COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
PIR 435	C	3	3	0	0	3	7.5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Dr. Jubjana Vila jvila@epoka.edu.al , Please request appointment by email: jvila@epoka.edu.al
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered)	Master of Science in Political Science and International Relations
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Code of Ethics:	Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:
Course Description:	This is a master level course that will introduce students to key concepts and theories of international institutions and their dynamics in international relations and world politics. This course focuses on both international organizations (IOs) and international institutions that include formal treaties and informal rules, norms, and strategies of actors that shape world politics. We will study key theoretical concepts and analytical frameworks through case studies and the literature on international organizations and non-state organizations. This course will enable students to think critically and theoretically about the dynamic roles of international institutions in world politics that impose consequences on countries and citizens of the world.
Course Objectives:	This graduate level course aims to explain why international institutions are created, how they are organized, what they try to accomplish and how much successful they have been in achieving their goals and contributing to global politics. It is divided into two major sections. The first section aim introduces the student to the study and theories of international organization. The second part of focuses at the role of international organization in a number of issue areas within broad categories of international security, international political economy, and social welfare. Also it aims to offer a space for examination of the strengths and weaknesses of international organization, both as a field of study and as it is practiced in the world today.

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	Institutions
2	International relations
3	Actors
4	IGOs
5	INGOs
6	Peace
7	Security
8	Human Rights
9	Economy
10	Conflict

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Overview and introduction
2	Why are international institutions formed?
3	Approaches and Type of international institutions.
4	Decision making and Membership in International Organizations
5	Intergovernmental: United Nations
6	Non Governmental Institutions
7	Regional Organizations
8	Midterm
9	Peace and Security
10	Global Economic Governance
11	Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention
12	Conflict and Migration
13	Climate Change and Environmental Protection
14	Legitimacy, Accountability, and Effectiveness of IOs in Contemporary World Politics.

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook(s):	Eduardo Missoni, Daniele Alesani. Management of International Institutions and NGOs: Frameworks, practices and challenge, Routledge (2014). Brian Frederking and Paul F. Diehl, eds., The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World, fifth edition (Lynne Rienner, 2015). Margaret P. Karns, Karen A. Mingst, and Kendall W. Stiles, International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance, third (Lynne Rienner, 2015). Heywood, A. (2014). Global politics. Macmillan International Higher Education.
Additional Literature:	Weekly assigned articles
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Ability to understand the evolution and role of international institutions in global politics.
2	Ability to encounter the functioning and management of different international institutions.
3	Ability compare and contrast institutional responses across different issue areas.
4	Ability to research, write and present ideas related to international institutions.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Political Science and International Relations Program
1	Having and using advanced knowledge and comprehension supported by textbooks including actual knowledge in political sciences and international relations literature, materials and the other scientific resources.
2	Analyzing data, ideas and concepts of current political issues and international relations, determining complex events and topics, making discussions and developing new suggestions in accordance with researches.
3	Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects.
4	Introducing those who are interested in politics and international events with the topics of Political Science and IR and teaching clearly the problems and the types of solutions.
5	Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations.
6	Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently.
7	Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena.
8	Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones.
9	Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles.
10	Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge.
11	Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments.
12	Having consciousness about human rights and environment.
13	Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning.

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Presentation	1	20
Case Study	5	6
Term Paper	1	50
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	3	42
Mid-terms			0
Assignments	2	24	48
Final examination	1	42	42
Other	3	2.5	7.5
Total Work Load:			187.5
Total Work Load/25(h):			7.5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			7.5

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

To be added at the end of the semester