Course Requirements
A successful seminar requires attendance at every meeting, completion of all readings and active, engaged participation. To stimulate discussion, students may be assigned to give short presentations on assigned readings or to serve as "resident expert" for that week's readings.
In addition, this seminar has three writing assignments: short essays, a take-home exercise or research design paper, and research memos. Additional details can be found in the assignments section.
Grading
Grades will be determined as follows:
Grading criteria.
| ACTIVITIES |
PERCENTAGES |
| Participation |
30% |
| Short Essays |
30% |
| Final Exercise or Research Design Paper |
30% |
| Research Memos |
10% |
Calendar
Course calendar.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
| 1 |
Introduction |
| 2 |
Anarchy and Power I |
| 3 |
Anarchy and Power II |
| 4 |
International Regimes and Institutions |
| 5 |
Strategic Interaction |
| 6 |
Norms and International Society |
| 7 |
Identity and Agent-Structure Interactions |
| 8 |
Leaders, Psychology and Perceptions |
| 9 |
International Relations and Foreign Policy |
| 10 |
Domestic Preferences and Norms |
| 11 |
Domestic Political Structures |
| 12 |
Domestic Institutions and Organizations |
| 13 |
Paradigms or Problems? (Optional Wrap-up Class) |