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课程详述
COURSE SPECIFICATION
以下课程信息可能根据实际授课需要或在课程检讨之后产生变动。如对课程有任何疑问，请
联系授课教师。
The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen
circumstances, or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be
directed to the course instructor.
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课程名称 Course Title
国际关系导论 Introduction to International Relations: Nature and Processes
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授课院系
Originating Department
社会科学中心 Center for Social Sciences
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课程编号
Course Code
SS110
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课程学分 Credit Value
2
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课程类别
Course Type
通识选修课程 General Education (GE) Elective Courses
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授课学期
Semester
春季 Spring
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授课语言
Teaching Language
英文 English
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授课教师、所属学系、联系方
式（如属团队授课，请列明其
他授课教师）
Instructor(s), Affiliation&
Contact
（For team teaching, please list
allinstructors）
思瑞坎 Srikanth Thaliyakkattil
南方科技大学人文社会科学荣誉学会 Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, SUSTech
srikanth@mail.sustech.edu.cn
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实验员/助教、所属学系、联系
方式
Tutor/TA(s), Contact
无 NA
10.
选课人数限额(可不填)
Maximum Enrolment
（Optional）
2
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授课方式
Delivery Method
讲授
Lectures
习题/辅导/讨论
Tutorials
其它(请具体注明)
Other（Please specify）
总学时
Total
学时数
Credit Hours
32
32
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先修课程、其它学习要求
Pre-requisites or Other
Academic Requirements
无 NA
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后续课程、其它学习规划
Courses for which this
course is a pre-requisite
无 NA
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其它要求修读本课程的学系
Cross-listing Dept.
无 NA
教学大纲及教学日历 SYLLABUS
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教学目标 Course Objectives
Specifically, this course aims to:
Introduce students to the core concerns of International Relations- War and Peace.
Instill in students a deep and profound concern for the world peace and love of humanity.
Train students to develop ideas and ways through which they can contribute positively to the future of global
affairs.
Increase awareness of justice and injustices in the international system among students and stimulate their
thinking about how Asian values and civilizations can reduce and eradicate these injustices.
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预达学习成果 Learning Outcomes
After studying this course, students should be able to:
Students will be able to identify the structural, ideological, and historical determinants of conflict and peace in
international relations.
Rationally and objectively analyse the causes and impact of global conflict.
Understand why conflict is a constant factor in international relations.
Identify measures of conflict prevention and conflict resolution in international affairs.
Distinguish between initial phases and escalation phases of threat in international affairs.
Students will be able to obtain an in-depth understanding of origins of crisis situations in international relations,
escalation of crisis situations, transformation of crisis into conflict, and crisis control.
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课程内容及教学日历 （如授课语言以英文为主，则课程内容介绍可以用英文；如团队教学或模块教学，教学日历须注明
主讲人）
Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if
this is a team teaching or module course.)
3
Week 1: Introduction (2-credit hours)
Interaction with students
Explaining the scope of the course
Week 2: Human Nature and Warfare (2-credit hours)
Human Nature according to Asian traditions
Human Nature according to Greco-Roman traditions
Scientific Explanations of Human Nature
Review of the class exercise
Week 3: Ancient warfare (2-credit hours)
Ethics and morality of war and peace in ancient texts
Evidences from classical Asia and Greece
Review of the class exercise
Week 4: Medieval warfare (2-credit hours)
Ideology and the Expansion of Islamic empires
Emergence of Christianity and ideology of Europe
The conquest of the Constantinople and Crusades
Emergence of modern diplomacy and state system
Review of the class exercise
Week 5: Warfare and colonial expansion (2-credit hours)
Conquest without conquering : Diplomacy and Manipulation during colonial times
Technology and colonial expansion
Ideology and colonialism
Review of the class exercise
Week 6: War and Peace of Nation-states (2-credit hours)
Thomas Hobbes
Hugo Grotius
Immanuel Kant
Review of the class exercise
Week 7: Hegemonic War and Hegemonic Peace (2-credit hours)
Britain and Hegemonic wars
Balance of power
Review of the class exercise
Week 8: From limited to total war (2-credit hours)
The Nature of World War I and World War II
Review of the class exercise
Week 9: Documentary and Multimedia screenings (2-credit hours)
Review of the class exercise
Week 10: Wars of Anti-imperialism and Anti-colonialism (2-credit hours)
Liberation wars in Asia and Africa
Just and unjust wars
Review of the class exercise
Week 11: International Organizations and International Peace (2-credit hours)
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League of Nations and UN
NGOs and World Peace
Why do they fail to create or keep the peace?
Review of the class exercise
Week 12: Cold War and MAD Peace (2-credit hours)
Nuclear weapons and MAD
Nuclear deterrence and Peace
Review of the class exercise
Week 13: End of Cold War and US Hegemony (2-credit hours)
American addiction to war
American capitalism and global wars
Review of the class exercise
Week 14: Structure of International System and world peace (2-credit hours)
The Question of democratization
The ideological differences
Review of the class exercise
Week 15: Final presentation (2-credit hours)
Week 16: Final presentation and course conclusion (2-credit hours)
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教材及其它参考资料 Textbook and Supplementary Readings
NA
课程评估 ASSESSMENT
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评估形式
Type of
Assessment
评估时间
Time
占考试总成绩百分比
% of final
score
违纪处罚
Penalty
备注
Notes
出勤 Attendance
0%
The attendance record is only used
to decide whether students should
receive a “Failure” in the course (if
they miss more than three classes
since the fourth week).
课堂表现
Class
Performance
10%
Class performance is evaluated
based on 1) whether students listen
to the class attentively, and 2)
whether they participate in class
discussion actively.
小测验
Quiz
课程项目 Projects
平时作业
Assignments
50%
Review of the class exercise
期中考试
Mid-Term Test
No Mid-term test.
期末考试
Final Exam
期末报告
40%
Individual research essay and
5
Final
Presentation
presentation (1000-1500 words).
其它（可根据需要
改写以上评估方
式）
Others (The
above may be
modified as
necessary)
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记分方式 GRADING SYSTEM
A. 十三级等级制 Letter Grading
B. 二级记分制（通过/不通过） Pass/Fail Grading
课程审批 REVIEW AND APPROVAL
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本课程设置已经过以下责任人/委员会审议通过
This Course has been approved by the following person or committee of authority