Duration
30h SEM
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The seminar on international relations aims to explore some contemporary issues on international relations. The seminar is divided in three groups. At the head of each group is an animator responsible for a particular theme. Students therefore have the possibility between several themes. The seminar will analyse and deepen several concepts such as: power, rising power, multipolarity, apolarity, multilateralism, world order,...
The student will also have the opportunity to expand her/his knowledge on a particular geographical area of her/his choice/ a theme of her/his choice or among those proposed.
The three groups of the seminar are:
- The new international balance of power: actors, strategies and world order;
- The diffusion of global power from state actors to non-state actors, private and transnational;
- US Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World: actors, issues and influences.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
It gives the opportunity to the students to deepen an issue handled during the courses on Introduction to international relations and/or on Theories of 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 her/his research both orally and in writing.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Students need to have some empirical and theoretical knowledge in international relations.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Oral presentation, written paper and obligatory reading(s).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The first part of the teaching takes place in the form of very limited ex-cathedra lessons (two or three sessions). Then, two or three reading sessions are planned. The rest of the course is intended for oral presentations of students on a specific topic. This is a political science seminar, therefore, the presence and active participation of students are strongly recommended throughout the semester. Depending on the opportunities presented, a limited number of external speakers will be invited to participate in the course.
In case of return of distance-learning, the eCampus platform will be mobilized via the Collaborate tool in order to maintain the courses and oral presentations via the platform's video-conference system.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
In case of return of the pandemic and the distance-learning, the eCampus platform will be mobilized via the Blackboard Collaborate tool in order to maintain the courses and oral presentations via the platform's video-conference system.
Recommended or required readings
Students will receive a portfolio of required readings at the beginning of the seminar.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
written work
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
There is no exam in the second session.
The evaluation is based on a written work.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
- 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, she/he will not be able to present her/his paper for the first session. She/he will have to wait until August to deposit her/his written work.
- The knowledge of English is necessary.
Contacts
- Holder: Dr. Liridon Lika, Center for International Relations Studies (CEFIR), B31, level 0, Office R.81 ; Tel. : 043 66 35 53, Liridon.Lika@uliege.be
- Assistants:
Vincent Bricart, CEFIR, B31, level 0, Office R.77 ; Tel. : 043 66 42 59, v.bricart@uliege.be
Camille Schmitz, CEFIR, B31, level 0, Office R.77 ; Tel. : 043 66 42 59, camille.schmitz@uliege.be