GV214-5-AU-CO:
International Relations: Theories and Approaches
2016/17
Government
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
15
28 February 2014
Requisites for this module
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GV517
BA L250 International Relations (Including Foundation Year),
BA L258 International Relations,
BA L259 International Relations (Including Year Abroad),
BA L260 International Relations (Including Placement Year),
BA LR59 International Relations and Modern Languages (5 Years Including Foundation Year),
BA LRF9 International Relations and Modern Languages,
BA VL12 Modern History and International Relations,
BA VL14 Modern History and International Relations (Including Placement Year),
BA VL1F Modern History and International Relations (Including Year Abroad),
BA L200 Politics,
BA L201 Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA L202 Politics (Including Foundation Year),
BA L203 Politics (Including Placement Year),
BA L903 Global Studies,
BA L904 Global Studies (including year abroad)
This module provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the study of international relations (IR). We begin by outlining the main theoretical approaches which aim to explain the behavior of state and non-state actors in the international system - Realism and Liberalism - as well as some newer Post-positivist theoretical perspectives such as Constructivism. The questions and issues to be examined in the module are introduced; emphasizing the scientific or theoretical study of international relations. In this section, we also look in this section at the "levels of analysis", a device often used for organizing our thinking about different causal factors in international relations. We then examine the theoretical approaches to IR in depth, providing the student with alternative sets of theoretical lenses through which the world can be viewed. Here we highlight in detail some of the key disputes and differing concerns which separate the competing schools of thought and show how each of the theories operates at two or more levels of analysis. Furthermore, we study in detail an application for each school, highlighting an important contribution of that particular school to the study of IR.
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One hour lecture and one hour discussion section
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay |
|
55% |
| Practical |
Presentation 1 |
|
10% |
| Practical |
Presentation 2 |
|
10% |
| Practical |
Quiz |
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20% |
| Practical |
Participation |
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5% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Natasha Ezrow
Dr Natasha Ezrow: nezrow@essex.ac.uk
Module Administrator: Sallyann West, sawest@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Kaat Smets
Royal Holloway, University of London
Lecturer in Politics
Available via Moodle
Of 90 hours, 88 (97.8%) hours available to students:
1 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
1 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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