Semester	Fall Semester, 2020
Department	The International Master Program of Applied Economics and Social Development (IMES) , First Year The International Master Program of Applied Economics and Social Development (IMES) , Second Year
Course Name	International Economics and Social Organization
Instructor	YUAN LI-CHUNG
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

週次 Week	課程主題 Topic	課程內容與指定閱讀 Content and Reading Assignment	教學活動與作業 Teaching Activities and Homework	學習投入時間 Student workload expectation
週次 Week	課程主題 Topic	課程內容與指定閱讀 Content and Reading Assignment	教學活動與作業 Teaching Activities and Homework	課堂講授 In-class Hours	課程前後 Outside-of-class Hours
1	Course Introduction	Introduction of the course syllabus		3	1 hour
2	Introduction of the Global Governance and the Origins and Nature of International Law	The Need for Global Governance in Modern History	In-Class Lecture	3	1 hour
3	Perspectives on International Organizations (IOs) I	The Nature of International Institutions and Regimes	In-Class Lecture	3	1.5 hour
4	Perspectives on IOs II	Theories, Concepts and Models and Historical Evolution of IOs	In-Class Lecture Group Discussions and Presentation	3	1.5 hour
5	The United Nations (UN) System I	The Origins, Legal Framework and Institutional Structure, Process and Development of the United Nations	In-Class Lecture	3	1.5 hour
6	UN System II	Health, Social Welfare, Education, Population and Human Rights, with particular focus on the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Covid-19 Pandemic (Guest Speaker)	In-Class Lecture	3	1.5 hour
7	UN System III	UN Security Council, Conflict Management and Peacekeeping	In-Class Lecture Group Discussions and Presentation	3	1.5 hour
8	IOs and Economic Management	The World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Trade Organization (WTO)	In-Class Lecture	3	1.5 hour
9	Regional Organizations I	Beyond the Nation-State? – EU, ASEAN, OAS, AU, GCC…	In-Class Lecture	3	1.5 hour
10	Regional Organizations II	European Union and ASEAN	In-Class Lecture Group Discussions and Presentation	3	1.5 hour
11	Field Trip	Venue to be announced (subject to availability)		3	1 hour
12	International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO) and International Non-Profit Organizations (INPO) I	The third sector in the globalization	In-Class Lecture	3	1.5 hour
13	INGO and INPO II	Roles and Functions of INGO	In-Class Lecture Group Discussions and Presentation	3	1.5 hour
14	Film: Hotel Rwanda		Post-film Discussion	3	1 hour
15	Security IOs I	Introduction: Collective Security and Use of Force for Peacekeeping	In-Class Lecture	3	1.5 hour
16	Security IOs II	NATO	In-Class Lecture Group Discussions and Presentation	3	1.5 hour
17	Taiwan’s Efforts to participate the IOs	How Taiwan has been working on participation of IOs.	In-Class Lecture Group Discussions	3	1.5 hour
18	Conclusions	Wrapping up	Essay due	3

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Requirement/Grading

1. Presentations (40%)

One in-class presentation and leading the class discussions. Each student needs to prepare one presentation (30 minutes in length, followed by leading a 15-minute discussion). Subjects of presentation need to be relevant to the topics and issues of international organizations. Students are encouraged to use their creativity and use any form (such as Powpoint, short film etc.) to make their presentations.

2. Essay (30%)

Each student is required to write an essay with minimum 2000 words in length about current policy issues involving international institutions. Specifically, student should select one international organization as a case as well as a country or group of countries that are members of this organization; major issues of the selected IO needs to be identified. The essay should present the brief background of the selected IO, major research questions, review and analyze current research on the issue, and the answers of the research question. Topics can be discussed with the course lecture.

3. Class Participation (30%)

Class participation is an assessment of each student‘s willingness and ability to comment on the contents of lecture topics. Student need to prepare to discuss the readings assigned for each week. Participation of group discussions is equally important. Even though the schedule below defines lecture topics, instructor will conduct each class through powerpoint slides and dialogue that encourage contributions of substantive knowledge and of different perspectives among students. Time will be allocated at the beginning of each class period to discuss the week‘s reading assignments. For attendance, students are expected to attend a minimum of 75 % of the class meetings.

Textbook & Reference

Margaret P. Karns, Karen A. Mingst, and Kendall W. Stiles, International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance, 3^rd edition (2015).

Thomas G. Weiss, David P. Forsythe, Roger A. Coate, and Kelly-Kate Pease, The

United Nations and Changing World Politics, 7th edition (2014).

Additional readings

Additional supplementary readings will be prepared for students’ long-term use. Students are not obligated to read all supplementary readings. However, students may find them helpful.

Urls about Course

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