Universität Wien

140261 SE Bachelor Seminar (2013W)

"Development" as It Is Seen by International Organisations during the 20th and 21st Centuries

Continuous assessment of course work

8 October 2013, 9-11am
Organisation, introduction, suggestions for topics
15 October 2013, 9am-1pm
Discussion of topics, agreement on topics of individual papers
29 October 2013, 9am-1pm
Discussion of concepts and bibliographies
3 December 2013, 9am-1pm
Progress reports, preparation of presentations
17 December 2013, 9am-1pm: Presentations 1
14 January 2014, 9am-1pm: Presentations 2
28 January 2014, 9am-1pm: Presentations 3

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 15.10. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 29.10. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 12.11. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 26.11. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 10.12. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 07.01. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 21.01. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

How do International Organisations (League of Nations, UN, ILO, African Union etc.)understand "development"; how do their respective concepts change? Research by mainly using primary sources (content analysis, text analysis, etc.)

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation, several smaller preparatory texts; bachelor thesis 2009: at least 60.000 characters, bachelor thesis 2011: at least 95.000 characters, including blanks with scientifically tenable content and in appropriate form, respectively.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Writing a well-substantiated bachelor thesis dealing with a self-chosen topic within the seminar theme.

Examination topics

Discussion of topics, writing instructions , presentation of results

Reading list

Akira Iriye, Global Community. The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World (Berkeley, Cal. 2002).
Volker Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl, Andreas Kruck, Internationale Organisationen (Wiesbaden 42013)
http://libraryresources.unog.ch/content.php?pid=279421&sid=3904086
http://documents.un.org/welcome.asp?language=E

Association in the course directory

BASE, 9 ECTS für BA IE 2009; 14 ECTS für BA IE 2011 zu entsprechendem Mehraufwand

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