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Introduction to International Relations
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:05.02.2024 10:28:57
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PZK_018 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Politics; International Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Edijs Bošs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | None. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The objective of the course is to introduce first year students to the academic discipline of international relations. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | What is the science of "international relations"? How did it come about and what does it study? | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Introductory discussion of theories of international relations; watching video material | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Theoretical guidelines of international relations: realism and liberalism | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Great powers of different eras and their importance in the international system | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Organization of the United Nations, its structure, functions and powers. The importance of international organizations in international relations | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | International law and diplomacy | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | World economic institutions | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Global Poverty, Inequality and Development Policy | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Environmental policy and climate change | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Basic directions and current affairs of Latvian foreign policy | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Topic: Summary and exam preparation | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Engagement with compulsory texts; preparation for seminar discussions; writing of essays and reports. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Essays and written reports: 30% Seminar performance: 30% Exam: 40% | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Basic processes of international politics and fundamentals of the academic discipline of International Relations. | ||||||||
| Skills: | An entry-level ability to analyse processes in international politics. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To develop a capacity to interpret and conceptualise processes in international relations. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | An Introduction to International Relations. ed. by Richard Devetak, Anthony Burke and Jim George, 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012 | ||||||||
| 2 | John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia Owens, The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations. 8th ed., Oxford: OUP, 2020 | ||||||||
