Program Overview

Anthropology and International Relations

Overview

The Joint Honours Programme in Anthropology and International Relations provides students with an in-depth, interdisciplinary understanding of contemporary cultures and politics, international affairs, societies, and conflict situations in their political, historical, social, cultural, economic and legal dimensions.

Course Structure

The programme is structured around four innovative, engaged themes:

• What Makes Us Human?
• Conflict, Peacebuilding and Identity
• Arts, Creativity and Music
• Morality, Religion and Cognition

Entry Requirements

• ABB
• A maximum of one BTEC/OCR Single Award or AQA Extended Certificate will be accepted as part of an applicant's portfolio of qualifications with a Distinction* being equated to grade A at A-Level and a Distinction being equated to a grade B at A-level.
• Irish leaving certificate requirements: H3H3H3H3H3H3/H2H3H3H3H3
• Access Course: Successful completion of Access Course with an average of 70%.
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: 33 points overall, including 6,5,5 at Higher Level
• BTEC Level 3 Extended/National Extended Diploma: QCF BTEC Extended Diploma (180 credits at Level 3) with overall grades D*DD
• Graduate: A minimum of a 2:2 Honours Degree
• All applicants must have GCSE English Language grade C/4 or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the University.

Career Prospects

• User Experience
• Consultancy
• Civil Service
• Development, NGO work, International Policy, Public Sector
• Journalism, Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, Community Work
• Arts Administration, Creative Industries, Media, Performance, Heritage, Museums, Tourism
• Market Research
• Public and Private Sector related to: Religious Negotiation, Multiculturalism/Diversity
• Teaching in schools
• Academic Teaching and Research
• Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, Community Work, Journalism

Fees and Funding

• Northern Ireland (NI): £4,855
• Republic of Ireland (ROI): £4,855
• England, Scotland or Wales (GB): £9,535
• EU Other: £20,800
• International: £20,800

Modules

• World Politics
• Being Human: Culture and Society
• Comparative Politics
• Perspectives on Politics
• Us And them: Why do we have ingroups and outgroups?
• Being Creative: Music Media and the Arts
• 'Understanding Northern Ireland: History, Politics and Anthropology'
• International Relations
• Key Debates in Anthropology
• Human Morality
• Hanging out on Street Corners: Creative, Public and applied Anthropology
• British Politics in crisis?
• Northern Ireland: Past, Present and Future
• Peace and Conflict Studies
• The Politics of the Planetary Crisis: power, people and place
• Anthropology of Media
• Identity Politics in Diverse Societies
• Apocalypse: Cultures, communities, and the end of the world
• Security and Terrorism
• Irish Politics
• The Politics of Deeply Divided Societies
• Modern Political Thought
• Studying Politics
• American Politics
• Politics and Policy of the European Union
• Democracy, Ethics & Economics
• Skills in the Field: Ethnographic methods
• International Organisations
• Global Pol. Econ. of Energy
• Short Placement
• Security and Technology
• Asylum and Migration in Global Politics
• US Foreign Policy
• In Gods We Trust: The New Anthropology of Religion
• Anthropology Dissertation
• Music, Power and Conflict
• Anthropology and Roma
• Remembering the Future: Violent Pasts, Loss and the Politics of Hope
• Radical Hope:Inspiring Present-day Sustainability Transformations through an Examination of Our Past
• Politics, Public Administration and Policy-Making
• Challenges to contemporary party politics
• Middle Eastern Politics
• Dissertation (Politics and International Studies)
• Gender and Politics
• Contemporary Critical Theory
• Long Placement
• The Politics of Performance: From Negotiation to Display
• Earth, Energy, Ethics and Economy: The Politics of Unsustainability
• National and Ethnic Minorities in European Politics
• Political Parties and Elections in Northern Ireland
• Politics of the Global Economy
• European Cultural Identities
• Contemporary Political Philosophy

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the main approaches to the study of IR, including current theoretical developments in the discipline.
• Understand the relationship between the academic analysis of international relations and the actual behaviour (e.g. foreign policy) of states.
• Communicate ideas to others in a clear and concise manner, both orally and in written form.
• Pursue intellectual questions in a rigorous and academic manner, employing analytical skills and critical thinking.

Skills

• Intellectual skills: Managing & Prioritizing Knowledge, Analytical Thinking, Critical & Independent Thinking
• Professional and career development skills: Communication Skills, Teamwork, Diversity, Self-Reflexivity, Time Management
• Technical and practical skills: Information Technology
• Organizational skills: Efficient and effective work practice, Clear organisation of information, Organisation and communication, Enterprising thinking