Университет Дарема, BA (Hons), Политология

Level 1: Ideas and ideologies; introduction to international relations; introduction to Islam and the Muslim world; introduction to Middle East politics; introduction to politics (state and society). Level 2: Democratic government; dynamics of change in international relations; foundations of western political thought; German politics and society; international organisatons; Islam, state and government; political research (theory and practice); the Israel-Palestine question; politics of Pacific Asia; theories of international relations. Level 3: 20th century German political thought; ancient and medieval political thought; British political thought since 1850; China (state and society since 1949); culture and conflict in American politics; dissertation in politics; international relations in political theory; international relations of East Asia; Islam and politics in the modern world; political extremism in Britain; the American presidency; the ethics of violence in international relations; the Middle East in the global economy; the new Germany; the political economy of the enlarged European Union; the politics of the Middle East's oil monarchies; theories of liberty.