Topical Seminar 1st Semester

2023/2024

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Objectives  

The objective of this module is:  

  • To provide students with knowledge of selected topics and current issues within international relations.  

  • To enable students to apply relevant theoretical perspectives to analyze and discuss key elements of international relations in relation to empirical cases and reflect on these on a scientific basis.  

 

Content   

Students will be introduced to selected, current topics within the field of international relations. The module forms the basis for further empirical and theoretical analysis within the field in the project module of the semester. 

Learning objectives

Knowledge

  • central concepts, theories and academic debates in relation to selected, current topics within the field of international relations   

  • key themes and cases within the field of international relations and various approaches to the study of these.  

Skills

  • can identify and delimit a problem area based on an empirical and theoretical understanding of selected, current topics within the field of international relations 

  • can apply knowledge within the module’s subject areas to select theories that serve the analytical purpose and at the same time remain critical to these theories 

  • are able to reflect upon methodological implications of theoretical and empirical choices  

  • can apply relevant theories of the field to empirical cases.  

Competences

  • can identify, research, describe and analyze complex interdisciplinary questions relating to international relations 

  • can reflect upon and analyse selected, current topics within the field of international relations  

  • can communicate empirical and theoretical knowledge of the field in a clear and coherent manner  

  • can reflect and argue on the basis of scientific knowledge 

  • can communicate research findings to an academic audience in a succinct manner. 

Type of instruction

The module consists of lectures, discussions, exercises and student contributions.  

Exam

Exams

Name of examTopical Seminar 1st Semester
Type of exam
Oral exam
The examination for Topical Seminar I is an internally assessed individual oral examination. The examination will take the form of a conversation between the student and the examiners about a question posed within the syllabus of the module.


Duration of examination: 20 min, including grading and announcement of result.
ECTS10
AssessmentPassed/Not Passed
Type of gradingInternal examination
Criteria of assessmentThe criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the module

Danish titleTopical Seminar 1st Semester
Module code2022IR3
Module typeCourse
Duration1 semester
SemesterAutumn
ECTS10
Language of instructionEnglish
Location of the lectureCampus Aalborg
Responsible for the module

Organisation

Study BoardStudy Board of Politics and Society
DepartmentDepartment of Politics and Society
FacultyFaculty of Social Sciences and Humanities