6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1021522CNR for all students in the 2nd semester
at
a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.
- Semester
- 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Enrollment Requirements
- Students who want to enroll for this course, must have passed ‘History of International Relations’ and must have obtained at least 30 ECTS-credits on bachelor level.
- Taught in
- English
- Partnership Agreement
- Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
- Department
- Political Science
- External partners
- Universiteit Gent
- Educational team
- Dries Lesage
(course titular)
- External teachers
- Dries Lesage
- Activities and contact hours
- 39 contact hours Lecture
111 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
The course offers an overview of relevant schools, theories and approaches of international relations, such as realism, liberalism, Marxism, neo-Gramscianism, constructivism, feminism, postcolonialism and foreign policy analysis. We will discuss historical roots, current strands and topical applications.
- Course material
- Digital course material (Required) : International Relations Theory, A New Introduction, Jorgensen, Knud Erik, 2de, Palgrave MacMillan
- Additional info
The course material consists of:
- Academic papers provided by the teacher.
- Powerpoint slides and your class notes
- Learning Outcomes
-
General competences
- To have profound knowledge of the main theoretical paradigms regarding international relations, with attention to the historical dimension.
- To be able to interpret the current world order and important historical and topical events and developments.
- To be able to analyse the various components of an international problem (among other things, actors, interests, ideas, power resources, power relations, …).
- To be able to apply in a critical and - if relevant - eclectical manner the main theoretical paradigms regarding international relations in the assessment of international trends and events.
- To be able to efficiently locate and process literature about theory creation.
- To be able to critically assess studies about international politics from a theoretical and methodological viewpoint.
- To be able to go beyond a journalistic and anecdotical approach while observing international trends and events by systematically displaying a theoretical, scientific reflex.
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Written Exam
with a relative weight of 100
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
The evaluation consists of a written exam (100% of the grades).
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Political Sciences