourself effectively in Spanish, and gain a critical sensitivity to the intercultural differences between Spain and other countries.

You will engage with the ways in which the environment and the climate have changed over the past six centuries, looking at: sustainability, climate change and conservation. These are pressing issues with a rich and compelling history. You will investigate environmental changes and how they were contested and experienced at communal, national and international levels.