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Spring 2021  |  POL 3810 Section 002: Topics in International Relations and Foreign Policy -- The International Relations of COVID19 (66080)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
6 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Closed (83 of 83 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics courses delve in-depth into important issues in contemporary international politics. They aim to give students the theoretical, conceptual, and historical understanding, and/or empirical tools needed to understand the complexity of international politics today. Topics courses vary substantially from year to year as specified in the class schedule, but recent topics courses have included: 'Technology and War', International Law', 'Drones, Detention and Torture: The Laws of War', and 'The Consequences of War.'
Class Notes:
This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?fazal007+POL3810+Spring2021
Class Description:

This course will consider various international aspects central to the commencement, continuation, and long-term consequences of the COVID19 pandemic. We will consider questions such as:

What limitations do the World Health Organization and other international institutions face in responding to international public health crises?

What are the effects of the globalization of supply chains on how individual countries have responded to the pandemic?

To what extent are existing patterns of global inequality reflected in plans for vaccine distribution?

What, if any, lessons and practices may emerge from the pandemic that could be applied to issues such as climate change?

In addition to lectures and synchronous meetings, one pillar of this course will be an ongoing simulation around the pandemic. Students will be assigned specific roles in specific countries or organizations. Each week, they will respond to a new set of challenges. Through lectures, discussion, written assignments, and simulation, students will take a deep dive into the international relations of COVID19.

Learning Objectives:
A centerpiece of this class will be an ongoing simulation around COVID19. Each week, students will be presented with a new challenge related to their country or group. They will be tasked with developing a response to this challenge. While it is unlikely that they will
"solve" these problems - which will mirror those in the real world - they will gain an understanding of identifying and defining the contours of the problems, and will also develop critical skills in weighing possible solutions.

https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66080/1213

Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 January 2021

Spring 2021  |  POL 3810 Section 003: Topics in International Relations and Foreign Policy -- Chinese Foreign Policy (67213)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
6 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Closed (55 of 55 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics courses delve in-depth into important issues in contemporary international politics. They aim to give students the theoretical, conceptual, and historical understanding, and/or empirical tools needed to understand the complexity of international politics today. Topics courses vary substantially from year to year as specified in the class schedule, but recent topics courses have included: 'Technology and War', International Law', 'Drones, Detention and Torture: The Laws of War', and 'The Consequences of War.'
Class Notes:
This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?POL3810+Spring2021
Class Description:
CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY

China - with its nuclear arsenal, UN Security Council veto, and the world's second largest economy - has upended the post-World War 2 international order. While a critical participant in global economic and financial exchange, Beijing has resisted political liberalization. While proclaiming a "peaceful rise," since 2010, China's foreign and security policies have increasingly antagonized its neighbors.

How does the Chinese Communist Party understand its country's place in the world? What drives Beijing's relations with other states? Does China pose a threat to its neighbors, and how should they respond?

Through this course, learners will identify the determinants of Chinese foreign policy, draw upon historical and contemporary evidence to evaluate Beijing's current strategy, and articulate their own policy positions to managing China's future relations with the world.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone interested in contemporary China and Asia, grand strategy, and foreign policy. Majors, juniors, seniors.
Learning Objectives:
1. Develop baseline historical knowledge of Chinese foreign policy to situate your analysis of contemporary challenges;

2. Master a flexible "toolkit" allowing you to analyze any Chinese foreign policy from multiple perspectives; and

3. Foster informed positions about what China's foreign policies should be, and how Asia and the U.S. should respond.
Class Format:
Online synchronous.
Workload:
Class participation, two simulations, four papers (~3-4 pages each)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67213/1213
Syllabus:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kuo00039_POL3810_Spring2021.docx
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 January 2021

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