International Institutions (SZF_025)
About Study Course
Objective
To provide basic knowledge regarding the role of international institutions in world politics, principles of their structure and activities in promoting international security, economic and social welfare, protecting human rights, ensuring environmental sustainability.
Prerequisites
Background knowledge in international political processes in the scope of three semesters of Bachelor studies.
Learning outcomes
Students should learn in the study course:
• basic knowledge of the principles, forms and problems of international institutions;
• understanding of the various existing approaches to the problems of international institutions;
• ability to describe and compare the activities of international institutions in solving specific problems;
• understanding of the principles of classification of international institutions according to their structure, principles and directions of operation.
The course will provide skills:
• to find one’s way in literature and to distinguish between different approaches to the problems of international institutions;
• to analyse the functioning, achievements and weaknesses of international institutions;
• to present the results of own work.
Students learn in the study course:
• ability to discuss in a reasoned and logical manner the role of international institutions in global politics and their operational problems;
• to use academic knowledge to evaluate the activities of certain international institutions;
• to use the general principles of operation of institutions for the analysis of the activities of individual institutions;
• to write essays and a report as analytical works.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Relations - European Studies, SE | 4 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | Beāte Livdanska |
