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POLICY OF SECURITY - course description

General information
Course name POLICY OF SECURITY
Course ID 04.0-WZ-P-PS-S18
Faculty Faculty of Economics and Management
Field of study WEiZ - oferta ERASMUS
Education profile -
Level of studies Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2023/2024
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 5
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr Magdalena Dalecka-Zaborowska
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Lecture 15 1 - - Exam
Class 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to get students familiar with the issues within the actors creating security nationally and internationally and to shape practical skills preparing for using the knowledge in the professional work.

Prerequisites

None

Scope

Lecture:

Visions of international reality; conceptions and models of international security; methods and measures of policy of the state security; diplomacy; international cooperation; international economic relations and social relations.

Class:

The area of interest, range and determinants of policy of security in the world and within the European system of security; theoretical basis of the policy of security; doctrinal and institutional elements of state and non-state actors of international relations; global problems of the policy of security; guidelines of Polish policy of security; systems of collective security, community of security and alliances; policy of security of selected states; state policy towards threats of economic, social, ecological, information and energetic security; nations and religious groups as actors of international relations.

Teaching methods

Conventional lecture, source document work, group work, classic problem method, discussion, presentation.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Learning outcomes will be verified by three methods: regular control over assigned tasks (presentation), periodical tests and conducting an exam from the lecture.

Lecture – written exam – a list of questions covering the lecture sent to students a month before the exam (K_W02, K_W03) ; open questions with point limits. Within the given questions students should answer 3 questions chosen by the lecturer. Point limits for particular grades for the exam: 1,55-1,85 points-3,0; 1,86-2,16 points-3,5; 2,17-2,47 points-4,0; 2,48-2,78 points-4,5; 2,79-3 points-5,0.

Class – positive grade from the presentation of the chosen subject of the class – students are given a list of the subjects discussed during the class, they choose the subject to prepare a presentation with help of accessible teaching tools (e.g. multimedia projector, projector) (K_U02, K_K02, K_K03); positive grade from the test – a list of questions covering the range of the class is sent to students a month before the test, open questions with point limits (K_W02, K_W03). Within the questions given, students should answer 3 questions chosen by the lecturer. Point limits for particular grades for the test: 1,55-1,85 points-3,0; 1,86-2,16 points-3,5; 2,17-2,47 points-4,0; 2,48-2,78 points-4,5; 2,79-3 points-5,0.

Recommended reading

  1. Peter Hough, International Policy Studies, Taylor & Francis Ldt, 2020.
  2. Hans Joachim Morgenthau, Kenneth W. Thompson, Politics among nations: the struggle for power and peace, Knopf, 1985.
  3. Kenneth Neal Waltz, Man, the State and War: A Theoretical Analysis, Columbia University Press, 2001.
  4. Robert J. Art, Kenneth Neal Waltz, The Use of Force: Military Power and International Politics, Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.
  5. Paul R. Viotti, Mark V. Kauppi, International Relations Theory: realism, pluralism, globalism, and beyond, Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

Further reading

  1. R. Kuźniar (red.) Bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe, Scholar, Warszawa 2012
  2. Jemioła, Malak (red.) Bezpieczeństwo zewnętrzne RP, Warszawa 2002
  3. Haliżak, Kuźniar (red.) Stosunki międzynarodowe – geneza, struktura, dynamika, Warszawa 2006
  4. Ciupiński, Malak, Bezpieczeństwo polityczne i wojskowe, AON, Warszawa 2004
  5. Fehler, Współczesne problemy bezpieczeństwa
  6. Wojtaszczyk (red.) Bezpieczeństwo państwa, Warszawa 2009
  7. Jakubczak, Flis (red.) Bezpieczeństwo narodowe Polski w XXI wieku, Warszawa 2006
  8. Zawisza (red.) Bezpieczeństwo narodowe i porządek publiczny w warunkach globalizacji, Fundacja Pro Pomerania, 2009
  9. Olszewski, Kapuśniak, Lizak (red.) Bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe. Wyzwania i zagrożenia XXI wieku, Radom 2009

Notes

Lecturer: m.dalecka@wez.uz.zgora.pl


Modified by dr Magdalena Dalecka-Zaborowska (last modification: 31-05-2023 16:06)