Code: | LRI007 | Acronym: | HRINT |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Department of History, Political and International Studies |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Languages and International Relations |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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LA | 17 | LA - Study Plan | 3 | - | 6 | 4 | |
LRI | 71 | LRI - Study Plan | 2 | - | 6 | 4 |
Students are required to:
- Understand and grasp the definitions, concepts and issues of International Relations in order to acquire tools that will help them to understand its various aspects from the historical point of view;
- Recognize the importance that the Congress of Westphalia had in the balance of power and in the international law in the European “Ancien Régime”;
- Understand the impact that the Congress of Vienna had in the relations between the Great European Powers and in the reshaping of the continent’s map;
- Learn how Nationalism and Imperialism of the second half of the 19th century, ended with the First World War and the consequences of the Versailles’ treaties of peace;
- To perceive how the Second World War and the rise of the United States as well as of the Soviet Union to the status of superpowers changed the post-war course;
- Have an idea of how the world divided between the two superpowers led to a latent conflict known as the fall of the Berlin Wall, symbol of this conflict, led to the collapse of the bipolar order
With this syllabus we try, during the time we dispose for the classes (1 semester equal to more or less 13 weeks) that the students besides being able to know some of the most important political aspects of the History of International Relations from the 17th to the 20th century, under the historical point of view, can acquire theoretical as well as practical skills that will allow them, later on to study themes that such a short time of classes doesn’t allow a more detailed approach. Although the syllabus ends with the collapse of the bipolar order we hope that students will be able acquire skills in order to analyse international relations in the posterior period.
- Theoretical-practical classes: lectures as an introduction to the topics of the subject, in order to stimulate class debates on those same topics. Use of graphics, statistics, and cartographic material.
- Tutorials: critical analysis of the topics of the subject, which will stimulate class debates moderated by the teacher. The teacher will also promote the discussion of the main bibliography, and debates on the reports/papers on books (or parts of books) done during the students' independent work. The books can be chosen by the students, as long as the teacher doesn't object to them.
- The book analysis must be done from one of the books included in a list of books given by the teacher.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 100,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 80,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 52,00 |
Trabalho de investigação | 30,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Final Exam
Students are admitted to exams provided that the conditions laid down in the Assessment Regulations are met.
The final exam (closed book) will consist of a theory and a practical part. - The first part will assess the mastery of information and the essential theoretical frameworks; critical skills, selection skills, systematisation and synthesis skills required to answer a question. - The second part will assess the level of skills acquired during tutorials. - The first part counts for 80% and the second part for 20%
Written test: 80%+ Book report:20%
Not applicable
Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.
The process for improving grades must comply with the types of assessment planned for the course unit. Students may repeat the test, if they are not satisfied with the grade, being optional the repetition of the Book report.
The students of mobility have the obligation to contact with the teacher during the first week of the semester or, if they can duly prove that they arrived after the beginning of the classes, they have a week to do it after their arrival.
Lectures will always be in Portuguese. However, tutorials may be in English, French, Spanish or Italian for foreign students whose mother-tongue is not Portuguese, and who have obvious poor comprehension skills.