4 DAYS/WEEK MINIMUM, STARTING FROM THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS, YOU ARE ASSIGNED NEW WORK, which can always be found in "Course Summary" below; by clicking "Jump to Today"; by looking on the right-hand column of this course or in your Canvas Dashboard at "To Do" and "Coming up"; by clicking "Course Stream"; by clicking "Calendar." You may also set notifications to receive text/email notifications of all newly assigned work.

ALL WORK IS ASSIGNED AND SUBMITTED ON CANVAS. IT IS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, EVERYWHERE YOU GO. ALL OPEN/DUE DATES ARE PRESENT IN SEVEN PLACES ON CANVAS (See above).

SO, NO EXCUSES FOR NOT SUBMITTING IT ON TIME. DO NOT ASK ME TO REOPEN ASSIGNMENTS.

IF YOU ARE ABSENT FROM CLASS, YOU REMAIN ABSOLUTELY RESPONSIBLE FOR 100% OF MATERIAL COVERED AND WORK DONE IN CLASS (See below for more details).

A PORTABLE, PERSONAL COMPUTING DEVICE is essential to doing work in- and outside the classroom.

CANVAS AUTOMATICALLY SAVES your work and, therefore, before the due date you may open and work on the assignment as many times as you wish. Just don't click "Submit" until you are finished.

ANSWER KEYS to Canvas questions are always shown to students after the due date. Consider those feedback. If you feel I made a mistake, then don't hesitate to contact me.

OFFICE365. All students have Office365 accounts, meaning all of you have access to online and downloadable versions of Microsoft Office. Any files submitted must be in MS Office formats. We make use of other programs in the MS Office suite.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY (Plagiarism, Cheating). My policy is that which is stated in the Franklin Pierce University Academic Catalog. Regarding the "instructor's discretion" part of the policy, a student receives a zero for the assignment, in addition to the penalties described in the catalog.

SPECIAL ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS must be sought at the Center for Academic Excellence

THE GOAL OF THIS COURSE is to introduce students to the major concepts and theories of international relations and world politics. Over the course of the term, you will work towards two goals: (1) increase your understanding of the political interactions among nation states, non-state actors, intergovernmental organizations in the world we live in today and (2)In develop a firmer grasp of how power (in its various forms) and interests drive those interactions. GLE Learning Outcomes: Social Science Knowledge and Understanding, Inquiry and Analysis, Critical Thinking.

SKILLS DEVELOPED:

social science inquiry
written and oral communication;
critical thinking
digital literacy

COURSEWORK consists of the following:

(1) FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Homework on the following:

on assigned reading
on assigned audio/visual materials
on classroom lecture, discussion, notes

For homework on classroom lecture/discussion, use your own notes and/or, especially if you are ABSENT, seek a classmate's help or notes. Also, please refer to my notes too.

Classmates can be reached via Canvas Conversations (mail).

Being absent gives you NO SPECIAL FREE PASS from material covered or work done in class. Like those present in the classroom, you are accountable for that material.

The due dates leave everyone plenty of time to complete work in accord with their personal schedules.

Canvas automatically saves your work and, therefore, before the due date you may open up the assignment as many times as you wish. Just don't click "Submit" until you are finished.

Students are welcome to help each other with all "FUNDAMENTALS" work.

(2) SCHOLARLY INQUIRY into contemporary world affairs. We will use class time, on occasion, for students to conduct scholarly inquiry and research into concepts and issues in international relations. Those who are absent will have to do the labs as homework.

(3) FINAL EXAM is a comprehensive exam reviewing our semester's course coverage.