APG5154 · Analysing global politics

Overview

In this unit, you will explore how global affairs professionals construct, contest, and communicate knowledge. You will examine the intellectual scaffolding of International Relations: its main philosophical debates, conceptual tools, methodological approaches, and the reasons for using (or not using) those methods. You’ll also develop your professional skills as you prepare for life after graduation: critical thinking, qualitative and quantitative analysis, writing skills, and more.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Explain core principles of social scientific theory, research design, and data analysis;
2. Apply different methodological approaches in international relations research;
3. Communicate complex information accurately, succinctly, and effectively.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.