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International Relations and Political Science Analysis - Approaches and Current Issues
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:09.08.2023 10:40:30
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | DN_200 | LQF level: | Level 8 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Political Science | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Doctoral Studies | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, dn rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67409120 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Successfully passed requirements of the "Social Sciences" Doctoral Study program study semesters 1 through 3. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide an insight into the latest research approaches by ensuring the academic connection of doctoral students with the sub-branch of political science, as well as to contribute to the doctoral students' understanding of current issues in accordance with the individual topics of the doctoral thesis. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Research Framework: ontology, epistemology, methodology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Affiliation to the sub-branch. Analysis in International Relations and Political Science -- commonalities and differences | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Presentations of the doctoral students on the ontological, epistemological, methodological framework and the affiliation to the sub-branch | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Presentations of doctoral students on the ontological, epistemological, methodological framework of the dissertation and the affiliation to the sub-branch | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Presentations of doctoral students on the value aspects of the dissertation. (Doctoral students who write in critical theories present on the active research position and its ethical implications). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Guest Lecture | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Discussion of the guest lecture, as well as the readings provided by the guest speaker. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | The intellectual history of political thought and its connection to current research | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Presentations of doctoral students on the intellectual roots of the doctoral thesis theoretical framework | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Levels of analysis of international relations: international system, country and individual | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | The founding concepts of politics and international relations (current, methodological, theoretical issues) | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Presentations of doctoral students on the levels of analysis and central concepts of the dissertation theoretical framework | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Funding for international relations and political science research -- consortia formation and project applications | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Presentation of the research plan, conclusions | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Guest lecture | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Seminar, discussion | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To conduct in-depth study of approaches to the analysis of international relations and political science; to familiarise oneself with the mandatory reading materials; to expand the text of the dissertation based on the information obtained during the study course. The student's contribution to the improvement of the study process is the provision of meaningful feedback on the study course by filling out its evaluation questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance and active participation in lectures and seminars 10%; seminar presentation 40%; passing the written final examination 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Doctoral students will be able to analyze the development trends of political science theories in depth, as well as analyse and evaluate topical issues in Latvian and international politics by applying contemporary research methods. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The doctoral student will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to the analysis of Latvian and international politics, incl. when writing a doctoral thesis, thus contributing to the widening of the knowledge frontier. The doctoral student will be able to communicate the results of research both orally and in writing, adapting the information to different audiences. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Independently search, select, analyze, evaluate, pass on information related to political theories and processes in the course of research and teaching, as well as to lead scientific projects. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Doktorantu disertācijas gaitā individuāli izmantojamā apakšnozarei atbilstošā literatūra | ||||||||
| 2 | Dunne, T., Kurki, M., Smith, S. (ed.). (2016). International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity. 4th edition. New York: Oxford University Press. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Tukidīda darbi jebkurā pieejamā valodā, piem.: Thucydides. (2013). Third year of the war, 429–28 [II 71–103]. In: J. Mynott (Ed.), Thucydides: The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, pp. 135-161). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Ebook Central Academic Complete; EBSCOhost Ebook Academic Collection) | ||||||||
| 2 | Freyberg-Inan, A. (2021). Critical Theories and Change in International Relations. In: The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations. Edited by T. V. Paul, Deborah Welch Larson, Harold A. Trinkunas, et..al. | ||||||||
| 3 | Parekh, B. (2003). Non-Western political thought. In: T. Ball & R. Bellamy (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought (The Cambridge History of Political Thought, pp. 551-578). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | ||||||||
| 4 | Browning, G. (2016). A History of Modern Political Thought: The Question of Interpretation. Oxford University Press. | ||||||||
