Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| issues of security and defense | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| André Dumoulin | |||||||||||
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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 second semester | |||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| After examining the concepts around security (keywords), will be discussed to address the different types (conflicts, peacekeeping operations, crisis management, asymmetric wars, disarmament, irenology, war studies, deterrence) in the form of concrete examples and case studies to control the semantics of "objects" selected. Several issues around security and defense will be combined with, among others, military sociology, asymmetric warfare, risk taking, geostrategy, nuclear, media and public opinion, terrorism and resilience, technology and defense, the economy of conflicts, values ¿¿and underlying ethics, great strategists. | |||||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| -Control specific vocabulary and concepts of security in order to facilitate the reading of the geopolitical, geostrategic and military events related to past events, present and prospective field.
-Determine The elements of conflict types, operations, disarmament and irenology. -Promote understanding by the student of themes related to the security, defense, international crises. -Associate the theories of security in the dialectic of major international institutional and organizational actors such as the EU, NATO, OSCE, UN, ... -Prepare Students to master the vocabulary associated in master 2 on "European Security and Defence Policy". |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Nothingness | |||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Thematic Research | |||||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The lessons is essentially on Thursday from 09:30 to 12:00 from 2 Fébruary 2016 | |||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Coursebook and PowerPoint | |||||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written (MCQ and Tutorial) in Juni 2016 | |||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| André Dumoulin, Senior Research in IRSD ; Lecturer in Department of political science, European Studies Unit, University of Liège, Member of RMES (www.rmes.be)
Téléphone : 087/33.81.29 GSM : 0496.38.06.56. Courriel : adumoulin@ulg.ac.be ou andredumoulin@skynet.be |
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