the Middle East, China, and western and eastern Europe). Plus an optional essay paper in Politics and International Relations or a paper from another department. Third year: EITHER a dissertation and three papers OR four papers An optional 10,000 word dissertation on a topic of their choice. Students who do this take three other papers. Otherwise students take four papers. A general paper in Politics and International Relations. This paper gives students an opportunity to show what they have learned about politics over three years of study. Students can then choose their remaining two or three papers from a long list of options. There are two courses in political thought one of which includes political philosophy. Courses in the politics of particular regions of the world are on offer, including Europe, East Asia, Africa and South Asia and there are options in the study of international politics, particularly in the politics of the international economy and the politics of security and international development. Students can opt to take a paper from another subject, such as Sociology or Social Anthropology. If students are not doing a dissertation it is also possible for one of these papers to be assessed by two submitted essays (this is only available for some papers) instead of an exam. What our students think Alexa Zeitz (Third year undergraduate) "The supervision system is what teaches you the "Cambridge" approach to Politics and International Studies - be sceptical about the assumption, challenge the fundamental concepts. Equipped from your