LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND COURSE CONTENT FOR PROFESSIONAL EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DIPLOMACY
International Relations provide you with the ideal opportunity to gain insight into global politics and regional studies, to enhance your global career perspective, and to become part of an exciting network of International Relations (IR) experts while staying on the job. We educate you for success in challenging positions in government, international organizations, NGOs, consulting, academia, and the media.
International Relations Online offers a holistic educational approach: expertise in relevant knowledge fields, management of your e-competencies, and honing of your soft and intercultural skills.
This is the skill set you will take away:
Knowledge Skills
International Relations aim to convey a thorough understanding of current issues and interdependencies within global politics and area studies. You will learn how to comprehend, critically analyze, and evaluate trends in international politics, economics, culture, communication, and law. We strongly believe in a learning-by-doing approach. We focus on combining theory and practice throughout your studies in order to enhance and test decision-making and policy implementation skills. Finally, we provide profound training in proper research design and methodology for your field of research and expertise.
E-Competencies
All study materials are available on our digital learning hub – you can also access them on your smart phone and tablet to ensure full flexibility. The weekly segmentation of our program allows you to individually monitor your study progress. It also creates a constant feedback loop between you, your professors and lecturers.
Soft Skills
International Relations is an applied study program. To meet the requirements of today’s job market, it is necessary to hone your professional skills. You improve your time management and project management skills during your studies. You will develop leadership skills in multinational teams via our interactive assignment structures. You will refine your negotiation and presentation skills with in simulation and analogy during our in-house classes. All of these skills are necessary for your personal and career development, including future interaction with stakeholders and professional policy design.
Our University offers Opportunities for students studying international Relations and diplomacy include studying abroad, discovering new cultures, enhancing intercultural communication skills, developing foreign language skills and participating in wide-range activities.
Internship opportunities for students of international affairs and diplomacy include foreign policy assignments, international internships combined with study.
If broadening your understanding of international affairs and policy and gaining knowledge to live in an interdependent world interest you, consider the international Relations and diplomacy major at Language and Management University of Campinas today!
TAKE HOME OBJECTIVES
Students will appropriately apply the methodology used in the respective fields of International Relations:
Students will accurately identify the major theories and dominant paradigms used in the study of international relations and foreign policy analysis including realism/neo-realism, liberalism/neo-liberalism, globalist/Marxist, and postmodernism/post-structuralism.
Students will identify the major actors in the international system on the macro, mezzo, and micro levels of analysis and their function and interaction in interstate relations.
Students will identify and describe the major processes in the international system including globalization, integration, and the causes of conflict.
Comparative politics:
Students will accurately identify the major theories and dominant paradigms used in the study of comparative politics including theories on democratization, transition, and political development.
Students will identify and describe different political systems and distinguish between the various forms of democracies and authoritarian systems that exist.
Students will describe and explain how different types of political systems in other nations function both theoretically and in application.
Week 1
Introduction and course overview
Scope of international relations
History
Week 2
Study of international relations
Week 3
International relations theories
Normative theory
Epistemology
Positivist theory: realism
Liberalism or liberal internationalism
Neoliberalism or complex interdependence
Regime theory
Post – positivist or reflectivity theory
Social constructivism
Week 4
Feminism international relations
Marxism
Interest group perspective
Week 5
Inherent bad faith model in international relations and political psychology
Post – structuralism theory
Week 6
System level concept
Power
National interest
Non – state actors
Power blocks
Polarity
Interdependence
Dependency
Week 7
Systemic tools of international relations
Unit – level concept of international relations
Revision
Week 8
Institutions in international relations
Generalist inter – state organization
United nations and others
Organization of Islamic cooperation (OIC) ETC
WEEK 9
Complete details of the United Nations: flag, emblem, maps showing member states, locations, official languages, leadership structure and leaders name, contacts and all you need to know about UN.
Week 10
History of the united Nations
Declaration of the United Nations
Funding for the UN
Week 11
Cold war era
Post – cold war era
Week 12
Structure of the United Nations
The UN system
Principle organs of the UN
Week 13
UN general assembly – how it function
United Nations security council
Secretariat: UN secretariat and secretary – general of the UN
Secretary – generals of the UN
Week 14
International court of justice
United nations economic and social council
Week 15
Specialized agencies
List of specialized agencies of the UN
Week 16
Membership of the UN
Criteria for membership of the UN
Further information on the UN
Current members ( full complete list and date of membership)
Former members
Procedure for re – admission into the UN: China – Taiwan case study
Week 17
Re –admission bids and brief history of member countries
– Czechoslovakia
– German democratic Republic
– Tanganyika and Zanzibar
– Union of soviet socialist republics
Week 18
Suspension, expulsion and withdrawal of members
Week 19
Observers and non – members
Week 20
Group of 77
Objective – peacekeeping and security
United Nations peacekeeping and list of united Nations peacekeeping missions
Week 21
Human rights
Economic development and humanitarian assistance
Millennium development goals
Funding
Week 22
Evaluation, awards and criticism
Reform of the United Nations and the reform of the United Nations Security council
Week 23
Organization of Islamic cooperation
Members states, list and logos
History
Goals
New name and emblem
Week 24
Details of member states of the OIC
Positions
Israeli – Palestinian conflict
Cartoons of Mohammad controversy
Human rights
Week 25
LBGT rights
Science and technology of OIC
Non – state terrorism
Dispute with Thailand
Dispute with India
Week 26
Notable meetings
Observers status disputes
Week 27
Structure and organization of the OIC
Parliamentary union of the OIC member states
Islamic union
Islamic conference of foreign ministers
Specialized institutions
Affiliated institutions
Week 28
Secretaries – generals, country, date took office, date left office
