This course offers the opportunity to explore core themes in global politics and to engage with issues that shape the conduct of international relations. Themes studied will include the definition of power at an international level and the structures through which issues are managed and controlled. Students will have the chance to investigate contemporary studies to understand the challenges and opportunities for international co-operation in the twenty first century. The course will be particularly valuable to students planning to study History, Social, and Political Sciences, PPE and International Relations at university.

| Department | Understanding power and global politics |
| Course Length | 10 weeks |
| Live Lessons | One 45-minute lesson per week |
| Homework | Approximately half an hour a week |
| Examination | None |
| Entry Requirements | None |
| Lesson 1 | Understanding power and global politics |
| Lesson 2 | Framing global politics, and systems and interactions in global politics |
| Lesson 3 | Power |
| Lesson 4 | Sovereignty in global politics |
| Lesson 5 | Legitimacy in global politics |
| Lesson 6 | Interdependence in global politics |
| Lesson 7 | Theoretical perspectives in global politics |
| Lesson 8 | Nature, practice and study of rights and justice |
| Lesson 9 | Nature, practice and study of development and sustainability |
| Lesson 10 | Nature, practice and study of conflict |