The course is held between 31 August 2021 - 2 November 2021

Link to orientation map: Campus Linné 

Course introduction: Tuesday 31 August 10-12

Message from the course coordinator:

Dear students! Warmly welcome to the course IR1121 Introduction to International relations. We look forward to welcome you and to introduce you to the subject of International relations. Please note that everything of relevance for the course will be published here on Canvas. 

The schedule is available further down on this page. Please note that for on-line lectures, zoom-links will be provided. Also note that the schedule may be open for some change, so keep yourselves updated! Also note that more specific information on each lecture will be provided under the title module in the left. This information will also be published during this week.

Following the course will be both students at the BA-programme in International relations and students from other programmes. The introduction on 30 August between 9 and 12 will be ONLY for programme students, and the course is introduced on 31 August.

Best regards, Florian Kühn and Helena Lindholm

 

 

Link to Reading List, Syllabus and Schedule:

Syllabus Introduction to International relations IR 1121

Reading list

Please note that the reading list can be updated until 8 weeks before the start of the course and the syllabus can be updated until 2 weeks before the start of the course.

Link to schedule 

Please note that the schedule is preliminary untill 2 weeks before the start of the course.

 

Contact

Course Coordinators

If you have questions about the course, you can contact the course coordinators:

Helena Lindholm, helena.lindholm@gu.se 

Florian Kühn, florian.p.kuehn@gu.se 

Study Administration

If you have questions about admission, registration and access to Canvas, you can contact study administrator Elin Hermansson. You will find the contact information in the Student Portal.

If you need a transcript of records you can order one here: https://studentportal.gu.se/english/e-services/transcript-of-records 

Study Counselling

If you need to talk about your study situation or if you have questions on how to plan your studies, you can contact the Study Counsellors at the School of Global Studies:

studentcounselling@globalstudies.gu.se

Your Contact Details

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Sustainable student life

For general information and support for a better study environment we recommend that you visit the site Sustainable student life in the Student Portal. This is where you can also find contact information for student healthcare.

 

About Canvas and the Student Portal

Link to schedule, syllabus and reading list will be published here at the syllabus page before the course starts. You will access the other pages once you have registered for the course. Most courses will use the function Modules to navigate the course content. For information on how to use Canvas, please look at the Canvas guides or contact Servicecenter for support. 

At My Studies in the Student Portal you will find general information and contact information for various functions that are relevant to students at the School of Global Studies. You can find these pages at the following link: https://studentportal.gu.se/english/my-studies/globalstudies

In the Student Portal you will also find other student related information and log in to all the student university e-services. We recommend that all students explore the resource "To search, read and write".