Postgraduate Course: Political Theory and International Affairs (PGSP11111)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | It will equip students to apply the concepts and methods of political theory in the critical analysis of normative issues in international relations.
Indicative topics include: the concept of a human right; global distributive justice; norms regulating international governance; environmental ethics across borders; national self-determination and secession; immigration, alienage and citizenship; history of international political thought. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Students are expected to have familiarity with political theory/political philosophy, normally demonstrated by passes in a minimum of two political theory or political philosophy courses at undergraduate level, with grades equivalent to UoE 60+. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Students are expected to have familiarity with political theory/political philosophy, normally demonstrated by passes in a minimum of two political theory or political philosophy courses at undergraduate level, with grades equivalent to UoE 60+. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Aims
The course aims to provide core elements of the knowledge, understanding and intellectual methods which the Degree as a whole is intended to provide. Specifically, it will enable students to:
- identify and analyse the normative issues arising in the sphere of global social, economic, political and security relations;
- understand how to apply, and where necessary amend, existing resources of political theory in analysis of political issues beyond the horizon of the nation state;
- evaluate policy in international affairs from the standpoint of normative principle;
- assess critically how existing international institutions meet, or fail to, determinate normative standards.
A further aim is to prepare students for their dissertation by developing the requisite skills of formulating research questions, planning and executing research, and presenting findings. |
Assessment Information
| Essay in the region of 4,000 words |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Tim Hayward
Tel: (0131 6)50 4238
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Course secretary | Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
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