Program Overview

Program Overview

The program in question is the Bachelor's degree in Political Science, with a specific focus on the course "Governing Global Challenges."

Course Description

Description

The course "Governing Global Challenges" is designed to give students the opportunity to put the theoretical knowledge they have gained throughout their study into practice. Students will analyze how societal challenges elicit various policy responses and seek to explain those policy responses and their implications.

Details

• Course Code: S_GGC
• Credits: 6 EC
• Period: P4+5+6
• Course Level: 300
• Language of Tuition: English
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Course Coordinator: K.E. Rinaldi-Doligez-Spruijtenburg
• Examiner: N. Onopriychuk MSc
• Teaching Staff:
  • K.E. Rinaldi-Doligez-Spruijtenburg
  • S.N. Poss MSc
  • N. Onopriychuk MSc
  • M. van Schagen
  • A.R. Longman
  • K.M. Senneville MSc

Program Structure

The course is part of the Bachelor's program in Political Science and is specifically designed for 2nd-year students. It is recommended that students follow this course in parallel to, and then for the final part after, one of the three interdisciplinary thematic specializations in periods 4 and 5 of the second year.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will have achieved the following learning outcomes:

• Knowledge and understanding of the distinctiveness, possibilities, and limitations of their own discipline with regard to understanding complex societal challenges.
• Understanding of what global challenges are and how and why they are met with particular policy responses and what the consequences of those policies are for governments and citizens.
• Ability to answer the needs of a concrete and existing organisation working on a global challenge by analysing an existing policy and designing policy recommendations.
• Research skills to successfully analyse a particular policy in a relevant area in a small (group) research project.
• Ability to translate research findings into relevant and useful policy recommendations for practitioners.
• Communication and group work skills to produce a well-written and well-argued joint paper and present findings and insights through a group presentation.
• Personal development through conducting a personal reflection on their development as a student and their contribution in a teamwork.

Course Content

The course completes the trajectory of the second year Bachelor Political Science programme by giving students the opportunity to put theoretical knowledge into practice. Students will learn to analyse problems and reflect on solutions, analytically as well as normatively, using their theoretical knowledge on political science.

Teaching Methods

• Meetings
• Tutorials
• Workgroups
• Seminar
• Study Group

Method of Assessment

• Written assignment
• Presentation
• Reflective portfolio

Literature

To be announced in the course manual.

Target Audience

2nd year bachelor students in Political Science.

Recommended Background Knowledge

Students are expected to have a basic understanding of political science and its applications. The course is designed to build on the knowledge gained in the first two years of the Bachelor's program.