POL SCI 5 Lecture 1: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS LECTURE AUGUST 25 class & syllabus rules
26 Aug 2016
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Department
Course
Professor
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Intro to International Relations
Subject
-Find reason why something happened by chasing the short term events leading up to
the big event
•Not just knowing what happened that one night but look farther back at patterns or
changes made under governments
•Different theories help us wonder why and how
-looking at broader patterns, seeing events as connected to other things and other
patterns
-Job as student in this class
•challenge your own preconceptions
-look at readings and arguments that you disagree with
-pause for a minute and take the argument on its own terms
•be critical
-question the arguments
-does it logically follow
-is it grounding unreasonable
•Take time, outline, underline
-What are the main arguments, supporting evidence
•Follow the news
-International Press online
•Go to section and be prepared
-need them to understand what is going on in lecture
-Course Set up
•theory heavy
•realism, liberalism, consturcism
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Document Summary
Looking at broader patterns, seeing events as connected to other things and other patterns. Job as student in this class: challenge your own preconceptions. Look at readings and arguments that you disagree with. Pause for a minute and take the argument on its own terms: be critical. Is it grounding unreasonable: take time, outline, underline. What are the main arguments, supporting evidence: follow the news. International press online: go to section and be prepared. Need them to understand what is going on in lecture. Course set up: theory heavy, realism, liberalism, consturcism. Thursday, august 25, 2016: readings are dense, take home midterm 5 page double space. Handed out september 20th and due a week later: then security issues, political economy, in class midterm. Exam books in this room: contemporary issues -environment, human rights, rising powers, final. Substance on second half of class but use theories from beginning.
