Bachelor in Political Sciences and International Relations
University Of Mediterranean Karpasia
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Campus location
Nicosia, Cyprus
Languages
English
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On-Campus
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Full time
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
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Introduction
The major in Political Science and International Relations introduces students to the complex and fascinating world of politics and provides them with essential tools for understanding and analyzing it. In an increasingly interdependent world of nations and international organizations, such understanding is important for a variety of internationally oriented careers, as well as for its own sake as part of a liberal arts education. Rather than constructing a major that offers vague introductions to many different aspects of world affairs, this major draws fully on the Political Science Department's analytical tradition of undergraduate education. Students will gain great breadth in their understanding of world affairs, but with analytical rigor and depth.
The core of the major consists of four courses that introduce the concepts and theories of the subfields of international relations (relations between nations) and comparative politics (political processes and policymaking within nations). These basic theoretical and cultural tools are supplemented and applied with additional substantive courses in International Relations, Political Science, and related disciplines. Included in these additional courses is a selection of a track focusing on one of the three important substantive areas of Global Security, Political Economy, and Development, or Governance of Nations.
The department aims to educate students in the basic theories and practices of politics, both domestic and international, so as to prepare them to take on leading positions and roles in the public sector. As such the curriculum focuses on teaching the students analytical tools and skills which will enable them to understand and analyze politics and political behavior as well as the institutions and processes through which public policy is formed in different political systems. In order to effectively implement the aforementioned goals, the department is focusing on searching and introducing political theories as well as critically revising political theories.
Students completing the requirements of the department will receive a degree in Political Science and International Studies. The graduates will be able to enter in diverse realms of society including Foreign Service, political parties, law, and the media, just to mention a few.