Negotiation and Conflict, 15 credits

Main field of study

Course level

Advancement level

Course offered for

• Bachelor´s Programme in Social and Cultural Analysis

Entry requirements

At least 105 passed credits from the program in Social and Cultural Analysis, or equivalent. Documented knowledge of English equivalent to Engelska B/Engelska 6.

Intended learning outcomes

After the course the student should be able to
- analyse complex relations of negotiation and conflict in a global perspective
- formulate research problems
- use methodological competence – mainly text analysis -within the framework of the course

Course content

The courses treats neotiation and conflict in a national and international perspective. The basic concepts are scrutinised and theoretical perspectives from different fields of research is introduced and discussed. Within the frames of international relations historical and contemporary prerequistes for war but also consensus and cooperation are discussed. The questions of the course emanates from the relation between development on the national and international level where Swedish processes is related to a global perspective. Comprehensive tendences in contemporary international and Swedish development is analysed, for intsance in terms of national and ethnic conflict.

Teaching and working methods

The teaching is based on student active workforms. Lectures, individual and qroupwise practices and supervision are the dominating forms of teaching. If international exchange students participates in the course, lectures and some seminars are given in English. Undervisning sker därmed exempelvis genom föreläsningar, individuella och gruppvisa övningar samt handledning.

Examination

Examinations are both oral and written. Oral examination in presentations of group examination assignments and participating in discussions. Written examination by both individual and group assigments. The course is examined in several parts, to pass the course the students have to pass all these parts.

Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course twice are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.

Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.

Grades

Other information

Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus. The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed.

Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus. 

The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed.

Department