The programme aims at equipping learners with knowledge and analytical skills to enable
them address seemingly intractable global problems and the political nature of responses to them and to consider whether there are global responsibilities that result therefrom.
The courses advance critical knowledge about mitigating confict and promoting cooperation within and across states. In addition, they provide insight into relationships between international structures, processes and political institutions, including states, international organizations as well as social movements and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
The programme focuses on the broad areas of foreign policy, international political economy, global governance and international law, contemporary global politics and economics. In the end, learners develop a solid intellectual grounding in the key debates, historical events, and political institutions in a global world.
THE COURSES INCLUDE:
• Introduction to international relations
• Diplomatic protocol and etiquette
• Foreign policy and diplomacy of African countries
• Case study of Ghana’s foreign policy and diplomacy
• Foreign policy of the USA and western European countries
• Foreign policy of Russia and eastern European countries
• The history of international relations
• Introduction to international law
• Diplomacy and leadership
• Political economy, governance and political structures
• Human rights in world politics
• Introduction to international organizations.
• Introduction to international economic relations
• Theory of international relations
English
French
Portuguese