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Humanities and Social Science

Learning Methods

Lecture

Online

Tutorial

Workshop

Module Offerings

4100IRP-SEP-MTP

Aims

1. To identify the key issues in the discipline of International Relations. 2. To examine the interplay between IR theories and historical realities. 3. To familiarise the students with the key traditional  concepts and methods that IR deploys to analyse the world.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Explain the issues and debates in the subject area of IR.
2.
Identify key historical stages in the development of traditional IR theories.
3.
Employ the traditional IR theories in order to understand contemporary affairs.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Module will focus on the problem solving theories, including the traditional theories of Liberalism, Realism and Marxism. 
Module Overview:
This module enables you to understand the world in which we live today. It provides a solid grounding in the study of international affairs through the varying theories that have been developed throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries. Through discussing these theories, we also examine how they have informed the international system and the institutions and practices that operate within it.
Additional Information:
To help you understand the world in which we live in today, this module provides a solid grounding in the study of international affairs through the varying theories that have been developed throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries. Through discussing these theories, we also examine how they have informed the international system and the institutions and practices that operate within it. A skills specific session will be incorporated in this module.

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