An overview

Topic/Unit Weekly Schedule
First Chapter: The Very Basics Week 1: Introduction and Overview
Week 2: The IR Discipline. A Brief History
Week 3: Epistemological Tools
Concepts Week 4: Key Concepts (I)
Week 5: Key Concepts (II)
Basic Theories Week 6: Basic Theories: Realism
Week 7: Basic Theories: Liberalism
Week 8: Review Classmate’s Paper & Constructivism
Week 9: Marxism, Imperialism, and Feminism
Key Areas Week 10: Key IR Areas I
Week 11: Key IR Areas II
Pressing Challenges Week 12: Key IR Areas III and Pressing Challenges
Week 13: Pressing Challenges II
Final Week 14: Final Examination