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INR 201 International INR 225 Global INR 230 – Contemporary INR 280 – Comparative INR 299 – International Law
Major Core Organization and Governance Environmental Politics Perspectives in Political Systems Credit Hours: 3
Courses This course provides a and Climate Diplomacy International Relations Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite: INR280
comprehensive examination Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 This course familiarizes students
INR 200 – Introduction to of the structure, functions, and This course critically examines Prerequisite: INR 220 Prerequisite: INR 210 with fundamental knowledge of
International Relations evolution of major international the political dimensions of global This course introduces students international law. Its concepts,
Credit Hours: 3 organizations, including the environmental challenges and This course introduces students to the importance of comparative principles, and legal boundaries
to the classic era of international
study of different political units,
Prerequisite: (Co) ENG 102/ENG United Nations (UN), International the evolving landscape of climate relations: the twentieth century re- systems, and processes in whole form the main aspect of the
Monetary Fund (IMF), World
200 Trade Organization (WTO), diplomacy. It explores the roles alignments that occurred all over or in part. The aim is to be able course. Students learn about
This course introduces the basic and World Bank. It critically of state and non-state actors, the globe. Reading of the World to analyze the similarities and the multifarious ways in which
complexities of international
concept of interdisciplinarity explores debates on reform international organizations, and Wars to the Cold War to Proxy Wars differences between those political relations are addressed with
International Relations. It presents and legitimacy in global transnational networks in shaping in the developing world, this course systems. Political thought and international law. They also learn
the various humanities and governance, the role of environmental governance. shall familiarize students with the theory become the tools to access what constitutes nation-states,
social science disciplines that international norms, and the Special emphasis is placed on the complex international relationships the political systems, unpacking sovereignty, state jurisdictions, and
form the basis of the study of increasing influence of non- United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a that have created the world within the complexity that exists within international immunity, among
International Relations. The course state actors. Through theoretical case study of a rapidly developing which they live. The course forms them, while simultaneously other topics within the purview of
engages with the big questions frameworks, policy analysis, and nation that is actively engaging a foundation for upper division expanding the meaning of international.
of our times, including but not case studies, students will develop in global climate diplomacy while courses. international relations via the
limited to international economic a nuanced understanding of navigating the complexities of layered interpretation of political INR 300 – International
interdependency, international multilateral diplomacy and the sustainable development, energy INR 240 Humanitarian systems and institutions. The Crime and Justice
security, humanitarian crises, challenges shaping the future of transition, and environmental Sustainable course familiarizes students with
alternatives to war, and state global governance stewardship. Students will analyze Development: The UAE the multiple constructs of political Credit Hours: 3
and non-state actors. It forms key international agreements Global Aid Strategy arrangements that exist across Prerequisite: INR299
the bedrock on which is built the INR 220 – History of such as the Paris Agreement, the Credit Hours: 3 the globe that ultimately affect This course acquaints students
coursework of the major. International Relations role of COP summits (including This course offers an in-depth the ways in which international with those aspects of international
the UAE-hosted COP28), and
Credit Hours: 3 exploration of the United Arab relations are informed. law that aim to provide
INR 210 – Perspectives in the geopolitical implications of international peace and security.
Political Science Prerequisite: INR 200 climate change. The course also Emirates’ (UAE) humanitarian INR 290 – International Students learn that armed
diplomacy and its strategic
Credit Hours: 3 This course will familiarize students investigates how environmental engagement with the United Political Economy I conflict, diplomatic disputes, and
issues intersect with global
Prerequisite: INR 200 with the historical developments inequality, security, and economic Nations Sustainable Development Credit Hours: 3 belligerency by state actors are
that have affected the progress
This course introduces students of international relations theories development, with particular Goals (SDGs). Students will analyze Prerequisite: INR 210 contained within the boundaries
of agreed upon concepts of
to the fundamental elements of over the last two-hundred years. attention to the UAE’s strategic the UAE’s global aid policies, international law. Additionally,
political systems, institutions, and It demonstrates that international initiatives such as the Net Zero by its leadership in international This is the first in a three-course the course addresses individual
behaviors that have a bearing relations are in a constant state 2050 strategic initiative, the UAE humanitarian relief, and the sequence (please see INR 350 international crimes against state
on the interplay between the of flux; therefore, the maturing Green Agenda, and its leadership integration of sustainable and INR 430) that introduces the and non-state actors by non-
political, economic, and cultural of its theories is dependent on in renewable energy through development into its foreign essential concepts of political state actors, which are also under
aspects of international relations. historical processes. The course platforms like Masdar. Through policy. The course combines economy and its inextricable the purview of the concepts of
It familiarizes students with introduces the ways in which past a combination of theoretical theoretical frameworks with real- relationship to international international law. The course will
theoretical aspects of political events have influenced present frameworks and practical case world case studies, including the relations theories. The course conclude with enunciating the
systems that have a global international relations and how studies, students will develop UAE’s responses to humanitarian demonstrates the interdisciplinary goals of international peace and
reach; and consequently, affect the field of international relations a nuanced understanding of crises, its partnerships with nature of international relations security, the aim of international
relationships between peoples, of our own day has been used to how environmental politics are international organizations, and as a discipline, and how these law.
cultures, and nations. This course construct a fictive representation of negotiated at the global level and its flagship initiatives in health, concepts lay the foundations
leads to an understanding of the past for contemporary political how regional actors like the UAE education, food security, and for accessing the ramifications
perceptions of international purposes. contribute to shaping the future of climate action. Through lectures, of political economy structures
relations from a political science climate governance. discussions, group projects, and that affect the successes and
point of view. policy analysis, students will gain failures of international relations.
a nuanced understanding of how Students will analyze and engage
humanitarian diplomacy and
sustainable development intersect critically with the perspectives of
International Political Economy
in shaping the UAE’s global
influence. (IPE).
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