Master in International Relations
Course Description
The program comprises 23 core courses which cover the following areas*:Course Description
Skills, competencies, and languages
Quantitative methods.
• Quantitative analyses in political economy
• Graphical presentation of data, sampling methods, rules of probability, statistical inference, hypothesis tests, simple and multiple linear regressions, correlation, and other relevant econometric tools.
Core competencies.
• Multicultural teambuilding
• Multilingual communication training
• Negotiation in an international forum
• Career management.
Case method seminar.
Spanish.
A Spanish language course will be mandatory for students who are not professionally proficient in Spanish.
French
Students who are proficient in Spanish will be required to take a French language course.
International Organization, European Institutions and Security Studies
The European Union.
• EU institutions and decision-making processes
• Treaty reforms, including the failed European Constitution and the Treaty of Lisbon
• Core EU policies: internal market, economic and monetary union, external trade, foreign and security policy, enlargement.
International organization.
• Old and new actors in the global arena.
• The privatization of international organizations
• Public-private partnerships.- Non-governmental organizations
• Regions and cities as international players.
The Euro-American community.
• Institutional structure and common security concerns
• The relationship between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union
• EU and NATO peacekeeping operations.
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Globalized terrorism: threats and responses.
• Actors in the global terrorism network
• Scenarios of the global terrorism threat
• Evolving trends and western responses to global terrorism
• Responses from the international community
• Perspectives on terrorism and counterterrorism.
Negotiation in the European Union.
• The bargaining process in the EU: national actors, strategies, and agenda.
• The search for consensus in the European legislative process
• Experts and lobbyists: Negotiation over highly technical issues
• Role play and practical case studies: The life and death of a directive.
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Social Sciences and Humanities
Comparative politics.-
• Polities, policies, and politics
• States, regimes, and institutions.
• Citizens, parties, and party systems
• Elections and Electoral systems.- Governance and performance.
Science and society.
• Democracy and the scientific method
• Science as a vehicle for international dialogue
• The role of science in environmental policymaking
• Special reference to the debate on global warming.
Social theory and international relations.
• Major contending paradigms and theories on international relations and globalization
• Realism, constructivism, Structure-agent, institutionalism, systems theory.
History of international relations.
• The making of the European system of states
• Colonialism and imperialism
• The rise of non-European powers
• World Wars and the Cold War, globalization.
Rational-choice theory, game theory, and international decisions.
Fundamentals of rational-choice and game theories applied to international decision-making and to the choice of public policies by states.
Challenges to traditional concepts of democracy in Latin America.
Populism and anti-liberal constructs of power.
New strategic players in the 21st century: China and India.
Understanding contemporary China: Chinese culture and society.
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Economics and Business
Micro- and Macro-Economics.
• An introduction to the basic notions and models in micro- and macro-economics
• Consumers and firms
• Demand, production, market structure and market failure
• Growth, employment and the role of government.
International trade and the international monetary system.
• Theory of international trade and investment.
• Trade policy measures
• International monetary theory.
• The balance of payments and the trade balance
• Exchange rate systems.
Economic development theory.
• Patterns and causes of economic growth
• Development factors: population growth, research, access to international financial flows
• Main obstacles to economic development
• Economic development and natural resources.
International financial markets and financial analysis.
• An introduction to the ways governments and private agents use capital markets to raise funds
• Regulation of financial markets
• Effects of financial globalization on the world economic order
• Quantitative techniques for financial decision-making.
Management of the multinational corporation.
• Internationalization choices and processes.
• Market selection.
• Intellectual property protection
• Production delocalization.
• Strategic alliances.
International corporate finance.
• Financial decisions of multinational firms
• Management of risks associated with international financial transactions
• Project finance.
The April-July trimester includes an electives period during which students select areas of special interest from a list of courses offered on other IE programs.
All students will also be required to write a master's thesis.
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The program's academic curriculum will be further enriched by a series of events in which players from Madrid's political, diplomatic, defense, business, and financial communities will share their privileged insights and experiences with program participants.
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