POLS 5520 - International Peace

• Students will be able to employ theories from different social science disciplines in explaining issues in international peace, international ethics, and international relations and to draw connections between them.
• Students will be able to evaluate and connect ethical issues in the practice of international security and peacebuilding, using evidence to develop a comprehensive analysis and draw conclusions about its political, social, and cultural impacts.
• Students will be able to articulate positions on the pragmatic and ethical challenges in international peace and security that are cognizant of the inherent complexities involved and the limitations of such positions.
• Students will be able to evaluate alternative ethical perspectives within a decision-making situation and apply relevant theories and methodologies to comparatively analyze the practice of international peace and security.
• Students will be able to explain policy developments in international security, using relevant theories and evidence to analyze the contexts and assumptions that underlie them.
• Students will be able to recognize their own ethical core beliefs and connect personal experiences of insecurity and conflict to the analysis of international peace.
• Students will be able to demonstrate awareness of audience in political science writing and adopt effective strategies for communicating in diverse rhetorical situations.
• Students will be able to design, plan, and deliver a written project that incorporates reflection and self-assessment, that is organized coherently and logically, and that employs relevant evidence and examples.
• Students will be able to cite and document a broad range of sources to support an argument using a consistent and formal method of citation and format.
• Students will be able to collect, critically digest, and comment on long-form as well as article/ chapter-length scholarly texts.