Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OB | 2 | 2 |
It has no academic prerequisites.
Students must have the habit of reading, watching, listening to and consulting different media of general and international information, especially following news of an international policy nature, as well as opinion articles on global political issues understood in their broadest sense.
This subject has a basic training character.
This means that it serves as a basis from which to be able to analyze international reality.
The basic objectives of the course are:
1. Know and understand the fundamental concepts of the discipline;
2. Acquire analytical skills applicable to international, transnational and global processes;
3. Understand and be able to delve into the processes, structures and developments that have shaped contemporary international society on a global scale: from colonialism or the development of capitalism to current neoliberal agendas and populisms;
4. To be able to express and defend orally and in writing their views on the various most relevant international issues.
Part I: Theories of International Relations
1. Introduction to the Study of IR
2. Realism
3. Liberalism
4. Constructivism
5. Marxism and Critical Theory
6. Feminism(s)
7. Post-Colonialism
Part II: Analytical Concepts
8. The Agency vs. Strucutre Debate: the case of nationalism
9. Levels of Analysis: Revolutions and Counterrevolutions
10. Security in IR: Securitization and the Impact of GWoT
11. International Systems: Multipolarity, Bipolarity, Unipolarity,
12. Units of Analysis: State, TNCs, International Organizations, Populations
Part III: Contemporary Developments
13. Neoliberalism: from the State to Globalisation
14. Humanitarian Interventions and the Responsibility to Protect
15. Global Crises: Climate vs Pandemic
16. Migrations, Mobility and Border Regimes
17. Conlcusions
18. Group Presentations
The study of this subject is divided into several types of activities, each with a certain weight of working hours. We will use different methodologies:
- Classroom activities: lectures; seminars to discuss the readings; and case discussions related to the syllabus of the course will be conducted.
- Supervised activities carried out by students outside the classroom in accordance with a designed workplan and subsequently tutored and evaluated by the faculty. Students must: read and prepare texts; do group work consisting of gathering documentation on a specific topic of international relations. Details will be given through Moodle and explained in class.
- Autonomous activities that students do on their own and in accordance with the requirements of the subject.
Note: 15 minutes of a class will be used, according to the calendar established by the center / degree, for the students' surveys of evaluation of the performance of the profesors and of evaluation of the subject / module.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Class Debates | 15 | 0.6 | 3, 36, 38, 9, 15, 35, 25 |
Lectures | 50 | 2 | 3, 2, 7, 28, 9, 15, 17, 16, 23, 22, 26, 25, 37, 29, 8 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Group Exercises in Class | 15 | 0.6 | 3, 2, 5, 6, 38, 10, 7, 28, 9, 15, 17, 16, 23, 22, 35, 30, 26, 25, 27, 13, 31, 21, 12, 32, 37, 42, 20, 29, 34, 8, 11 |
Practical Exercises | 20 | 0.8 | 3, 5, 4, 36, 6, 38, 14, 18, 33, 19, 35, 30, 24, 27, 31, 21, 12, 32, 37, 41, 42, 20, 34, 39, 40, 11 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Weekly Reading | 50 | 2 | 3, 5, 36, 6, 10, 17, 30, 26, 25, 37, 29 |
Evaluation The subject will be evaluated by:
1. The realization of a written examination relative to the theoretical and practical content that represents 50% of the final note of the asignatura and that has to surpass with a minimum note of five points (on ten), like condition indispensable to have passed the subject. In the event that this face-to-face written examination could not be carried out in the classroom, for reasons that are in the public domain, Covid 19 and confinement situation, an individual exercise will be carried out which will be indicated in due course.
2. The elaboration of a group work written and defended orally (25% of the total of the final note of the asignatura). This work is of obligatory character to pass the asignatura (it has to surpass with a minimum note of five points (out of ten).
3. The readings and the comments of a series of texts (the guidelines and criteria for the reading of the texts will indicate in the course of the classes of the asignatura), that will carry out in format of seminars and debates (15%).
4. Likewise, the participation of the students (comments, discussion of texts, exposition of topics, etc.) in the classes (readings, comments and participation 10% of the final mark of the subject).
The date of the written exam, of the seminars evaluable with note and other activities will specify in the frame of the programming of the asignatura (Virtual Campus): Students who do not pass the written exam will have the opportunity to take part in the compensation activities, in other words, they will be able to take the suspended exam again on the day determined by the Faculty. Assessable seminars with grades and group work cannot be repeated, not in compensation activities. Important: Students who do not obtain the minimum score, five points out of ten, in the written exam, will have the subject suspended, even if they have passed the work done in groups, the corresponding seminars and other assessment guidelines. The fact of appearing to the partial written examination exempts to the alumnado of the qualification "NOT PRESENTED".
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Group Project | 25% | 0 | 0 | 4, 6, 9, 18, 33, 19, 35, 24, 26, 25, 13, 31, 32, 41, 42, 20, 34, 40, 11 |
Participation in Class | 10% | 0 | 0 | 38, 9, 35, 25, 21, 12 |
Reading Reviews | 15% | 0 | 0 | 36, 15, 14, 19, 35, 25, 37, 39 |
Written Exam | 50% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 2, 5, 6, 10, 7, 28, 15, 14, 17, 16, 23, 19, 22, 30, 26, 25, 27, 13, 37, 29, 34, 8, 11 |
The professors will provide one to two required readings per theme through moodle. These readings are essential to understand and participate in class.
Recommended Handbooks that provide a basic introduction to the main theories of International Relations:
Written papers will always be submitted in PDF format unless otherwise specified.
Use of power point or other open source or alternative software for presentations.
Access to the virtual campus, pdf.
The use of bibliography managers such as Zotero is recommended.
If any student has technological accessibility difficulties, please let us know.