International Politics

Code:

LRI015

Acronym:

POLINT

Instance: 2021/2022 - 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	70	LRI - Study Plan	3	-	6	4	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

At the end of the semester, this Unit should allow to:
- to understand the evolution of the world political history – 1914-2013
- an introduction to the basic concepts of geopolitics
- to grasp the basic features of the world main area studies
- a critical analyses of the main developing trends

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Realise the need for a scientific analysis of recent History and international olitics

2. Correctly use concepts central to international politics of the last 70 years.

3. Critically analyse core issues of the international politics of the last 70 years.

Working method

Presencial

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

Basic notions of History and Geography

Program

1 – Imperialism. Theories and concepts

I – Historical insight of the 20th century
1- Imperialist powers on the eve of the Wordl Wars
2- The World Wars
3– Political reorganisation of the powers: the end of colonial empires and the firs nuclear age (1945-1989)

II – Current Trends
1 – Trends of the world market (1980-2000)
2 – The “violent economy”: energy and natural resources
3 – Introduction to the main regional conflicts: Middle East; Central Ásia; Coreas; Sahel; Congo; Golfo of Guinea
4- Decreasing: introduction to a 21st century priority

Mandatory literature

Norman Etherington; Theories of Imperialism

Complementary Bibliography

Parsons Anthony; From cold war to hot peace. ISBN: 0-14-023947-2

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes consist of a set of activities that include the presentation of information, sometimes using texts previously made available to students, usually through multimedia presentations, analysis of written documents, films and pictures, graphs and tables.

 

keywords

Social sciences > Political sciences
Humanities > History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Approval in this module requires:

(i) to be present in 75% of the classes, both Theory-practical and Tutorials;

(ii) a minimal mark of 10 (ten) out of 20 out of the parameters of the final mark

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Exam: 60%

Research work: 30%

Participation: 10%

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the legislation enforced

Classification improvement

See FLUP's evaluation regulations.

Observations

1. In written exams, students may have free access to literature and other study material they may bring along 
2. Casses will be taught either in Portuguese.
3. English. French, Spanish or Italian may be also used as working languages, including in written exams.