Single course
Introduction to International Relations
Content
The contents of the course include:
• Learning about the core principles of International Relations (IR) and associated topics including: Globalisation, Forming Alliances and Making Strategies, Decision Making, Crisis Management, Theories of War and the Role of International Organisations, and Theories of Trade
• Researching and analysing a chosen topic of IR, then preparing for and delivering a group debate on that topic
• Examining real cases of strategic decision making and crisis management in IR, and producing an evaluative essay on a chosen case study
• Comparing and evaluating different news sources (e.g. BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, YLE) to verify fact and identify media/national bias in the reportage of current affairs, and presenting these findings to the group
Objectives
By the end of the course, you are expected to be able to:
• Understand the core principles and some of the key themes related to International Relations (IR)
• Discover, compare, and evaluate appropriate journalistic and academic sources related to IR
• Analyse current issues in IR and consider various points of view
• Produce analytical and coherent argumentative texts related to IR
• Develop skills to debate current issues in IR in a logical and coherent manner
• Use the key vocabulary of IR in an appropriate context
• Apply the key concepts of IR to their own academic and professional contexts
Competences:
Critical Thinking Skills
Internationality Skills
Communication Skills
Negotiation Skills
Team Working Skills
Additional information
The course will be implemented as classroom teaching.
See the timetable of the lectures at https://lukkarit.peppi.jamk.fi/#/schedule by using the name of the course or course code HB00CJ47-3011.
Notice that enrolling in Jamk's Open Studies requires a Finnish personal identity number. When enrolling, please primarily use the suomi.fi service for identification or if you have HAKA university credentials, you can use those. If you do not have Finnish bank credentials or HAKA credentials, skip the identification. After enrolment, immediately contact the helpdesk via a service request at help.jamk.fi to receive instructions for identification. Without identification, we cannot register you for studies.
Also notice that you cannot enroll in Open University courses if you are a degree student at Jamk (enrollment in Peppi).
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