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On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
• Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the evolution, formation and implementation of Irish foreign, security and defence policies.
• Debate and discuss these policies as they relate to a number of significant contemporary challenges.
• Evaluate and apply the major theoretical approaches in International Relations to Irish policies.
• Understand the role of the Ireland in the construction of the European Union's foreign, security and defence policy.
• Critically analyse Irish foreign policy through contrasting perspectives and utilising detailed empirical material.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 124 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Group Project: Memorandum: pre-assigned student groups will submit a draft Memorandum to Government on a chosen foreign policy issue, setting out options and implications | Week 8 | n/a | Graded | No | 45 |
Assignment: Commentary: at the end of week three, each student will have identified and submit a commentary on a single news article from a press/media source related to Irish foreign policy. | Week 3 | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Examination: The final Examination will be an in-person essay-type examination covering the entire range of the module and this will account for remaining 45 percent of the final grade. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 45 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | Yes - 1 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.