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PI2007: THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

This is a team taught course offering an introduction to the major perspectives deployed in the study of International Relations and stressing the importance of theory to our understanding of world politics. After exploring a conceptual history of the discipline and discussing the origins of IR as an academic discipline, the course will examine a variety of theoretical approaches, including among others Classical and Structural Realism, Classical and Neo-liberalism, the English School and Social Constructivism, Critical and Post-Structural Theories, Post-Colonialism and Orientalism, and Feminism.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Andrea Oelsner

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course offers an introduction to the major perspectives deployed in the study of International Relations within a framework stressing the importance of theory to our understanding of world politics. The course will examine a variety of theoretical approaches, including Classical and Structural Realism, Social Constructivism; the English School; Marxist and Neo-Gramscian Theory; Postmodernism, Feminism, and Postcolonialism.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st attempt: Two-hour examination 60%, in course assessment 40% Resit: 1 two-hour examination 100%

Formative Assessment

Peer and lecture feedback on tutorial presentation

Feedback

Written feedback on essay. Oral feedback in tutorials

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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