GV214-5-AU-CO:
International Relations: Theories and Approaches
2017/18
Government
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 05 October 2017
Friday 15 December 2017
15
28 February 2014
Requisites for this module
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GV517
BA L900 International Development,
BA L901 International Development (Including Year Abroad),
BA L902 International Development (Including Placement Year),
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 VL18 Modern History and International Relations (Including Foundation 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),
BA L908 Global Studies (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA L225 Politics and International Relations,
BA L226 Politics and International Relations (Including Year Abroad),
BA L227 Politics and International Relations (Including Placement Year)
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 behaviour of state and non-state actors in the international system – Realism and Liberalism - as Post-positivist theoretical perspectives such as Constructivism. The questions and issues to be examined in the course are introduced; emphasizing the scientific or theoretical study of international relations. In this section, 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. 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
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay |
|
55% |
| Practical |
Presentation 1 |
|
10% |
| Practical |
Presentation 2 |
|
10% |
| Practical |
Quiz |
|
20% |
| Practical |
Participation |
|
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
Prof Natasha Lindstaedt, email: nezrow@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Natasha Ezrow
Dr Natasha Ezrow: nezrow@essex.ac.uk
Module Administrator: Sallyann West, govquery@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Kaat Smets
Royal Holloway, University of London
Lecturer in Politics
Available via Moodle
Of 80 hours, 80 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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