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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
Course Name (English) SEMINAR IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS
Course Code EMA718
MQF Credit 3
Course Description This course on Seminar in Global Affairs covers broad areas of serious concerns to government and policy makers. The course provides an opportunity for students to critically explore issues of emerging importance and to develop an extensive understanding of the interrelated nature of global forces. Environment, emerging economies, security, terrorism, migration, global governance, conflict and globalisation are some of key areas that will form the general focus of this course. The course will be sub-divided into three areas namely i) International Political and Security Issues, ii) International Economies and Networks and iii) Globalisation.
Transferable Skills Presentation
Organizational
Public speaking
Conversational
Critical Thinking
Teaching Methodologies Lectures, Seminar/Colloquium, Case Study, Discussion, Presentation, Journal/Article Critique
CLO
CLO1 Demonstrate a good work ethic and professionalism in globalisation, security, human rights, migration and conflicts.
CLO2 Demonstrate communication strategy in approaching the issues of human rights, migration, environmental and population in a global context.
CLO3 Recommend appropriate strategies to solve issues on human rights, migration, environmental and population in a global context.
Pre-Requisite Courses No course recommendations
Reading List
Recommended Text
  • Manfred B. Steger & Amentahru Wahlrab 2017, What is Global Studies? Theory & Practices, Routledge
Reference Book Resources
  • Ahmed, S. A., Go, D. S., & Willenbockel, D. (2016) 2016, Global Migration Revisited., Development.
  • Geldenhuys, D. (2016) 2016, Foreign political engagement: remaking states in the post-Cold War world, Springer
  • Aaron L. Friedberg 2011, A Contest for Supremacy: China, America and the struggle for Mastery in Asia, Norton & Company New York
  • Andrew C. Sobel 2016, Political Economy and Global Affairs, 1st Ed., CQ Press [ISBN: 978-156802861]
  • Shawn Smallman & Kimberley Brown 2011, Introduction to International & Global Studies, The University of North Carolina Press
  • Adger, W. N., Pulhin, J. M., Barnett, J., Dabelko, G. D., Hovelsrud, G. K., Levy, M., ... & Vogel, C. H. (2014), Human security., Cambridge University Press.
  • Aziz, N., & Asadullah, M. N. (2017)., Military spending, armed conflict and economic growth in developing countries in the post-Cold War era., Journal of Economic Studies, 44(1).
  • Black, R., Adger, N., Arnel, N., Dercon, S., Geddes, A., & Thomas, D. (2017)., Foresight: Migration and global environmental change, final project report.
  • Caballero-Anthony, M. (2017)., The Non-Traditional Security Challenges of Climate Change, Food Security, and Humanitarian Disasters. In Forward Engagement: RSIS as a Think Tank of International Studies and Security in the Asia-Pacific (pp. 73-80).
  • Nye Jr, J. S., & Welch, D. A. (2016)., Understanding global conflict and cooperation: an introduction to theory and history., Pearson.
  • Gilpin, R. (2016)., The political economy of international relations., Princeton University Press.
  • Stephen G. Brooks, William Curti Wohlforth (2016)., America Abroad: The United States' Global Role in the 21st Century., Oxford University Press.
Article/Paper ListThis Course does not have any article/paper resources
Other ReferencesThis Course does not have any other resources