It’s no surprise that current events regularly lead us to update our syllabi. That doesn’t mean we can’t make “surprise” an important feature of our courses.
It’s no surprise that current events regularly lead us to update our syllabi. That doesn’t mean we can’t make “surprise” an important feature of our courses.
This is a guest post by Heidi Hardt (University of California, Irvine) and Amy Erica Smith (Iowa State University) Syllabi and comprehensive exam reading lists are often graduate students’ first...
The following is a guest post by Jeff Colgan, Richard Holbrooke Assistant Professor at Brown University, and is @JeffDColgan on Twitter. It’s that time of year again, when professors are designing...
I'm teaching a PhD-level advanced IR theory class next semester, and my syllabus is growing a bit stale. The idea of the course is to cover recent-ish topics (and necessary background, when...
Below, a draft of my syllabus for Government 761, International Relations: Theories and Approaches. Because, well, why not? Government 724: Theories and ApproachesProfessor Daniel NexonOverviewGovernment 761 is an advanced class in the understanding and production of international-relations theory. I expect that students have previously taken Government 551 or an equivalent graduate-level survey of international-relations theory.This course, as I see it, has two primary objectives. First, to enhance students’ understanding of aspects of international-relations theory and contemporary debates...