This course combines Politics and International Relations with the study of Italian. This provides a valuable skill set ideally tailored to the increasingly globalised workplace.

You will study the politics of individual countries and governments and the relationships between countries, communities and individuals. Both the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies and the School of Modern Languages have an impressive reputation for teaching and research.

Politics is organised around three themes:

• political theory
• comparative and national politics
• international relations.

In Italian you will study a combination of language and culture units. Italian language and culture have had a lasting impact on Europe. Today, Italy's innovative contributions to design, technology and fashion mean that it is a major, global commercial force. Italy is both traditional and modern, a tension apparent throughout its history and culture.

You will spend your third year abroad, which will enable you to refine your language skills and cultural knowledge and gain valuable work experience. For further details on year abroad opportunities, please see Global Opportunities.

Bristol has an enviable record for its research both in politics and in Italian culture. Both schools encourage strong synergy between research and teaching resulting in a vibrant learning environment as staff respond in their teaching to new research. This course combination offers an enriching experience with exciting intellectual challenges.

First year

• Political Concepts
• Thinking Politically
• One of Theories of International Relations or Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction
• Italian language
• Modern Italy
• Italian Beginners: extra language work
• Post-A-level Italian: additional Italian cultural unit.

Second year

• Free choice of two second-year Politics units from a range of options
• Italian language
• Two optional units in Italian culture. Examples include: Destination Italy: Cultural Responses to Migration; Dante’s Inferno; Renaissance Women; Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change; Sport, History and Culture in Modern Italy; Italian Memories of the Second World War.

Third year

Year abroad

Fourth year

• Free choice of three third-year politics units from a range of options, including the possibility of undertaking a dissertation
• Italian language
• Two optional units in Italian culture. Examples include: The Culture of Fascism; Naples: Culture, Identity and Nation; Dante; Desire in Medieval and Renaissance Culture; The Renaissance Book; Institutions and Anti-Institutions in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s.

Find out more about the course structure and units available for Politics and Italian

A-level Standard offer	AAB including a modern language
A-level Contextual offer What is a contextual offer?	BBB including a modern language
International Baccalaureate Diploma Standard offer	34 points overall with 17 at Higher Level, including 5 at Higher Level in a modern language
International Baccalaureate Diploma Contextual offer What is a contextual offer?	31 points overall with 15 at Higher Level, including 5 at Higher Level in a modern language
Cambridge Pre-U offer	Requirements are as for A-levels, where Grade A* is D2, A is D3, B is M2, and C is M3
Access to HE Diploma offer	Pass Access to HE Diploma (Humanities) with at least 30 credits at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit, and demonstrate proven capacity for language learning, usually through a B in a modern language A-level
BTEC offer	DDD All applicants must demonstrate proven capacity for language learning, usually through a B at A-level in a modern language
Scottish Qualifications Authority offer	Advanced Higher: AB including a modern language, and Standard Higher: AAABB
Welsh Baccalaureate offer	Requirements are as for A-levels where you can substitute the same non-subject specific grade for the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Level Core grade
European Baccalaureate offer	80% overall, with 8.0 in a modern language
International qualifications	Accepted international qualifications

Applicants must also meet these requirements

GCSE profile requirements	Profile: No specific subjects required Further information about GCSE requirements and profile levels.
English language requirements	If English is not your first language, you need to meet this profile level: Profile B Further information about English language requirements and profile levels.