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Partner pathway

University of Leeds Track

PGS students will receive either (1) Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, (2) Bachelor of Science in Social Policy, Sociology and Crime, or (3) Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Leeds as part of the dual-degree program.

Courses listed in the partner universities’ study plans are subject to change each academic year. The study plans published on this website are those provided by our partner universities for Academic Year 2026 and are intended for reference only.

Years 3–4

Study pathways

Compare the degree structure, requirements, and study sequence for each route.

Pathway

International Relations

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations

Year 3

Compulsory Courses
  • Theories of International Relations
  • Global Security Challenges
  • Approaches to Analysis
Major Elective Courses

Selection requirement1 course from Basket A1

  • Politics and Policy in the EU
  • Planet Politics
  • Analyzing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations

Selection requirement1 course from Basket B1

  • North-South Linkages
  • Politics of Contemporary China
  • State and Politics in Africa
  • United States Politics

Year 4

Compulsory Course
  • Dissertation
Major Elective Courses

Selection requirement1 course from Basket A2

  • British Foreign Policy
  • Gender and Security in Global Politics
  • American Foreign Policy
  • Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases

Selection requirement1 course from Basket B2

  • Europe in the World
  • Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics
  • The Global Politics of Climate Change
  • Global Political Economy

Selection requirement1 course from Basket C

  • Violence and Reconciliation in Africa
  • The Far Right in Europe and Beyond
  • Radical Political Ideas
  • Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture
Discovery Module

Selection requirement1 Discovery Module (from A1, B1, A2, B2, or C baskets)

Pathway

Social Policy, Sociology and Crime

Bachelor of Science in Social Policy, Sociology and Crime

Year 3

Core Compulsory Courses
  • Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods
  • Crime, Law and Regulation
Compulsory

Selection requirementChoose 1 course

  • Key Debates in Social Policy
  • Central Problems in Sociology
Major Elective Courses

Selection requirement1 course from Basket 1

  • Disability Studies: An Introduction
  • Gender and Society
  • Crime, Race and Ethnicity
  • The Sociology of Culture
  • Sociology and the Climate Crisis

Selection requirement1 course from Basket 2

  • Social Sciences and Emergencies: Theories, Contexts and Approaches
  • Youth Crime and Justice
  • Violent and Sexually Offending Young People
  • Debates in Childhood and Youth
  • Social and Public Policy beyond the University
  • Sociology of Religion

Year 4

Core Compulsory Courses
  • Research Skills for your Dissertation
  • Dissertation in Crime
Major Elective Courses

Selection requirement1 course from Basket 1

  • Policing
  • Technology, Crime and Justice
  • Global Terrorism and Violence
  • Gender, Technologies and the Body
  • Ethnicity and Popular Culture

Selection requirement1 course from Basket 2

  • Quantitative Social Research
  • Disability and Development
  • State Crime and Immorality
  • Contemporary Children, Young People and Families
Pathway

Sociology

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

Year 3

Compulsory Courses
  • Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods
  • Central Problems in Sociology
Major Elective Courses

Selection requirement1 course from Basket A1

  • Crime, Law and Regulation
  • Disability Studies: An Introduction
  • The Sociology of Culture
  • Sociology of Religion

Selection requirement1 course from Basket B1

  • Social Sciences and Emergencies: Theories, Contexts and Approaches
  • Gender and Society
  • Crime, Race and Ethnicity
  • Debates in Childhood and Youth
  • Sociology and the Climate Crisis
  • Social and Public Policy beyond the University

Selection requirement1 course from Basket C

  • Crime, Law and Regulation
  • Disability Studies: An Introduction
  • Gender and Society
  • The Sociology of Culture
  • Sociology and the Climate Crisis
  • Social and Public Policy beyond the University

Year 4

Compulsory Courses
  • Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods
  • Central Problems in Sociology
Major Elective Courses

Selection requirement1 course from Basket A2

  • Crime, Law and Regulation
  • Disability Studies: An Introduction
  • The Sociology of Culture
  • Sociology of Religion

Selection requirement1 course from Basket B2

  • Social Sciences and Emergencies: Theories, Contexts and Approaches
  • Gender and Society
  • Crime, Race and Ethnicity
  • Debates in Childhood and Youth
  • Sociology and the Climate Crisis
  • Social and Public Policy beyond the University

Selection requirement1 course from any Basket (A1, B1, C, A2, B2)