INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: Identify the International Relations’ issues and actors; Describe the International Relations’ basic concepts and perspectives; Apply the acquired knowledge into case studies; Analyze the international affairs based on International Relations perspectives.

Topics:

1. Understanding International Relations;
2. Globalization and Global Politics;
3. Realism in International Relations;
4. Liberalism in International Relations;
5. Group Project in International Relations;
6. Structuralism/Globalism in International Relations;
7. Constructivism in International Relations;
8. Global Finance and Global Trade as Agendas in International Relations;
9. Global Environment as Agendas in International Relations;
10. Global Security Issues in International Relations;
11. Regionalism in International Affairs;
12. Guest Lecture/Movie Screening in International Relations;
13. Review of International Relations Issues.