POLI 150 001 International Relations and World Politics Prof Layna Mosley Department of Political Science UNC Chapel Hill Fall 2009 Course Information Lectures Monday and Wednesday 10 00am to 10 50am Hanes Art 121 Contact Information Office 307 Hamilton Hall Phone 919 962 0416 Email mosley unc edu Web www unc edu lmosley Office Hours Mondays 1 30 3 00 Tuesdays 1 30 3 00 and by appointment Recitation Sections Locations and Teaching Assistants 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 841 842 843 844 845 Wednesday 9 00 9 50 am Friday 11am 11 50am Monday 4 00 4 50pm Monday 6 00 6 50pm Monday 5 00 5 50pm Wednesday 12 00 12 50pm Wednesday 6 00 6 50pm Monday 2 00 2 50pm Wednesday 9 00 9 50am Friday 10 00 10 50am Monday 3 00 3 50pm Monday 9 00 9 50am Murphey 112 Murphey 112 Gardner 104 Gardner 104 Gardner 104 Gardner 104 Gardner 104 Gardner 104 Hanes 130 Hamilton 452 Murphey 115 Gardner 104 Hanna Kleider Jimin Wang Will Winecoff Will Winecoff Will Winecoff Sarah Bauerle Will Winecoff Sarah Bauerle Jimin Wang Jimin Wang Sarah Bauerle Sarah Bauerle I Course Overview Objectives This course is designed to fulfill two objectives first to provide an analytical perspective with which to understand why actors in global politics make the decisions they do and second to offer an understanding of key historical and contemporary events in world politics including issues relating to security and interstate conflict global trade and finance and international institutions and law A significant portion of the course involves developing a theoretical framework through which to understand international politics we also will apply that framework and various analytical concepts to recent events and contemporary foreign policy debates Through written work and discussion sections students are encouraged to take an active role in linking theories with contemporary global politics Honor Code The Honor Code is in effect for this class and all others at the University I am committed to treating Honor Code violations seriously and I urge all students to become familiar with the Code s terms http instrument unc edu If you have questions about the Code s application it is your responsibility to ask me about it All exams written work and other projects must be submitted with a statement that you have complied with the requirements of the Honor Code on all aspects of the submitted work Grading Scale The following ten point grading scale is used for this course 94 and above A 81 83 B68 70 D 91 93 A78 80 C 64 67 D 88 90 B 74 77 C 61 63 D 84 87 B 71 73 C60 and below F Methods of Evaluation Course grades are based upon in class examinations participation in recitation sections and in class pop quizzes Examinations 60 There will be two in class examinations plus the final exam Each exam accounts for 20 of the final course grade The examinations will evaluation students knowledge of key concepts discussed in class and or in the assigned readings The examinations on October 5 and November 4 will cover material in the first and second part of the class respectively These exams will include short answer and multiple choice questions The final examination December 16 will be comprehensive in scope It will include multiple choice short answer and essay questions All three exams also will include five to ten brief questions on current world events see below Make up examinations will be given only in cases of true emergencies missing an exam because you re traveling for instance is not an emergency The final exam for this course is scheduled for December 16 at 8 00am This schedule is set by the Registrar and faculty members are not authorized to change it The date and time of a student s final exam may be changed only with approval from the student s dean Please plan to take the final exam in the scheduled slot Position Papers 15 Each student is required to write three position papers during the semester Each will account for 5 of the final course grade Position papers are due to your TA at the beginning of your weekly recitation section and must be submitted in hard copy rather than via email You may write position papers for any three section meetings during the semester except for Week 1 if you want to write them all early in the semester or to spread them out across the semester feel free to do so You must however submit at least one of your position papers no later than your Week 7 section Teaching assistants will not remind you if you have not turned in position papers it is your responsibility to keep track of what you need to do Position paper details and requirements please read carefully Position papers must be between 800 and 1000 words total and be double spaced You must include a word count on the front of your paper in MS Word the word count function is found under Tools Beyond this you may use any reasonable font font size and margins Position papers should address the specific position paper question listed below for each week s section These questions ask you to take a position on a theoretical debate on a contemporary policy issue or both This is a short paper and you should focus directly on the question essays that are very general and vague that spend significant time summarizing material from lectures or readings or that address different topics will be penalized severely Your papers should engage the relevant course readings for section lecture or both depending on the topic Your papers SHOULD NOT summarize the readings or their arguments Position papers are about YOUR argument and analysis You are not required to do additional research but you may do so There is a zero tolerance plagiarism policy in effect Borrowing someone s ideas or arguments without attribution is just like borrowing text passages directly without attribution plagiarism If you quote directly from a specific source please provide a citation with a page number e g Sagan 2004 p 3 If you use an idea advanced by a particular author provide a reference in text e g Keohane 2005 On line sources also should be cited providing the title the URL and the date accessed If you are uncertain whether you should cite something err on the side of caution and provide a citation There is no need to include a bibliography if you re citing or quoting something assigned for class in such cases just give the author s name and where relevant the page number If you do use non class materials please provide a parenthetical citation in the text and include the bibliographic