Bristol has an impressive reputation for teaching and research in politics and international relations and this course offers an enriching experience with exciting intellectual challenges. You will study the politics of individual countries and governments and the relationships between countries, communities, and individuals. The first year includes four compulsory units to ensure you have a solid grounding in the discipline. You will have greater choice as you progress through the course. Your final year includes a range of units, which are closely linked to staff research interests. Units cover subjects such as political theory, international relations, UK politics, US politics, gender, security and conflict.There is an emphasis on research skills, with a compulsory unit in the first year and a dissertation in the final year. The dissertation enables you to conduct a piece of supervised political research on a topic of your choice.You will have the opportunity to spend half a year studying abroad at a partner university; see our Global Opportunities website for more information, http://www.bristol.ac.uk/international-office/go-abroad/