Course Catalogue

This program aims to provide the knowledge, understanding and application insights into global politics and regional studies, in order to enhance employment opportunities for individuals globally, or to become part of an exciting network of international relations experts on the job. The career opportunities exists in challenging positions in government, international organizations, NGOs, consulting, academia, and the media.

Learning Strategies The institution adopts student centred learning approach as they progress through the course. The course curriculum and assessment strategies are designed in a way that it supports the mission. The course will consists of cases drawn from the real world and addressing them in the class along with theoretical context of international relations. Active engagement with the subject material and class enhances learning and many of the learning strategies used attempt to promote this. Delivery of the curricular material will be through a blend of lectures, tutorials, group discussions, presentations, seminars and workshops. Assessments relate directly to learning outcomes and one assessment usually covers a range of such outcomes. In designing and deciding upon an assessment format for a module the following factors have been considered: • The module learning outcomes and their level, with particular emphasis on the student’s ability to analyse, synthesise, evaluate and communicate information derived from: • Module content • Learned knowledge from other areas/qualifications • Experience • The implementation of systematic information-seeking strategies • Encouraging students to apply their skills to specific context • Approaching problems in a systematic way and employing test approaches that could resolve those problems • Assessment performance criteria, as communicated to the student • The validity and reliability of the assessment methods, which are monitored by module leaders, field groups and programme teams • Time constraints (for students and staff) and the need to ensure consistency • The use of a range of strategies through which a student can demonstrate what he or she knows, understands or can do • The need for assessment to allow for review and reflection by the student • The opportunity for formative assessment Assessments take the form of examinations (seen/unseen, open book, essays/short answers),essays, practical assessments, presentations, role-plays, individual and group reports, a dissertation or project. Increasingly assessment also takes the form of reflective blogs and wikis.