International Security and Order
Study Board of Political Science, Journalism, Sociology, and European Studies
Teaching language: English
EKA: B430001102, B430001112
Censorship: Second examiner: None
Grading: 7-point grading scale, Pass/Fail
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Master
Course ID: B430001101
ECTS value: 10
Date of Approval: 13-03-2018
Duration: 1 semester
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Mandatory prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Students who follow the course, are expected to:
-be enrolled on Cand.Soc International Security and Law
-be able to apply theories to empirical cases
Aim and purpose
International Security and Order provides a detailed understanding of the evolution of the international system, the main forces of change and continuity, how all this comes together to define the contemporary order, and how international relations theories at the same time rely on and affect different readings of history. The aim of the course is to provide students with a theory-informed overview of modern and contemporary history and with the necessary insight to assess current political problems and participate in advanced debates on the international order.
Content
The course is constructed to clarify and illustrate key principles of order and ordering factors through historical events from 1648 to the post 9/11 period. Among others, the following topics will be discussed:
- The ‘Westphalian order’
- Order by balance of power
- Order by collective security
- Establishment of European nation-states system
- Industrial revolution and colonialism
- War and crises in the 19th, 20th & 21st Centuries
- The Cold War
- De-colonization
- Globalization
- European Integration
- International order after 9/11.
Learning goals
By the end of the semester, the student should be able to:
- Describe, analyse and account for distinctive features in international political order since 1648
- Understand the different principles of order and ordering factors
- Analyse and critically discuss the interaction between principles and factors in shaping international order
- Understand the mutual influence between international relations theories and international history
- Place and discuss events and developments in a historical context
- Account for and critically discuss the argumentation advanced in the course readings
- Use concepts to draw comparisons across time and to provide an in-depth account of particular events.
Literature
Key text:
1. Anthony Best, Jussi Hanhimaki, Joseph A. Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Routledge 2014, Third Edition)
2. Selections from various sources including Henry Kissinger’s ‘Global Order’ and ‘Diplomacy’, Paul Kennedy’s ‘Rise and Fall of the Great Powers’, Hedley Bull’s ‘The anarchical society’, and others. A complete list of mandatory readings will be made available at the start of the semester. Approximately 1200 pages.
Teaching Method
The course will be held 2 hours weekly for 15 weeks. Preparation and active participation is expected. Students will be asked to work in study groups. Students have to hand in a mandatory essay.
Students are also expected to attend 7 seminar-like tutorials that will complement the standard lectures. The tutorials will focus on contemporary events and will aim at answering some relevant questions in the current political debate.
Workload
Activity Hours
Face-to-face classes (lectures,
class teaching) 30
Preparation 100
Tutorials 14
Preparation for tutorials 21
Mandatory essay 20
Exam preparation 80
Exam 5
Total 270
Examination regulations
Exam
Name
Exam
Timing
Ordinary examination in January and re-exam in February. A third attempt may be attended the next time the course is offered on the basis of renewed exam registration.
Rules
-3 is not allowed, 00 is not allowed
Tests
Exam
Name
Exam
Form of examination
Written examination on premises
Censorship
Second examiner: None
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card - Exam number
Language
English
Duration
Five hours. Submission date will appear on the examination plan.
Length
The maximum number of pages is 8 of 2400 units per page spacing, appendix and notes included, but table of content and bibliography excluded.
Students are encouraged to go beyond the syllabus in their engagement with relevant scholarly literature, but this is not a necessary requirement for passing the exam.
Examination aids
All auxiliary aids including a personal computer. However, it is not allowed to communicate with anybody.
Assignment handover
In the examination room.
Assignment handin
The paper must be handed- in in digital form and submitted via "SDU assignment" on the course page in Blackboard.
ECTS value
9
Additional information
Individual written exam to be written in English.
Location: Examination room at the University. Examination takes place using student's own computer being able to access the University wireless network.
Internet Access: Necessary.
Registration for the course is automatically a registration for the ordinary examination in the course. Cancellation is not possible. If the student does not participate in the examination, the student will use an examination attempt.
The university may grant an exemption from the rules in case of exceptional circumstances.
EKA
B430001102
Mandatory essay
Name
Mandatory essay
Form of examination
Compulsory assignment
Censorship
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Student Identification Card - Exam number
Language
English
Duration
Submission date will appear on the syllabus.
Length
The following limitations are required: (4 pages of 2400 units per page spacing, appendix and notes included, but table of content and bibliography excluded).
Assignment handover
Via Blackboard.
Assignment handin
Via Blackboard.
ECTS value
1
Additional information
Re-exam in February 2019 (at the same time as re-exam for the Take-home exam). A third attempt may be attended the next time the course is offered on the basis of renewed exam registration.
EKA
B430001112
External comment
NOTE - This course is identical with the former course 97017601, International Security and Order.
Used examination attempts in the former identical course will be transferred.
Courses that are identical with former courses that are passed according to applied rules cannot be retaken.
The student is automatically registered for the first examination attempt when the student is registered for a course or course element with which one or more examinations are associated. Withdrawal of registration is not possible, and students who fail to participate in an examination have used one examination attempt, unless the University has made an exemption due to special circumstances.
If a student does not meet the established university prerequisites for taking the exam, he or she has used one examination attempt, unless the University has made an exemption due to special circumstances.
Courses offered
| Offer period | Offer type | Profile | Education | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2018 | Mandatory | Master in International Security and Law - valid from September 2018 | Master of International Security and Law | Master of Science (MSc) in International Security and Law | Odense | 1 |
| Fall 2018 | Mandatory | Master in International Security and Law - valid from September 2017 | Master of International Security and Law | Master of Science (MSc) in International Security and Law | Odense | 1 |