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Introduction to International Relations (5 cr)

Code: HBIB0044-3001

General information

Enrollment

10.02.2021 - 28.02.2021

Timing

15.02.2021 - 28.05.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Face-to-face

Unit

Liiketoimintayksikkö

Campus

Pääkampus

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

0 - 38

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in International Business (AMK)

Teachers

  • Tuomas Parsio

Groups

  • HBI21VKIGS
    Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, IGS-RH, (Bachelor's)
  • HBI18S1
    Degree Programme in International Business
  • MRE18SB
    Matkailu- ja palveluliiketoiminta
  • HBI21VK
    Degree Programme in International Business, vaihto-opiskelu/Exchange studies
  • HBI21VKK
    Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Kedge Business School
  • HBI21VKN
    Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, EM Normandie (Bachelor's)
  • MRE18SA
    Matkailu- ja palveluliiketoiminta
  • HBI21VKESS
    Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, ESSCA School of Management, Bachelor’s degree
  • HBI18K1
    Degree Programme in International Business

Objective

By the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:
• Understand the core principles and some of the key themes related to International Relations (IR)
• Discover, compare, and evaluate appropriate journalistic and academic sources related to IR
• Analyse current issues in IR and consider various points of view
• Produce analytical and coherent argumentative texts related to IR
• Develop skills to debate current issues in IR in a logical and coherent manner
• Use the key vocabulary of IR in an appropriate context
• Apply the key concepts of IR to their own academic and professional contexts

Competences:
Critical Thinking Skills
Internationality Skills
Communication Skills
Negotiation Skills
Team Working Skills

Content

The contents of the course include:

• Learning about the core principles of International Relations (IR) and associated topics including: Globalisation, Forming Alliances and Making Strategies, Decision Making, Crisis Management, Theories of War and the Role of International Organisations, and Theories of Trade
• Researching and analysing a chosen topic of IR, then preparing for and delivering a group debate on that topic
• Examining real cases of strategic decision making and crisis management in IR, and producing an evaluative essay on a chosen case study
• Comparing and evaluating different news sources (e.g. BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, YLE) to verify fact and identify media/national bias in the reportage of current affairs, and presenting these findings to the group

Teaching methods

The course follows face-to-face learning methods where students participate in lectures, workshops, and other study activities organized in the classroom. Furthermore, a student also completes individual assignments utilizing virtual study platforms and materials.

Exam schedules

Agreed with the lecturer

Further information

Lecturer Tuomas Parsio

tuomas.parsio@gmail.com

Evaluation scale

0-5

Further information

Lecturer Tuomas Parsio
tuomas.parsio@gmail.com