Upon completion of the course students are able to
• identify main concepts in International Relations
• pose analytical questions in a way characteristic to IR
• apply IR concepts and politological imagination in analyzing and interpreting events in Russian and European affairs
This course brings key concepts in International Relations into a dialogue with events and dynamics in Russian and European relations. We will familiarize ourselves with concepts such as integration, empire, foreign policy, globalization, hegemony, human rights, levels of analysis, nationalism, peace and war, power, sovereignty, territoriality, and borders.
The course is compulsory for RES Master's Programme students. Other students should sign-up by 3.9. (anni.kangas@uta.fi).
OPEN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Study option 1: participating to contact teaching
Enrolment starts on 13th of August 2015
Study option 2: essay
Enrolment starts 13th of August 2015
Admission requirements: a completed university-level Bachelor's degree or equivalent in the field of specialization, or in a related field
Diez-Bode-Fernandes da Costa, Key Concepts in International Relations. Sage 2011. Academic journal articles available on the Moodle site of the course