STORIA DELLE RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI
(objectives)
The objective of the course is to give the tools to understanding international relations studies. Specifically, the course introduces the basic principles and concepts of international relations and related history from the beginning of the 20th century to the end of the 21st. The student will critically analyze the issues in the history of international relations, the raise of global dynamics in post-colonial times and the new setting of the extended international geopolitical and geo-economic context after the Cold War.
The competencies and practical skills achieved in the course are the following:
1. Knowledge and understanding At the end of the course, the student will acknowledge the main events and basic issues in the history of international relations starting from the twentieth century up to today.
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding The student will gain a good understanding of the basic methodologies and dynamics of history international relations, and links to the analysis of contemporary facts, even complex ones, as well as connecting them in other disciplines of the degree course.
3. Making judgments The student will have critical and analytical skills to understand past and present events. The student will begin to familiarize himself with the dialectic that connects the present time to the past and to confront the limits of causal explanations of historical and international phenomena.
4. Communication skills
The student will gain communication skills and demonstrate that they possess language properties, synthesis and speech articulation skills. This ability is developed through the active involvement of students through oral discussions in the classroom on specific topics related to the course.
5. Learning ability The student will enhance his ability to study new topics in international relation studies.
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