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| SPOL2226-1 | Seminar on international relations
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| Duration : | 30h SEM |
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| Lecturer : | Sébastian Santander |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The seminar on international relations aims to deepen some contemporay issues on international relations. The are several groups managed by the assistents and the professor.
Each group relates to a specefic issue. The seminar will analyse and deepen different concepts as: power, domination, hegemony, globalisation, goverance, terrorisme,... |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Give the possibility to the students to deepen an issue handled during the courses on Introduction to international relations and Theories in international relations.
At the end of this seminar, the student will be able to carry out a research on a particular issue by mobilizing the specific tools of the discipline. The student will also have learned how to communicate the results of his research both orally and in writing. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Students need to have some empirical and theoretical knowledge in international relations. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Oral presentation, written paper and obligatory reading(s) |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 1. Introduction to the Seminar
2. Course about the methodology
3. Theoretical course
4. Oral presentation of the Student
5. Feed-back of the professor
6. Written paper
7. Submit written paper |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Obligatory reading:
- Sebastian Santander (coord.), L'émergence de nouvelles puissances: vers un système multipolaire?, Paris, Ellipses, 2009, 250 pages; -
- or : Sebastian Santander (coord.), L'Afrique nouveau terrain de jeu des émergents, Paris, Ellipses, 2014, 324 p.
Books available at the "Point de Vue" (Campus: Sart Tilman) and at bookstore "Pax" (downtown). |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Take it in to account the methodological and theoretical handled during the course, oral presentation, written paper, obligatory reading and active participation to the seminar. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| - To succeed the seminar it is highly recommended to attend the course.
- If the student is 3 times absent, without a valid and official reason, he will not be able to present his paper for the first session. He will have to wait until august to deposit its written work.
- The knowledge of English is necessary.
The students will received during the quadrimester the notes concerning the courses which will given. The documents will be available on MyULg.
The course is held every odd year (2014-2015, 2016-2017...). |
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Contacts :
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| - Professor: Sebastian Santander (Office: R71, niveau 0 - tel. 04 366 30 46)
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- Assistants:
Liridon Lika (Bureau R12, niveau 0 - tel. 04 366 42 59)
Gabrielle W. Cusson |
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