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Course ID: | INTL 4265. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Simulation | Course Description: | Students create, implement, and evaluate various foreign and
domestic policy strategies by working as teams, managing
governments in a complex multiplayer computer simulation.
Throughout the course students will analyze the academic
literature on foreign policy and international relations and
analyze the degree to which this scholarship is useful to real-
world policymakers. | Oasis Title: | Global Simulation | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4265E | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course Objectives: | Students will learn to craft foreign policy strategies and
conduct a policy analysis of outcomes. In addition, they will
critically evaluate the contemporary scholarship on foreign
policy. By the end of the course, students will have a solid
grounding in how foreign policy is formulated, the challenges to
effective foreign policy implementation, and a broad
understanding of the relationship between academic research and
the conduct of foreign policy. | Topical Outline: | 1) National Security Doctrines
2) Alliance Politics
3) Conflict Initiation and Termination
4) Negotiation and Cooperation
5) Deterrence Policy
6) Decision Making
7) Norms and Values in Foregoing Policy
8) Constructivist Politics | |
Course ID: | INTL 4265E. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Global Simulation |
Course Description: | Students create, implement, and evaluate various foreign and domestic policy strategies by working as teams, managing governments in a multiplayer computer-game simulation. Throughout the course, students will explore the academic literature on foreign policy and international relations and evaluate the degree to which this scholarship is useful to real-world policymakers. |
Oasis Title: | Global Simulation |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4265 |
Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students learn how to craft effective foreign policy strategies, develop policy analysis skills, and use their simulation experiences to critically evaluate the contemporary scholarship on international politics. By the end of the course, students will have a solid grounding in how foreign policy is formulated, the challenges to effective policy implementation, and a broad understanding of the relationship between academic research and the conduct of foreign policy. |
Topical Outline: | Topical Outline:
1) National Security Doctrines
2) Alliance Politics
3) Conflict Initiation and Termination
4) Negotiation and Cooperation
5) Deterrence Policy
6) Decision Making
7) Norms and Values in Foregoing Policy
8) Realist and Constructivist Theories of International Politics |
Honor Code Reference: | The academic honesty policy of the University is supplemented (not replaced) by an Honor Code which was adopted by the Student Government Association and approved by the University Council May 1, 1997, and provides: "I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." All students agree to abide by this code by signing the UGA Admissions Application. |
Course ID: | INTL 4650H. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Women and World Politics (Honors) |
Course Description: | Examines women’s agency in shaping international politics, especially through political institutions, and the effects of international politics on women’s daily lives. |
Oasis Title: | Women World Pol Honors |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4650 |
Prerequisite: | (INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E on INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E) and permission of Honors |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students will be exposed to theories that address women’s political participation, representation, and political leadership. They will become familiar with the roles of various actors in shaping gender norms and women’s rights around the world, including leaders, domestic institutions, intergovernmental organizations, and nongovernmental organizations. Students will learn about the treatment of women around the world through empirical analyses using datasets and case studies related to women in various political arenas, including elected office, civil society, and the security sector. Students will be able to explain why knowing that “the personal is political” is fundamental to understanding international affairs and will be able to appreciate the ways that gender(ed) norms shape the presence/absence of women in world politics. |
Topical Outline: | Women and Political Leadership
• Descriptive, Symbolic, and Substantive Representation
• Women in Executive Office
• Women in National Legislatures
• Explaining the political participation of women: culture, politics, international factors
• Increasing Women’s Participation: Quotas, Ambition Gap, Structural Factors
• Campaigns and the Media
• Women and International Institutions
• Women in Diplomacy, Defense, and International Affairs
Women’s Participation in Civil Society and Social Movements
• Women’s Movement
• Women in Religious Movements
Women and International Security
• UNSCR 1325
• Human Rights and Human Security
• International Law
• Women in Conflict |
Course ID: | INTL 4650. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Women and World Politics |
Course Description: | Examines women’s agency in shaping international politics,
especially through political institutions, and the effects of
international politics on women’s daily lives. |
Oasis Title: | Women and World Politics |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4650H |
Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students will be exposed to theories that address women’s
political participation, representation, and political
leadership. They will become familiar with the roles of various
actors in shaping gender norms and women’s rights around the
world, including leaders, domestic institutions,
intergovernmental organizations, and nongovernmental
organizations. Students will learn about the treatment of
women around the world through empirical analyses using datasets
and case studies related to women in various political arenas,
including elected office, civil society, and the security
sector. Students will be able to explain why knowing that “the
personal is political” is fundamental to understanding
international affairs and will be able to appreciate the ways
that gender(ed) norms shape the presence/absence of women in
world politics. |
Topical Outline: | Women and Political Leadership
• Descriptive, Symbolic, and Substantive Representation
• Women in Executive Office
• Women in National Legislatures
• Explaining the political participation of women: culture,
politics, international factors
• Increasing Women’s Participation: Quotas, Ambition Gap,
Structural Factors
• Campaigns and the Media
• Women and International Institutions
• Women in Diplomacy, Defense, and International Affairs
Women’s Participation in Civil Society and Social Movements
• Women’s Movement
• Women in Religious Movements
Women and International Security
• UNSCR 1325
• Human Rights and Human Security
• International Law
• Women in Conflict |
Course ID: | INTL 4665. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Global Politics and Digital Media |
Course Description: | Introduces students to the intriguing relationship between
media and politics, with special attention to two empirical
cases: the United States and China. |
Oasis Title: | Global Politics Digital Media |
Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course introduces students to the complicated relationship
between media and politics in contemporary world. Through the
semester, we will examine, with particular focus on the United
States and China, how democratic and non-democratic regimes
shape the institution and function of media in different ways
and how media, in a variety of forms, influence domestic
politics and foreign relations. We will also discuss the role
of new media and political life in democratic, authoritarian
and transitioning regimes. |
Topical Outline: | 1. Introduction
2. Media and Politics in Democracies and Non-Democracies
3. Comparing Media Systems
4. Media as Political Institution in the United States
i. News Production
ii. Media effects and campaigns
5. Media as Political Institution in China
i. News Production and Media Control
ii. Commercialization and Reform
iii. Media Effects
6. Internet Politics in Democratic, Non-Democratic and
Transitioning Regimes
7. Foreign Relations in Media and Media in Foreign
Relations |
Course ID: | INTL 8365. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Comparative Political Violence |
Course Description: | The systematic, theoretical, and empirical study of violent
political conflict. Examples include, but are not limited to,
guerrilla warfare, terrorism, ethnic and religious conflict,
nationalist-separatist movements, civil war, political protest,
and state repression. |
Oasis Title: | COM POL VIOL |
Prerequisite: | INTL 6300 or permission of department |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | The focus of the course is the systematic theoretical and
empirical study of violent political conflict within countries
(i.e., not interstate war). Examples include but are not limited
to guerrilla warfare, terrorism, ethnic and religious conflict,
nationalist-separatist movements, civil war, political protest,
and state repression. The course will also cover topics including
conflict management, negotiated settlements, and third-party
intervention. The course compares different movements,
insurgencies, and state responses to such movements and
insurgencies across countries. The end goal is to gain an
understanding of both the practical and scientific sides of
political violence and the ways in which we and others combat it.
The course will also provide a firm understanding of the central
elements of carrying out research projects in the field of
political violence. It will cover fundamental issues such as how
to arrive at a research puzzle, develop hypotheses and
alternative hypotheses, advance theory and theory-building,
assess the congruence between measures and concepts, understand
dependent and independent variables, implement the comparative
method, discover the differences and/or similarities between case
study methods and large "N" studies, and more generally how to
execute the research process. |
Topical Outline: | 1. Introduction to the study of political violence
2. Research Methodologies used to study Political violence
3. Participation in Political Violence: Rational v.
Psychological Theories
4. Mobilization & Recruitment
5. State Repression
6. Political Dissent
7. The Repression-Dissent Nexus
8. Guerrilla Warfare
9. Ethnic Conflict
10. Civil War
11. Terrorism
12. Statistical Studies of Political Violence
13. Qualitative Studies of Political Violence
14. Forced Migration
15. Genocide
16. Conflict Management, Negotiated Settlements, & Mediation
17. Third Party Intervention |
Honor Code Reference: | UGA Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all
of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty
of others." A Culture of Honesty, the University's policy and
procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be
found at www.uga.edu/ovpi. |
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