Political Science (POLI) 330
International and Global Politics (Revision 1)

This version of POLI 330 closed August 6, 2002. To current version.

Delivery mode: Individualized study
Credits: 3 - Social Science
Prerequisite: None.
Centre: State and Legal Studies
Challenge for Credit: POLI 330 has a Challenge for Credit option.

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Overview

POLI 330 is about international and global politics. While it includes the study of the relations between states in the international context, it also studies the relationships between multinational corporations, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and other actors, as well as the significance of other forces at play in the global context such as gender, class, and race.

The course enables students to explore military and security politics as well as trade, the global debt crisis, and gender. Finally, the course attempts to encourage students to recognize how global politics affects their lives and how much they are a part of it.

Outline

  • Unit 1 Making Sense of the World Around Us
  • Unit 2 Where and When Did the International System Begin?
  • Unit 3 A World of Violence, Conflict, and Power
  • Unit 4 A World of Cooperation
  • Unit 5 A World of Inequalities
  • Unit 6 Pathways to Peace

Evaluation

To receive credit for POLI 330, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least 50 percent and a grade of 50 percent or better on the final examination.

3 Short Essay/Investigation Assignments Essay Final Exam Total
40% 30% 30% 100%

Course Materials

Textbooks

Charlton, Mark and Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, (Eds.). Crosscurrents: International Relations in the Post-Cold War Era. Scarborough, ON: Nelson Canada.

Peterson, V. Spike, and Anne Sisson Runyan. Global Gender Issues. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Ray, James Lee. Global Politics. 6th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Other Material

The course materials also include a study guide and a student manual.

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice.
Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

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