Intro - International Relation

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the major theoretical debates in International Relations and situates the field within the context of the discipline, Political Science. It focuses on significant ideas, processes and institutions which explain the interrelations between the various actors in the international system, looking specifically at nation states and supranational and international organizations. Special attention is given to research methodologies and to questions of ideology, conflict, trade, finance, human rights, identity based differences (ethnicity, gender, etc.), and the dynamics of globalization. The course meets the General Education requirement for Community & Cultural Contexts.