This course analyses the basic setting, structure and dynamics of world politics with emphasis on current global problems, practices and processes. In doing so, it introduces the major theoretical approaches to international politics, and uses theory as a methodological tool for analyzing sources of change and causes of conflict and/or cooperation in the global arena.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 10:35 | 11:55 | PL-3 |
Friday | 10:35 | 11:55 | PL-3 |
This course analyses the basic setting, structure and dynamics of world politics with emphasis on current global problems, practices and processes. In doing so, it introduces the major theoretical approaches to international politics, and uses theory as a methodological tool for analyzing sources of change and causes of conflict and/or cooperation in the global arena.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 12:10 | 13:30 | C-104 |
Thursday | 12:10 | 13:30 | C-104 |
Discusses the history of the British colonies in North America and the United States in terms of economic development and social and cultural evolution. Contrasts the emergence of a unique American civilization with the internal debate over opposing conceptions that deteriorated into sectional strife. Themes include the genesis of a peculiarly American mentality, race relations, economic development, and social conflict.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 13:45 | 15:05 | C-505 |
Friday | 13:45 | 15:05 | C-505 |
This course provides an introduction to the analysis of economic and political inequalities and the interplay between these inequalities and development.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 10:35 | 11:55 | PL-4 |
Thursday | 10:35 | 11:55 | PL-4 |
This course examines the nature of knowledge claims in political science: how we know what we know and how certain we are. Research schools, the nature of description and explanation in political science, and basis issues of quantitative analysis will form the core elements of this course, while substantive themes may vary each year.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 12:10 | 13:30 | C-104 |
Friday | 12:10 | 13:30 | C-104 |
Topics vary by semester
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 16:55 | 19:50 | G-102 |
Topics vary by semester
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Wednesday | 09:00 | 11:55 | C-101 |
International human rights law established the norms, jurisprudence and legal infrastructure necessary to promote the implementation of international human rights standards. This course introduces key substantive and institutional issues and explores the establishment of standards, international human rights treaties, their implementation mechanisms and the expanding body of jurisprudence that make up this discipline at the crossroads of law and development.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 09:00 | 10:20 | C-102 |
Friday | 09:00 | 10:20 | C-102 |
Focuses on causes and consequences of European military conflicts and the historical transformations resulting from peace settlements. Examines the European Wars of Religion, the Napoleonic wars, the Franco-Prussian War, the Treaty of Portsmouth, the Paris Peace Conference and the Versailles Treaty as well as World War Two and the Yalta Conference. The approach is interdisciplinary, combining history and political science.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 12:10 | 13:30 | Q-604 |
Friday | 12:10 | 13:30 | Q-604 |
Covers the formal structure of the international legal order; sources, uses and dynamics of law in international relations; use of force, war crimes; the status and functions of states, governments, international organizations, companies, and individuals; law of the sea, environment, jurisdiction, aliens, human rights, the diplomatic process and its protection, and treaties. Discusses theory and future directions of international law. This course is crosslisted with International Law.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 12:10 | 13:30 | C-102 |
Friday | 12:10 | 13:30 | C-102 |