This Political Science Xseries program uses critical approaches and analytical methods that can be applied to any complex organisation or problem to offer learners a solid understanding of the structure and function of national governments and international political Institutions, and the challenges of contemporary democracy.
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This Political Science Xseries program uses critical approaches and analytical methods that can be applied to any complex organisation or problem to offer learners a solid understanding of the structure and function of national governments and international political Institutions, and the challenges of contemporary democracy.
This Political Science Xseries program uses critical approaches and analytical methods that can be applied to any complex organisation or problem to offer learners a solid understanding of the structure and function of national governments and international political Institutions, and the challenges of contemporary democracy.
Benefiting from leading academics associated with the International Political Science Association, the XSeries program covers, at the introductory level, areas in the study of political science, ranging from research design and methods and critical theory to comparative analysis of different political concepts and systems, world politics and theories of democracy and autocracy.
This series of courses are meant to appeal to three types of audience:
- For students considering or starting a degree in Political Science or for those requiring a basic grounding in Political Science before embarking on post-graduate study in a related field, the XSeries is intended to serve as a useful orientation and preparation tool.
- For teachers of Political Science at any level who may choose to complement their course material with MOOCs offered by world renowned scholars in an innovative format particularly suitable for the digital generation. They will find that the course acts as a rich and interactive online textbook and a useful reference tool.
- For anyone else who is interested in a better understanding of the challenges facing contemporary democracies in the contemporary world.
What's inside
Five courses
Comparative Political Systems
(30 hours)
Comparative Political Systems
(30 hours)
Understanding Political Concepts
(30 hours)
Understanding Political Concepts
(30 hours)
Comparative Research Designs and Methods
(30 hours)
Comparative Research Designs and Methods
(30 hours)
Democracy and Autocracy: Theories and Empirical Findings
(30 hours)
Democracy and Autocracy: Theories and Empirical Findings
(30 hours)
Contemporary Issues in World Politics
(35 hours)
Contemporary Issues in World Politics
(35 hours)Learning objectives
- The main characteristics of political regimes and how democratic regimes are governed
- The main challenges in global politics
- The fundamentals of research designs and methods in the social sciences
- Development of conceptual thinking and elementary theory building through the employment of political concepts
- The main characteristics of political regimes and how democratic regimes are governed
- The main challenges in global politics
- The fundamentals of research designs and methods in the social sciences
- Development of conceptual thinking and elementary theory building through the employment of political concepts
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