POLS317-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017

International Politics: Peace and Security in International Relations

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 3 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 19 May 2017

Description

In this course, we will look at the rise of peace studies as a new field of social inquiry. The overall purpose of the course is to search for answers to key questions: 1) Why Violence, and 2) How Peace? Topics covered include social, structural, and psychological theories of violence; the concepts of positive and negative peace; religious and moral dimensions of peace studies; and peace movements in New Zealand and abroad.

Prerequisites

30 points in POLS at 200 level. Students without 30 points at 200 level in POLS but with at least a B average in 75 points in appropriate courses may be admitted with the approval of the Head of Department and/or Programme Coordinator.

Restrictions

ILAP657

Course Coordinator

Pascale Hatcher

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,464.00

International fee $5,950.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All POLS317 Occurrences

  • POLS317-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017