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Introduction to International Relations (5 cr)

Code: HBIB0044-3010

General information


Enrollment

01.02.2024 - 11.02.2024

Timing

12.02.2024 - 20.05.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Face-to-face

Unit

School of Business

Campus

Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

0 - 50

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in International Business

Teachers

  • Tuomas Parsio

Groups

  • HBI24VKC
    Degree Programme in International Business or Tourism Management (Study Abroad)
  • HBI24VKIGSH
    Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, IGS Group HRM, (Bachelor's)
  • HBI24VKK
    Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Kedge Business School
  • HBI21S1
    Degree Programme in International Business
  • HBI24VK
    Bachelor's Degree Programme in International Business, vaihto-opiskelu/Exchange studies
  • 15.02.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010
  • 22.02.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010
  • 07.03.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010
  • 14.03.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010
  • 21.03.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010
  • 28.03.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010
  • 04.04.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010
  • 11.04.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010
  • 18.04.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010
  • 25.04.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010
  • 02.05.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010
  • 16.05.2024 16:15 - 18:00, Introduction to International Relations HBIB0044-3010

Objectives

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

Further information for students

Exchange students: 10

Evaluation scale

0-5

Further information

Lecturer Tuomas Parsio
tuomas.parsio@gmail.com