This course is compulsory on the BSc in International Relations. This course is available on the BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and International Relations. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students. Students who have this course as a compulsory course are guaranteed a place.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in International Relations. This course is available on the BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and International Relations. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students. Students who have this course as a compulsory course are guaranteed a place.
This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures totalling a minimum of 40 hours across Michaelmas Term and Lent Term. This year, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of online lectures and in-person classes/classes delivered online. Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6 of Michaelmas Term and Lent Term, in line with departmental policy.
Students will receive feedback on the first short answers submitted in the MT as part of their weekly coursework. Students will then be expected to produce 1 formative policy memo in the LT and submit the outline of their summative policy memo in the LT. In addition, students will be expected to deliver short class presentations in both the MT and LT.
? John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owen (eds), The Globalization of World Politics 8th ed (OUP: 2020)? Chris Brown, Understanding International Relations 5th ed (Palgrave: 2019)? Jenny Edkins and Maja Zehfuss (eds), Global Politics: A New Introduction (Routledge: 2019)? Mary Kaldor and Iavor Rangelov (eds), The Handbook of Global Security Policy (Wiley-Blackwell: 2014).
Policy memo (70%) in the ST. Continuous assessment (10%) in the MT and LT. Presentation (20%) in the MT. Students on the course will write a 2,500 word 'policy memo' (70%) on a particular contemporary issue.? Students will also give a group presentation on a particular issue or problem (20%). The coursework is the submission of weekly short answers to the class questions (10%).