Admission requirements
This course is designed for the minor Global Affairs. For both Dutch based and exchange students, 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 200 places open for registration, on a first come, first served 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. 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.
Description
This course will pay close attention to the shift to a multipolar world and will analyse the positions and policies of a number of key states and international organisations. Students will learn about the functioning of the international system, the challenges it is confronted with, and prospects of its future development. Throughout, the emphasis will be on the practice of diplomacy and the concrete consequences of macro-level developments.
In addition, the course features ‘Global Affairs’ Workshops which will equip students with key skills and knowledge.
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
Describe the functioning of the major nations and institutions of the 21st century globalised world;
Discuss the nexus between theory and practice in the field of international relations (IR);
Discuss the political, legal, and moral questions which decision-makers in multilateral as well as national contexts are presented with every day; and
Construct policy-based arguments and academic research in English, utilising high quality sources, clear structure, and critical argumentation.
Timetable
On the right side of programme front page of the studyguide you will find links to the website and timetables, uSis and Brightspace.
Mode of instruction
7 lectures of 2 to 3 hours by instructors and guest lecturers.
1-hour workshops by instructors and guest speakers.
Participation in lectures, discussions and exercises is required in order to obtain a grade. This is also the case for attendance and participation in the workshops. To ensure participation, students will submit weekly commentaries on relevant articles related to the course material. One lecture may be missed. Being absent more than once without acceptable cause 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
7 hours for attending and preparing workshops
112 hours studying the compulsory literature and working on assignments
Assessment method
Midterm
25% of total grade
Re-sit not possible
Grade must be compensated
Final
75% of total grade
Grade must be 5.50 or higher to pass the course
Re-sit possible
Re-sit will take the same form
Students will also be permitted to re-sit the final if they have a calculated overall course grade lower than 5.50 or with permission of the Board of Examiners. There is no re-sit for the mid-term, which needs to be compensated.
Late hand in penalty: 0,5 minus per day, and after seven days we do not accept papers any longer.
In the case of written assessment methods, the examiner can always initiate a follow-up conversation with the student to establish whether the learning objectives have been met.
The Course and Examination Regulation of Security Studies and the Rules and Regulation of the Board of Examiners of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs apply.
Reading list
The reading list will be added on Brightspace.
Registration
Registration via MyStudymap or uSis is possible from 9 July after registration for the entire minor. Register for every course via MyStudymap or uSis. Some courses of the minor have a limited number of participants, so register on time.
Leiden University uses Brightspace as its online learning management system. After enrolment for the course in MyStudymap you will be automatically enrolled in the Brightspace environment of this course.
More information on registration via MyStudymap can be found on this page.
Please note: guest-/contract-/exchange students do not register via MyStudymap but via uSis.
Contact
globalaffairs@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
All sessions will be in English.
Essays need to be written in English.
This course takes place in The Hague.
Please note that the re-sits of this minor will be organised in January.