Course Descriptions
COM 550 PROPAGANDA & INFORMATION
Elective
Prerequisite: SOC 100, COM 101
Since the end of the Cold War and the rise of the internet, there is a widespread belief that we are all better informed than ever, and that propaganda is a notion of the past which died with Totalitarian regimes. On the contrary, propaganda has never been so active in our modern societies. Propaganda is a neutral term yet has acquired along the years a negative tone. Nevertheless, as a paradox, no organized human societies could function without propaganda. This course intends to provide students with an approach to Propaganda and Information/communication systems. This course also intends to provide students with different points of view, including some from developing countries such as Lebanon or former Communist countries. Audiovisual materials will be used and current issues will be examined in a way to understand how propaganda shapes everyday information.
DIPL 500 DIPLOMATIC HISTORY
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Milada Polišenská, Zbyněk Zeman, Tracy Dove
The goal of this course is to provide a survey of diplomatic history from ancient times to the present with the main emphasis on the 19th and 20th century. Key topics and events of diplomatic history, including the most important personalities in diplomacy, will be interpreted within the context of the history of international relations. It is expected that the students have basic knowledge of World and European political history, particularly of the modern and contemporary era.
DIPL 505 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Heinrich Reimann, Michael Hahn
This is a general course on diplomacy, while focusing on lessons to be drawn from an advanced knowledge of the subject matter. The course will introduce the concept of international actors and their legal parameters within the framework of international law, while analyzing the United Nations system and its impetus for reform. The latter part of the course covers other key international actors in view of their response to global issues and changes in the political scene - namely a look into the EU, NATO, OSCE, NATO, and WTO. Finally, the course covers international organizations in other parts of the world: the African Union, League of Arab States, MERCOSUR, ASEAN, Organisation of American States and the Organisation of Islamic Countries. The course will contribute to the understanding of the specifics of bilateral and multilateral diplomacy and their roles in present diplomacy.
DIPL 550 INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Linda Štucbartová, Ondřej Pometlo
The aim of this course is to introduce the basic types of negotiation using specific examples from historical situations. The main focus will be on positional and principal types. Students will also become familiar with the concept of BATNA with regards to strategy and defense mechanisms, and students will learn four aims of principal negotiations and how to reach them. Attention will be paid to the structure of negotiation process, argumentation and preparation. The specifics of bilateral, multilateral and plurilateral negotiation will be addressed. Students will also become familiar with the basics of mediation and facilitation, and this seminar will include simulation exercises.
DIPL 600 DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOL AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Linda Štucbartová, Belle McDonnell, Simona Horáková-Hoskovcová
The diplomatic protocol section of this course is both theoretical and practical. Students will learn and practice the basic categories and rules of protocol and etiquette. The goal is to provide students with the knowledge and skills that will be useful in professional and social contacts in diplomacy, and in the larger area of international relations and politics.
The intercultural communication section aims to examine the intercultural perspectives of organizational communication in the modern globalized world. Student will learn cross-cultural communication skills, understand how culture impacts international business, identify cultural aspects of verbal/nonverbal behavior and communication and identify cultural dimensions/orientations that lead to enhanced cultural communication.
DIPL 601 ROLE OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Michael Hahn
The goal of this course will be to demonstrate and examine international relations and politics from the perspective of diplomatic misSions abroad. Whether it is the increasing influence of non-governmental organizations, multinational corporations, or traditional trans-governmental organizations like the UN, IMF or World Bank, diplomatic missions must address not only the policy objectives of their own countries in foreign contexts, but also the increasing diversity of often conflicting political and economic interests of non-state players. The course will also make students familiar with the structure of everyday affairs in diplomatic missions abroad.
DIPL 602 ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Bedřich Moldan
Pollution and other forms of environmental degradation very often “do not know borders.” Therefore, the international dimension of environmental problems is of particular importance. Multilateral environmetal agreements (MEAs) and other elements of environmental hard and soft law play a very important role in the development of relations between states. The same applies to international and intergovernmental conferences, including European and global summits. This is also the case in the area of bilateral relations, for Europe and also for the broader intergovernmental and international structures, including the United Nations Organization. Environmental diplomacy is an increasingly important component of diplomacy. It necessitates that environmental diplomats receive special preparation in the environment and its protection, as specialists in this field.
DIPL 650 INTERNET AND DIPLOMACY (Cyber-Diplomacy)
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Béatrice Maaloufová
This course will familiarize students with the impact of the internet with special atttention paid to the problems of using the internet in diplomacy. Particularly, the security of storage and transfer of data in the field of dilomacy will be examined. Other topics discussed in the course will include so-called “e-diplomacy,” cyber-diplomacy, Internet crime, e-divided, internet stakeholders and the e-gap between North & South. The aim of the course is to make students aware of the legal, economic and social impacts of Internet governance in diplomatic and international affairs. The increasing role of e-diplomacy in the promotion, and in the public diplomacy of countries will be included in the course.
ECO 500 INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Jaroslav Halík, Robert Ellmann
This course addresses the global trading system, by examining the political, economic, legal and institutional forces that shape today's contemporary international system. The course focuses particularly on the tensions that have been generated between these globalizing technological and economic factors and the continuing efforts to protect national autonomy. The goal of the course is to familiarize students with the basic theories and factors that explain movements of goods, services, capital and finance in international markets. The course is composed of these basic components: analysis of political, legislative, economic and socio-cultural environment of international business; main theoretical models of development of international trade; tariff and non-tariff instruments of trade policy and role and position of international organizations. Particular attention will be paid to the structure of the European monetary system, management of export policy of the state, and to the development of international trade in transforming economies.
ECO 600 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Robert Ellmann, Vilém Semerák
This course examines selected topics in international economics and finance. It includes a brief history of the international monetary system and proceeds to the structure and process of balance of payments and the exchange rate mechanism. These factors will be examined particularly in view of their impact on macroeconomics as well as specific evaluations of the following: national income accounting, foreign exchange markets, price levels, short and long run effects on exchange rates, foreign exchange intervention, fixed and floating exchange rates, global capital markets and policies and problems regarding European currencies. Specific attention will be given to derivatives, global bond and equity markets, and foreign direct investment.
ENV 501 ENVIRONMENTAL TRADE
Elective
Prerequisite: LEG 101, POL 102, & POL 251
Most of this course will focus on trade and environment as a single subject matter, including discussion of the leading environmental WTO cases, and multilateral environmental agreements and the role of public participation in trade law. Students in this course will also undertake a survey of critical contexts including energy and climate change, environmental taxes as an alternative to traditional ' command and control' environmental regulation, land use and conservation, and environmental insurance.
LEG 620 INTERNATIONAL LAW
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Mark Gillis, Petra Nohavicová
The course covers major issues of public international law. Special emphasis is given to the rights of the individual (human rights, refugee law), the settlement of disputes (ICJ, responsibility), the rules of international transactions (treaties, diplomacy), the law of natural resources and with the legal status of outer space. The law is presented as applied by the international subjects and tribunals.
POL 500 THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Pavel Barša, Petr Drulák, David Reichardt, Jonathan Terra
The course presents basic theoretical approaches to international relations – realism, liberalism, Marxism, and constructivism, treating them as internally varied and historically changing traditions. The exposition of these four approaches will follow a standard chronological order of four debates in the theory of international relations after WWII: the debate between realism and idealism (1940s and 1950s), the debate between traditionalism and scientism (1950s and 1960s), the inter-paradigm debate (1970s and 1980s) and the debate between constructivism and rationalism (1990s). This diachronic line will be complemented by a synchronic view: rather than being four successive discussions, these debates will be constructed as four parallel problem fields that co-exist and overlap in the current thinking about international relations.
POL 510 U. S. FOREIGN POLICY
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Michael Hahn
This course will examine US Foreign Policy from its beginnings to the present period. A major emphasis will be placed on understanding US Foreign Policy as an outgrowth of its cultural and structural influences. To this end, the course will look at arguments by Robert Dallek, Robert Kagan, Henry Kissinger, John Spanier and others. The course will include ample time for analysis of the foreign policy of the administration of President George W. Bush and the “war on terrorism.”
POL 511 U. S. – EUROPEAN RELATIONS
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Michael Hahn, Petr Mareš
This course will look at historic as well as contemporary US-European Relations. It will attempt to address the question whether diferences in American and European foreign policy perspective may be attributed to the “Europeans are from Venus, Americans are from Mars” cultural dimension, or whether the differences are more related to those of structure and power. Aside from this discussion, the course will look concretetely at contemporary relations between the USA and Western European states, as well as Central and Eastern European States.
POL 512 THE AMERICAS
Elective
Prerequisite
Instructor(s): Michael Hahn, David Reichardt
This course will examine the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, focusing on both internal characteristics of the members of each region as well as relations among the regions. While the focus on the U.S. will address isolationism, interventionism and the military option, civil rights and minorities, immigration, and economic characteristcs both endogenous and exogenous, the focus on the other regions will address identity and indigenous influence (primarily Indian), internal economy and trade with each other, the slowly emerging disparate leadership focusing more on internal reform and various political modalities and an awakening to globalization and the world system.
POL 513 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS
Prerequisite: POL 101, POL 102, & POL 251
This course selectively covers the politics, regional organizations and international role of South America. It provides an introduction to the development and current context of politics in Latin America as well as to the theoretical approaches to democracy and development used in political science. It includes case studies of Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Major themes include the issues political and economic reform, social crisis and transformation, challenges to democratization, and the emerging role of economic regionalism, driven by organizations such as Mercosur, NAFTA, and the FTTA. New foreign and security policies are also accessed, looking forward to the region's needs in the 21st century.
POL 520 WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Lenka Rovná
This course focuses on the discussion on the future of Europe, the Convention, the Intergovernmental Conference, the European Constitution and on the process of its ratification. Students will be divided into groups representing different member’s states of the EU and follow these topics connected with the discussion about the future of Europe [finalité]: the establishment of the Convention and different attitudes of MSs to the Convention, working methods of the Convention including the relationship of the Presidium versus the members of the Convention, question of European values, European identity including the membership of Turkey in the EU, common foreign and security policy of the European Union, reforms of the Institutions, national debates and NGOs.
POL 530 EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEAN POLITICS
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Bořivoj Hnízdo, David Reichardt, Jonathan Terra
This is an advanced course in East-Central European politics. The goal of the course is to provide the students an in-depth understanding of the democratic transformation of the countries of East-Central Europe in the context of geographic, historical, cultural and ethnic, and political factors. The course addresses the issues facing East-Central Europe as a region, beginning with a historical overview of the region, followed by the discussion of the 1989 revolutions and the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe. Other topics will include re-emergence of nationalism, the break-up of the states and their political orientation, and involvement in the Western security structures. Attention will also be paid to specific countries in the region and their approaches to current political problems and struggles.
POL 531 THE POST-SOVIET REGION (CURRENT POLITICAL ISSUES)
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Petr Kratochvíl, Emil Souleimanov, Tracy Dove
This course examines the development of political relations of states that emerged after the break-up of the Soviet Union, with major attention paid to Russian foreign policy within the examined area of the post-Soviet region. The course will be divided into three sections: the first section will review the historical developments that resulted in the present political arrangement (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Caucuses, Central Asia). The second section will focus on the struggles of the Russian Federation to maintain influence in the entire region, and the last section will discuss the role of external actors and links of the entire post-Soviet region (European Union, United States and others).
POL 534 CENTRAL EUROPE AND STALIN: THE MAKING OF THE SOVIET BLOC
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Milada Polišenská
The main focus of this course is on communist concepts and activities towards Central Europe, as well as on approaches of Central European countries towards Bolshevik Russia and the Soviet Union from the end of the World War I to Stalin’s death. The course will concentrate particularly on the diplomacy of Central European countries “between Stalin and Hitler” and on the Communization of foreign policy and foreign service in Central European countries after the Communists seized power in the region. Students will be exposed to first hand experience of work with primary diplomatic sources. After the completion of this course, students should be able to identify the Communist strategies and tactics as applied toward Central Europe, understand the process of incorporation of Central Europe into the sphere of direct Soviet influence, and analyze and interpret primary sources.
POL 535 CONTEMPORARY POLITICS IN THE BALKANS
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Přemysl Rosůlek, Pavel Barša
This course provides students with the knowledge of the present political situation in Southeast Europe. Strong emphasis will be paid to the historical roots, including economic, ethnic, religious and cultural developments. The introductory part of the course will examine the term “the Balkan countries” and South East Europe, and will provide a view of the Ottoman Empire, following the national movements and struggles of the Balkan peoples. These phenomena will be interpreted in a comparative perspective and in combination with selected chapters from Balkan history in the period of Communism (e.g.Yugoslavia, the civil war in Greece, the idea of Balkan Federation, Tito, etc.). The climax of the course will be an examination of the disintegeration of Yugoslavia, problems of multiethnic Macedonia, and the Europeanization of the Balkans.
POL 540 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Marek Čejka, Béatrice Maaloufová
The course would cover the hot issues in the Middle East with worldwide impact. Each week would cover at least once of these topics: Arab-Israeli conflict, the Iranian Revolution & the Iran-Iraqi War, the First Gulf War, the second & third Gulf Wars culminating with the Iraqi occupation, Democratisation Processes in the Middle East, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnerships in the Middle East & North Africa, and the issue of weapons of mass destruction in the wider Middle East. The prerequisite for this course is a basic knowledge of the history of the Middle East and basic familiarity with the region.
POL 541 EAST ASIAN MODERNITIES
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Ying Qian
This course is a survey of 19th and 20th century social and cultural history of East Asia, focusing on the areas of Chinese, Japanese and Korean civilizations upon their full-scale encounters with the West starting in the mid-19th century. While South and South-east Asian countries would often come into discussion as we study East Asia, the focus of the course is on the East Asian region, so as to give enough space to treat complex issues in depth. Themes include shifts in ideology, political systems, social organizations, economy and culture; colonial and post-colonial experiences; the representations and memories of war and other man-made catastrophes; and perspectives from both genders.
POL 542 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Getnet Temene
This course assesses Sub-Saharan Africa of the 20th Century including its features, the pace of development, organizational structure, behavior and its position in international arena. It deals with practical and theoretical aspects that are interrelated with the subjects of Political Science and International Relations. The course will compare and analyze outstanding thinkers of Sub-Saharan Africa and the degree of their influence in the continent. This course will also focus upon the major issues that Sub-Saharan Africa is wrestling with today and perspectives of 21st Century. The course will cover historical as well as current issues. Particular emphasis will be placed on the traditional African political philosophy and society, traditional political system, Pan-Africanism, African-nationalism, African-socialism, Ethiopianism or Rastafarism, transatlantic slave trade, legacy of colonialism including authoritarianism, African Union, regional economic integration and the stage in Africa of liberal democracy at present. This is a course designed, basically, to assess traditional and modern Africa.
POL 545 MODERN CHINA (IN FILM): CHINESE FILM & CULTURE
Elective
Prerequisite: HIS 103 & HIS 104
This course has two main objectives: to introduce students to film theory and writing about film; to help students navigate Chinese history and culture through their various film representations in different genres and periods. Globalization will be a special topic in this class, as well as public spectacles (in China) like the Olympics ceremonies.
POL 550/ASPP 550 THEORIES OF GLOBALIZATION
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): D. Fuller
This course analyzes different approaches social scientists have taken towards conceptualizing globalization in its economic, social, and political manifestations. It will first focus on such models as systems theory and theories of development. Second, it will examine the social dimensions of globalization, such as the formation of “global cities,” networking, the internationalization of civil society and global migration flows. Finally, the course will focus on theories and models of global political institutions and processes (i.e., models of cosmopolitan democracy, human rights regimes, regionalization of political power, and the crisis of the nation-state). In this course, students will be able to critically assess global economic and political trends.
POL 551 CONFLICT STUDIES
Required
Prerequisite: POL 550
Instructor(s): Pavel Barša
Three faces of conflict studies will be dealt with in this course: the philosophy of conflict, comparative approaches to conflict, and theories of conflict resolution. Violent conflicts can be conceived of as inherently belonging to social life or, alternatively, as something that people may learn to manage. The third conception supposes that humanity can overcome violent conflicts by establishing just social relations. These approaches are embodied in the realist, liberal and radical philosophy of conflict. The standard typology differentiates between conflicts among states (that is, wars), conflicts within states (that is, civil wars) and conflicts linked to the processes of states’ formation. This course will focus on the second and third type of conflict. Theories of conflict resolution deal with various forms of intervention and mediation by third parties. They are also concerned with instruments of conflict resolution and humanitarian interventions, which are at the disposal of the United Nations and other international organizations.
POL 552 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY; ETHNO-POLITICAL CONFLICT AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Petr Mareš, Emil Souleimanov
This course highlights the changing nature of security, focusing on problems in defining national interest and national security threats, security dilemma and the decision making process; the course will further examine causes of ethno-political conflicts, conflict escalation/transformation and post conflict reconciliation. Finally, the course will review terrorism, its definition, its causes, psychological and technological aspects, and the increased role of intelligence and international cooperation.
POL 555 INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
Elective
Lecturer: Emil Souleimanov, Ph.D.
The aim of this course is to focus on the multifaceted problems characterizing the essence of International/Global Terrorism—a specific and dynamically developing field of studies where a wide range of civil-military aspects intersect. This course is designed as an elective course for MA students specializing in International Relations, Political Science, Area Studies, and other related fields, as well. Topics include History of Terrorism, Psychology of Terrorism, with distinctions for Ethno-Separatist, Religious, Ultra-rightist and Ultra-leftist Terrorisms, and “Fighting Terrorism” in theory and practice.
POL 580 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Donald Fuller, Jonathan Terra
This course aims to develop theoretical and empirical understanding of the connections between economics and politics. It examines the strategic interaction of agents in political and market environments. The course will pay particular attention to foreign direct investment, trade, international markets, international competition, geo-politics, as well as the rise of China and India in the international constellation. Supranational organizations such as the European Union, World Trade Organization, United Nations, NAFTA, and non-governmental organizations will be included.
POL 590 CRITICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: READING AND ANALYZING RESEARCH PAPERS
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Jonathan Terra, David Reichardt
This course will review the different methodological approaches to the study of international relations. The course will also make students familiar with the most typical mistakes and problems occurring in texts dealing with international relations issues, as well as discuss major logical fallacies and hidden assumptions. This course will ultimately prepare students for properly written analytical expression and reading in all other required courses in the international realtions program.
POL 591 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s):
The goal of this course is to develop students’ practical skills to analyze data from research in the area of international relations and international politics. Students will learn how to handle data including the use of SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) and at the end of the course, they should be able to use more complex statistical methods. This course is a reaction to the high demand for specialists in the field of international relations, international politics and diplomacy, who are expected to be qualified to work with a high level of reliability and sophistication with quantitative data.
POL 601 INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS IN WORLD HISTORY
Elective
Prerequisite: POL 101&102,POL 251
This course is intended to extend and deepen existing knowledge of International Relations Theory, and to allow students to identify the historically specific features of the contemporary international system when viewed in the context of world history. The course examines the different ways in which the concept of the international system has been understood within the International Relations literature, and, in particular, the different traditions of theorizing the international system in American and British International Relations. It builds upon this understanding to compare the many different forms of the international system that have existed historically, from the city-state systems and empires of the ancient and classical world, through the rise of the modern state-system and its particular historical features, to the emergence of new developments in the contemporary international system, such as the rise of global cities and new theories of empire.
POL 650 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Bořivoj Hnízdo
This advanced level course consists of three core parts: political geography of the state, political geography of international relations, and the political geography of the most important countries of today’s world politics. It will examine theoretical issues as well as as practical examples of the geographical aspects of contemporary political problems.
POL 651 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Required
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Jonathan Terra, David Reichardt
This course concentrates on the causes and consequences of globalization and its impact upon the prospects for development. The course will consider potential actions of governments, international organizations and non-governmental actors to address current economic and political challenges. Strategies for institutional reform and their implications will be considered. Sustainable development and poverty alleviation will be analyzed. Of particular concern will be the appropriate role for international and supranational organizations for enhancing the development of national programs that stand to benefit from the best mix of financial assistance, technical consultation, program evaluation and local acceptance.
POL 682 THE HISTORY OF ARMS CONTROL AND ITS TENDENCIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Elective
Prerequisite: none
Instructor(s): Tracy Dove
While chemical and biological weapons have been around for centuries, the power to harness nuclear energy has made the 20th century notorious for the production of weapons of mass destruction. This course will examine, in a chronological approach, how these three categories of weapons became a part of the deterrence strategy of the United States and the Soviet Union, and how their development and proliferation quite often dominated global relations until the end of the Cold War. Further, the break-up of the Soviet Union and the rise of international terrorism have forced the world to seek new approaches to the nonproliferation of WMD, and we will examine through case studies how different countries are responding to international pressure. Of interest in this course will also be the technical specifications of the weapons and their delivery systems, since their simplicity has led to the inclusion of new members into the nuclear community.
POL 690 INTERNSHIP
Required
Prerequisite: 2nd year of study
The goal of the internship is to enable students to get practical professional experience and, at the same time, to provide the students an opportunity to use their knowledge and skills in the real professional environment. Students generally work 20 hours per week for the duration of the semester. Initiatives of students are encouraged as well, subject to the approval of the Chair of the School or Coordinator.
POL 695 THESIS SEMINAR
Required
Prerequisite: 2nd year of study
The main goal of this seminar is to prepare students for working on their MA thesis. The focus will be on the formulation of the research topic and selection of methodological approaches, and attention will be paid to a variety of other issues including the style of the thesis. The seminar will be mainly based on critical discussions as students will present their own thesis proposals and will be required to analyse and critique the work of their classmates.
POL 700 SELECTED ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, DIPLOMACY AND ITS HISTORY
Prerequisite: 2nd year of study or approval of the instructor
Instructor(s): faculty and invited specialists
This course is an in-depth focus on selected issues in international relations, diplomacy and its history. This course will be offered occasionally and with a particularly strong attention to the level of qualification of the lecturer and of the topic. This course will benefit from the academic potential of AAU specialists and from visiting experts from the Czech Republic and abroad. The goal of the course is to expose students to a stimulating intellectual experience with selected topics and guest lectures.
PSY 581 PSYCHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP
This course aims to broaden the approach to leadership in organizations, disciplines and cultures, connecting fields that may seem unrelated. This includes leadership variations across cultures and their impact on the personal, the political and the organizational. New attitudes, research, thinking patterns and behavior will be analyzed in the course through current motivational trends and cross-cultural communication. This includes motivating, inspiring and guiding groups and people; initiating or managing change; and intrapersonal intelligence and competence. International dimensions found in cross-cultural psychology studies will be adapted and discussed as it relates to leadership.
This class is an upper-level elective for PS and HSC majors, and open to all other majors as an elective.
SOC 551 ANTHROPOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE & MODERN CIVILIZATION
Prerequisite: SOC 280
This course will be focused on the introduction and application of modern anthropological knowledge and the dominant themes for understanding some fundamental problems and challenges in contemporary society including international relations, the emergence of the world-system, urbanization and modernization, modern political culture, class of civilizations, economical and social development and multiculturalism.