Degree | Type | Year |
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2500244 East Asian Studies | FB | 1 |
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There are no specific prerequisites to take this subject, although students should have some knowledge of and interest in politics and international relations. A habit of reading news and analysis articles from various viewpoints is highly desirable. Students must have basic computer skills and an adequate level of English (e.g., level B2 of the CEFR) to follow the classes and to understand written and audiovisual documents in that language.
The objective of this subject is to help students acquire analytical skills applicable to political science, political theory, and international relations. The course aims to provide students with the basic analysis tools to be able to place the debates and topics of their specialisation (East Asia) in a broader context, both in the theoretical field and in the global political reality. During the semester, we will work on developing and applying the basic tools of political theory and science to understand and analyse processes, structures, actors and discourses. As regards the study of international reality, we will introduce the debates and theoretical frameworks that have helped people to interpret the world and shape it. The subject seeks to improve students’ ability to think critically and interpret the relationship between today’s political behaviours, events, dilemmas, changes and contradictions.
Section A: Introduction to the basic concepts of political science
What is politics? Political science.
Causes and dynamics of political conflict.
Power, authority and resistance.
State and sovereignty. The genesis of the modern state.
States and nations.
Section B: Ideologies and political thought
Political values, ideologies and political culture.
Classical liberalism, neoliberalism and radical liberalism: individuals, states and markets.
The left and socialisms: utopian socialisms, Marxism(s), communism.
Anarchism(s), mutual aid and cooperativism.
Fascism and totalitarianism.
Imperialism and colonialism.
Nationalisms.
Feminisms.
Political communication and propaganda.
Section C: Regimes, structures, institutions, and actors
David Easton's political system.
Types of regimes: polyarchies-democracies, non-democratic regimes, dictatorships, autocracies and totalitarian systems.
Forms of political organisation. Structure and institutions of the State. Forms of government.
Participation and representation. Plebiscites, referendums and electoral systems.
Political parties: from class interests to professionalisation.
Collective action. Social movements, pressure groups and corporations.
Media: public opinion.
Section D: International Relations: theories and debates
The discipline of international relations and the inter-paradigm debate.
Realism, Liberalism and Constructivism.
The structure of the international system.
The dynamics of international relations: conflict and cooperation.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Exercises | 9.5 | 0.38 | 2, 3, 8, 9, 6, 11, 5 |
Lectures | 40 | 1.6 | 2, 7, 11 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Individual work, guided reading assignments and tutorials | 18 | 0.72 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 7, 8, 9, 6, 10, 11, 5 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Reading and documentation | 71 | 2.84 | 4, 10 |
To achieve the established objectives, this subject combines lectures with the individual work and active participation of the students. The subject’s essential content will be covered in lectures and complemented by reading assignments to be carried out outside class. Students will be encouraged to use the Moodle virtual classroom as a common space for exchanging information related to the course (information, debates, materials, complementary resources, etc.).
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 | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Content development assignment, individual or groupwork | 30% | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 7, 8, 9, 6, 10, 11, 5 |
Evaluation tests (2 tests) | 70% (35% x 2) | 7.5 | 0.3 | 2, 4, 3, 7, 11, 5 |
Continuous assessment
Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing various tasks and tests. These activities are detailed in the table at the end of this section of the Study Guide.
Review
When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.
Missed/failed assessment activities
Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5.
The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.
Classification as "not assessable"
In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as "not assessable" on their transcript.
Misconduct in assessment activities
Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the student involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject. Assessment activities in which irregularities have occurred (e.g. plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from resitting.
Single assessment
This subject may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB and the assessment criteria of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.
Students must make an online request within the period established by the faculty and send a copy to the teacher responsible for the subject, for the record.
Single assessment will be carried out in person on one day during week 16 or 17 of the semester. The Academic Management Office will publish the exact date and time on the faculty website.
On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as a valid identification document with a recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).
Single assessment activities
The final grade for the subject will be calculated according to the following percentages:
Grade revision and resit procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above inthis study guide.
More information: http://www.uab.cat/web/study-abroad/undergraduate/academic-information/evaluation/what-is-it-about-1345670077352.html
Recommended bibliography
Other reference resources
No specific software will be used.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(TE) Theory | 1 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |