International Organizations

Code:

LRI014

Acronym:

ORGINT

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages and International Relations

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LRI	60	LRI - Study Plan	2	-	6	4	4
SOCI	14	SOCI - Study Plan	3	-	6	4	4

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

 

This discipline presents a set of institutions of political vocation at the international and regional level, in the following aspects: genesis, objectives, formal structure and current importance.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the International Organizations Course, students should be able to:
 

- research and select information on international organizations
 
- to diferenciate International Organizations accoding to several criteria

- analyze and evaluate the current role of several international organizations
 

- developing a critical spirit on the activities of universal and regional organizations
 

- work as a group on subjects related to the discipline subject
 

 

 

 

 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

None

Program

 

I. General Theory of International Organizations

II. Universal Organizations: ONU; FMI, World Bank

III. Regional Organizations: OTAN, European Conseil, OEA, African Union, European Union

 

Mandatory literature

Herz, Mónica, e Hoffmann, Andrea Ribeiro; Organizações Internacionais: História e Práticas, São Paulo, Campus - Elsevier, 2004. ISBN: 9788535214536
Mota Campos; Organizações Internacionais, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2009
Barkin J. Samuel; International organization. ISBN: 978-1-137-30240-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

 

 Theoretical-practical classes: the exposition of the different programmatic contents and practical application of the knowledge of the current international reality.

- Active participation of students in the teaching-learning process through reading, analysis, and interpretation of texts.

- Preparation of written work and oral presentation followed by discussion.

 

keywords

Social sciences > Political sciences > Policy studies > International relations

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	10,00
Teste	50,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	10,00
Estudo autónomo	68,00
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Trabalho laboratorial	15,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

 To have a minimum score of ten values established under this sheet and the Discipline Evaluation Standards.

Calculation formula of final grade

 

50 %   written test

 

40%  work group 

 10% presentation of the work in the class

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The work students will only have two evaluation elements: written test with a weighting of 60% and a work with a 40% weighting.

Classification improvement

Assessment component subject to appeal or improvement of classification: written test with 50% weighting for normal students and 60% for students with work-student status.

Observations

Given the extraordinary moment in which we live, the UC's assessment was changed.
The assessment remains distributed without a final exam, but now has the following components:

- written work defined at the beginning of classes, whose delivery deadline remains on April 27. The weight of this work is 50% in the final evaluation.

- written work (replacing the written test). This work will have to be delivered until the 30th of May and will also have a weighting of 50% in the final evaluation.

Students who want to improve their grade for the second assignment will be able to deliver a new version of the assignment by June 12.

The improvement of the final grade in this academic year must be made to all the evaluation components.