COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: WORLD POLITICS

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
PIR 555	B	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)	Dr. Reina Shehi rzenelaj@epoka.edu.al
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Dr. Reina Shehi rzenelaj@epoka.edu.al , Thursday 13:00-15:00
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered)	Master of Science in Political Science and International Relations
Classroom and Meeting Time:	Thursday 18:00-20:45
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Code of Ethics:	Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:	Mandatory
Course Description:	-
Course Objectives:	1- How to understand and interpret world politics? 2- How to benefit from key theoretical approaches to the study of International Relations| 3- How to understand the contemporary crisis of globalization and its impact for the current world order?

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	global politics
2	international relations
3	global issues
4	power
5	states

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Engaging International Relations and World Politics
2	Theories of World Politics-1
3	Theories of World Politics-2
4	Geography
5	Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
6	Regionalism
7	Power in Asymmetric Conflicts
8	Trade and Finance
9	Midterm Week
10	Environmental issues
11	Human Rights
12	Poverty, hunger, and development
13	Nucler In(Security)
14	Final Case Presentations

Prerequisite(s):	N/A
Textbook(s):	https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/world-politics https://journals.sagepub.com/home/IRE
Additional Literature:	https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics
Laboratory Work:	N/A
Computer Usage:	N/A
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	To advance understanding on world politics as an interplay between governments, cities and citizens apart from nations.
2	To debate among mainstream and critical theories and how they explain the international system
3	To understand structures and processes that guide world politics
4	To discuss aspects and challenges of current key international issues.

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.	5
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.	5
3	Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects.	5
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
5	Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations.	5
6	Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently.	5
7	Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena.	5
8	Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones.	5
9	Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles.	5
10	Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge.	3
11	Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments.	5
12	Having consciousness about human rights and environment.	5
13	Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	1	10
Project	3	30
	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)	16	4	64
Mid-terms	1	24.5	24.5
Assignments	2	13	26
Final examination	1	25	25
Other			0
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