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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Politics

Undergraduate Course: International Security (PLIT10019)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course aims to discuss a range of contemporary security challenges providing a set of key concepts that help you develop an in-depth understanding of the post-Cold war geopolitical and strategic environment, and seeks to provide you with the analytical tools for analyzing and assessing respective policy responses. In doing so, the course draws on a range of International Relations theories, illustrating ways in which various approaches can serve as a framework for analyzing global and regional security. While international/inter-governmental aspects and the role of power politics take on a prominent place in this course, it also includes non-conventional security issues that transcend the traditionalist focus of conventional IR on states and formal actors alone, such as the role of transnational actors, civil society and NGOs as well as the strategic implications of globalization, climate change and the eradication of the nation state as a unit of analysis. Apart from weekly lectures and tutorials, the course will also involve (optional) workshop sessions on i.a. policy brief and essay writing, security policy as a profession, and strategic gaming.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites Visiting students should have at least 4 Politics/International Relations courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.

** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course **
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will have
a) an understanding of how International Relations theory applies to international security
b) the ability to understand key aspects of international security;
c) the ability to search relevant literature and sources;
d) presentation and discussion skills, nurtured in the tutorials;
e) factual knowledge about the post-cold war international system;
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements This course has a quota. Preference will be given to Politics and IR students.
Additional Class Delivery Information Plus 1 hr tutorial per week
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Carmen Gebhard
Tel: (0131 6)50 4622
Email: C.Gebhard@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Claire Bannister
Tel: (0131 6)50 4573
Email: Claire.Bannister@ed.ac.uk
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