Admission requirements
This course is designed for the minor Global Affairs. It is not possible to follow single courses of this minor. You need to be enrolled in Usis for the minor to be accepted to this course. There are 300 places open for registration, on a first come first serve basis, where LDE students are given priority.
This course is also open for inbound exchange students if they wish to take the entire minor Global Affairs; it is not possible to take single courses from this minor. Exchange students must be admitted by the FGGA International Office prior to the start of the minor; priority will be given to direct exchange partners of FGGA. For more information about the application procedure for exchange students, please contact the FGGA International Office at international@fgga.leidenuniv.nl.
Description
This course will pay close attention to the shift to a multipolar world and will analyze positions and policies of a number of major states and other entities. Students will learn about the functioning of international organizations and the answers they are attempting to find to the 21st century challenges they are confronted with.
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
to familiarise the students with the functioning of the major states and multilateral institutions of the 21st century globalised world;
to allow students to acquaint themselves with the nexus between theory and practice in international relations;
to confront students with the political, legal and moral questions which decision-makers in multilateral as well as national contexts are presented with every day;
to provide students with a good foundation for the rest of the minor.
Timetable
The schedule 2020 will be published asap.
The timetable will be displayed with a link on the website, Brightspace and on the front page of this minor programma.
Mode of instruction
7 lectures of 3 hours by instructors and guest lecturers.
Participation in lectures, discussions and exercises is required in order to obtain a grade. One lecture may be missed. Being absent more than once may likely lead to expulsion from the course.
The total study load for this course is 140 hours, consisting of:
21 hours for attending lectures
119 hours studying the compulsory literature and working on assignments
Assessment method
Short essay
25% of total grade
Resit not possible
Grade can be compensated
Long Essay
75% of total grade
Grade must be 5.50 or higher to pass the course
Resit possible
Resit will take the same form
Students will be permitted to resit the 75% long essay if they have a calculated overall course grade lower than 5.50 or with permission of the Board of Examiners. The short essay needs to be compensated.
Details for submitting papers (deadlines) are posted on Brightspace.
Late hand in penalty: 0,5 minus per day, and after seven days we do not accept papers any longer.
The Course and Examination Regulation Security Studies and the Rules and Regulation of the Board of Examiners of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs apply.
Reading list
TBA on Brightspace
Registration
Registration in uSis is possible from four weeks before the start of the course.
Leiden University uses Brightspace as its online learning management system. Important information about the course is posted here.
After enrollment for the course in uSis you are also enrolled in the Brightspace environment of this course.
Contact
globalaffairs@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
All sessions will be in English.
Essays need to be written in English.