Regionalism and Global Order - JPM120

• Title: Regionalism and Global Order
• Guaranteed by: Department of Security Studies (23-KBS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 20 / unlimited (20)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Aliaksei Kazharski, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Aliaksei Kazharski, Ph.D.

Annotation

Course description
The course aim is to introduce the students to contemporary debates about the changing world order, its origins, its dynamics and the prospective challenges it faces. In its second part the course focuses on the multidimensional phenomenon of regionalism, the role(s) which it plays in the global system and the variety of agendas and problems that are associated with it. The course will also give the students specific knowledge about some of the world’s macroregions.

Last update: Kazharski Aliaksei, Ph.D. (31.08.2024)

Course completion requirements

Course requirements & evaluation

The students are expected to attend all sessions unless otherwise agreed with the lecturer. For every session the students are expected to have read all the required readings and be prepared to discuss them in class. Reading and active participation will be essential for the student’s final grade.

Group work during seminars is an important part of the grade. Students will be put into groups for the seminar activities.

The final exam (oral) is a discussion of the required readings.  Students who have participated actively in class discussions can be rewarded with an exam waiver.

There midterm test is based on the required readings.

Grade composition:

-        Midterm – 20%

-        Seminars – 50%

-        Final exam– 30%

Last update: Kazharski Aliaksei, Ph.D. (31.08.2024)