Unit name | Foreign Policy Analysis |
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Unit code | POLIM3017 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Edmunds |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit examines the nature of foreign policy and the processes involved in the formulation of foreign policy. It has two main aims. The first is to establish a comparative framework that will reveal the differences as well as the similarities in the foreign policy processes of states across the globe. The second is to evaluate the debates in the literature about the theory and practice of foreign policy: how foreign policy is made and how foreign policy should be made. The foreign policy process in the United States will frequently be drawn upon for illustrative purposes. But the intention is to build a framework that will reveal the differences as well as the similarities in the foreign policy processes of states across the globe. This unit is only available to students registered for MSc/Diploma degrees in the Department of Politics. Please note that the Department does not permit the auditing of any of its units.
This unit aims to:
On completion the student shall have:
The following teaching methods will be used:
Formative assessment: an oral presentation supported by a handout Summative assessment: a 3,500 to 4,000 word essay
A full statement of the relationship between the programme outcomes and types/methods of assessment is contained in accompanying Programme Specifications and section B7 of the Major Change to Current Programme forms for the programmes of which this unit is a part. The assessment for each unit is designed to fit within and contribute to that approach in terms of intellectual development across each of the two teaching blocks, and in relation to knowledge and understanding, intellectual skills and attributes, and transferable skills.