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Political Science (POLI) 330
International and Global Politics (Revision 3)

Revision 3 closed, replaced by current version.

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Delivery mode: Individualized study.

Credits: 3 - Social Science

Prerequisite: None.

Centre: Centre for State and Legal Studies

POLI 330 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Course website

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, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and a grade of 50 percent or better on the final examination.

Assignment 1 Short Essay 10%
Assignment 2 Investigation Assignment 15%
Assignment 3 Essay 30%
Assignment 4 Investigation Assignment 15%
Final Exam 30%
Total 100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Charlton, Mark, ed. 2005. Crosscurrents: International Relations. 4th ed. Toronto: Thomson Nelson.

Peterson, V. Spike, and Anne Sisson Runyan. 1999. Global Gender Issues. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Ray, Lee James, and Juliet Kaarbo. 2005. Global Politics. 8th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Other materials

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