the bachelor of arts in international relations and politics will introduce students to the key areas in the international relations and politics discipline - so whether they have studied politics and international relations before or not, everyone will start with the fundamentals. as they progress through this degree, they will apply what they have learned to real life political issues and develop their own research interests and skills.

the university of sheffield's staff are experts in their field so no matter what topic graduates want to specialize in, there’ll be someone who will guide them in their research. their current research covers topics such as: brexit, gender politics, animal rights, environmentalism, populism and middle east politics, and of course, these all feed into the modules that they will be studying.