SemesterSpring Semester, 2021
DepartmentIntegrated Curriculum by Dept. of Diplomacy
Course NameInternational Relations
InstructorYANG I-KWEI
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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Week/Date



Topic



Activity and Notes



Week 1



(Feb. 23)



Class Orientation



Grouping (10 Gs)



Week 2



(Mar. 2)



Essential IR Concepts



(pp. 10-21; 60; 90)



 



Week 3



(Mar. 9)



Power and Interests



(pp. 18; 26; 87-89; 107-108; 235-255)



 



Week 4



(Mar. 16)



Classical Realism



(pp. 25; 27-29; 80; 87; 151; 304-307)



International News Report 1: G1, G2



Week 5



(Mar. 23)



Neorealism



(pp. 28; 208; 79; 212; 263-270; 369-370)



International News Report 1: G3, G4



Week 6



(Mar. 30)



Neorealism



(pp. 106-115; 209-211; 275; 430)



International News Report 1: G5, G6



Week 7



(Apr. 6)



Defensive Realism & Offensive Realism



(pp. 28; 269-270)



International News Report 1: G7, G8



Week 8



(Apr. 13)



Balancing, Bandwagoning or Hedging



(pp. 90-92; 94-97; 267)



International News Report 1: G9, G10



Week 9



(Apr. 20)



Midterm Week



Individual Writing Assignment 1 due on 10:00 pm of April 20, 2021



Week 10



(Apr. 27)



Neoclassical Realism, Cross-level Analysis and Foreign Policy Making



(pp. 28; 65; 71-76 )



International News Report 2: G1, G2



Week 11



(May 4)



Liberalism and Neo-liberalism



(pp. 30-35; 287-308)



International News Report 2: G3, G4



Week 12



(May 11)



Constructivism and Other IR Theories  



(pp. 36-46)



International News Report 2: G5, G6



Week 13



(May 18)



International Political Economy (IPE)



(318-348; 354-388)



International News Report 2: G7, G8



Week 14



(May 25)



Globalization



(pp. 355-369; 393-423)



International News Report 2: G9, G10



Week 15



(June 1)



The Global South and Human Security



(pp. 132-147; 425-458)



Individual Writing Assignment 2 due on 10:00 pm of June 1, 2021



Week 16



(June 8)



Final Group presentation I (G1-G5)



 



Week 17



(June 15)



Final Group presentation II (G6-G10)



 



Week 18



(June 22)



Final Exam (Defining Terminologies, Short answers, Essay)



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

TBA


Requirement/Grading

Attendance and classwork – 15%



Individual Writing Assignments*2 – 20%



International News Report (Group-based) *2 - 20%



Final Group Presentation - 20%



Final Exam (defining terminologies, short answers, one essay)- 25%


Textbook & Reference

  1. Shannon L. Blanton and Charles W. Kegley, World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 17th Edition (Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, 2021)

  2. Martin Griffiths, Terry O’Callaghan, and Steven C. Roach, International Relations: The Key Concepts, 2nd ed. (London: Routledge, 2008)

  3. Class PowerPoint Slides


Urls about Course
Attachment

International Relations by Domingo Yang 1222 ed.pdf