Postgraduate Course: Advanced Issues in International Relations (PGSP11593)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Advanced Issues in International Relations enables students to undertake advanced analysis of contemporary issues in International Relations.
2022-3 Topic - US Foreign Policy
The course will analyse the competing explanations for historical and contemporary U.S. foreign policies. It will encourage students to explain and evaluate competing strategies for how the U.S. can best achieve its foreign policy goals across a range of issues and regions. It will also examine the foreign policy process to debate the relative influence of government bodies and other actors on the policy-making process
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| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 20 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Participation (10%)
Essay 1 (1500 words: 35%)
Essay 2 (2500 words: 55%) |
| Feedback |
The policy brief is the first assessment of the course and provides an alternative to traditional academic essays. It allows students to engage with the course's main issues in a different manner by asking them to apply largely academic/theoretical debates to concrete examples. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Develop an advanced critical understanding of the principal theories and concepts related to US foreign policy.
- Evaluate current US foreign policies across a range of issues and topics
- Critically analyse the US foreign policy-making process and the principal political forces that influence it
- Communicate through empirically grounded and theoretically informed written work and discussions, their understanding of US foreign policy
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Reading List
Blakeley, Ruth (2009) State Terrorism and Neoliberalism, Routledge
Jackson, Richard, Marie Breen Smyth and Jeroen Gunning (eds.) (2009) Critical Terrorism Studies - A New Research Agenda. Routledge
Nacos, Brigitte L. (2016) Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Routledge
Silke, Andrew (ed.) (2018) Routledge Handbook of Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Routledge |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
By the end of the course students should have strengthened their skills in:
- Critical analysis and evaluation of evidence.
- Ability to effectively formulate and articulate a line of argument.
- Ability to identify and critically engage with arguments in scholarship and public discourse.
- Effective written communication skills.
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Stephen Hill
Tel: (0131 6)51 5362
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Course secretary | Mrs Casey Behringer
Tel: (0131 6)50 2456
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