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) |
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Week 3
(Mar. 9) |
Power and Interests
(pp. 18; 26; 87-89; 107-108; 235-255) |
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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) |
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Week 17
(June 15) |
Final Group presentation II (G6-G10) |
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Week 18
(June 22) |
Final Exam (Defining Terminologies, Short answers, Essay) |