Bachelor of Arts in International Relations

The Introduction to International Relations is aiming to provide students with basic concepts and knowledge in the field of International Relations. The course will address the following questions – what is international relations? When international relations began? What is the state? What is sovereignty? What theoretical tools can we use to analyses relations between states?

The first part of the course will focus on the development of the state system. It will address such questions as when the states emerge; what is Westphalian concept of sovereignty and how the sovereignty has evolved and spread across the world since Westphalia. In the second part of the course we shall look at the impact of two world wars on the state system, emergence of the UN, decolonization and Cold War. Finally we shall study some of the major theoretical schools of IR – Realism, Liberalism and Marxism.

This course introduces students to the basic concepts, institutions, processes, and theories of political science. Concepts such as state, society, government, the political system, political behavior, power, and authority will be discussed thoroughly to provide students with a solid foundation necessary to prepare them for future course work in the field.

This course compares national governments in terms of their political system, institutions, structures, and the process of development, modernization, democratization, political culture, nationalism, and state-society relations.

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the relevant concepts, theories, and practices that together comprise political science research methods, including epistemology, ontology, qualitative and quantitative methods, and statistics.

This course introduces students to the major contributions of political philosophers spanning from ancient Greece, through the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment Age. Major works of Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas will be surveyed.

This course introduces students to major theories in International Relations. The course surveys the development of the field, its scope, and its methods.

This course introduces students to International Law in terms of its theoretical foundations, development, institutions, and enforcement.

This course is a survey of the main theoretical foundations of International Security as a sub-field in International Relations. It also addresses main issues of debate in the fields of defense, offence, peace, peacemaking, peace keeping, strategies, tactics, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and arms reduction.

This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of the politics of International Economic Relations. It introduces students to the main theoretical approaches in the field as well as deals with trade relations, international finance, economic assistance, and international economic organization.

This course deals with the analysis of foreign policy. It provides students with an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of foreign policy making processes. It covers theoretical discussions as well as empirical analysis of how a country formulates its foreign policy and conducts it in international affairs. Its main goal is to equip students with analytical capabilities in assessing foreign policy and anticipating future developments in a country's external behavior.

This course introduces students to the art of diplomacy in terms of its history, foundations, approaches, models, and goals. It deals with major concepts like diplomatic recognition, negotiations, foreign policy, and bilateral relations.