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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:1 / 1.5
Course supervisor:Andris Sprūds
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Political Science
Language:English
Branch of science:Politics

Objective

To enhance overall students' academic knowledge, skills and competencies in international relations and diplomacy.

Prerequisites

General knowledge on international relations and diplomacy, as well as on research methods.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Students will carve future scenarios and development of empirical phenomena, based on advanced knowledge acquired in the study course on international relations’ theoretical and methodological aspects and comprehension of empirical phenomena.
Students will navigate across the most significant international relations’ issues in current context.

Skills

Students will individually conduct analytical work of large scale, by critically selecting and objectively evaluating sources and arriving at objective and neutral solutions.
Students will endeavour in a professional team, that will include leading group work, persuading others on own opinion and motivating others along with coordination of multiple simultaneous tasks.
Students will conduct individual work of a large scale when a range of tasks of varying importance and complexity should be performed. Acquired skills will include work planning, task prioritization skills, as well as stress resilience skills.

Competence

Students will develop and discuss innovative solutions to be used in solving the most important problems of international relations.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Russia and Eurasia Studies, RESMeng2Master’sLimited choice