This course introduces students to the discipline of international relations, and familiarizes them with its basic concepts and core themes. The course navigates and addresses all the various, and often conflicting, traditions of the subject.
Students that complete the course will develop: a solid and historically informed grounding in international relations; the ability to navigate the concepts, theories and methods of international relations scholarship and related sub-fields; and the capacity to use knowledge of international affairs in a practical way to address some of the many global challenges the world faces.