Comparative Politics, World Politics, Statistics for Social Sciences, Multidisciplinary Research Design in Social Sciences.

General Objective: To provide students with advanced theoretical and methodological tools for the empirical analysis of international politics through in-depth case studies. The course aims to integrate Political Science perspectives with insights from related disciplines in the Social Sciences and Humanities, fostering a critical and multidimensional understanding of international phenomena. Specific Objectives By the end of the course, students will be able to: -Critically analyze key cases in international politics, integrating national and international dimensions. -Apply concepts, theoretical frameworks, and methods from Political Science to the empirical study of international phenomena. -Contrast and incorporate interdisciplinary approaches¿such as those from sociology, political economy, history, or cultural studies¿to enrich political analysis. -Conduct applied research, including the formulation of research questions and hypotheses, information gathering, data systematization, rigorous analysis, and the presentation of findings. -Produce critical literature reviews that demonstrate deep understanding and analytical assessment of relevant academic work. -Clearly and effectively communicate research findings in both oral and written formats, promoting informed debate and critical thinking.

K1: Acquire the knowledge, techniques and terminology specific to the field of economics, politics and international relations. K3: To know basic humanistic contents, oral and written expression, following ethical principles and completing a multidisciplinary training profile. K4: Acquire knowledge of the economic, legal, political and social reality from a comparative perspective. K7: To know and understand the main models of political, economic and social organization of States and the processes of change in contemporary societies and politics. K8: To understand the differentiating elements of international problems according to the degree of development of a country. S2: Critically relate current and past events and processes S3: Plan and organize team work making the right decisions based on available information and gathering data in digital environments. S5: Apply knowledge to identify with rigor, precision and scientific objectivity the social processes and possible solutions. S6: Be able to apply the scientific method to the social, political and economic questions posed by the globalized society. S8: Knowing how to propose and use the appropriate tools to solve basic problems of economic, social and political content, especially in the international context. S10: Ability to gather and interpret relevant data and knowledge for the elaboration and defense of arguments on topics in their area of study. S11: Ability to discern which quantitative or qualitative research technique is the appropriate one to apply depending on the phenomenon being analyzed. C1: To know how to analyze, elaborate and defend individually a problem of interdisciplinary field of the Degree applying the knowledge, skills, tools and strategies acquired or developed in it. C3: Ability to establish good interpersonal communication and to work in multidisciplinary and international teams. C4: Be able to engage in lifelong autonomous learning, enabling them to adapt to new situations.

This is an advanced class on international politics in which several topics with practical examples will be presented, discussed and analyzed from a political science point of view, but integrating of with views of adjacent fields in social sciences and humanities. The objective of the course is to provide students with adequate instruments for the theoretical and empirical analysis of structures, processes and outcomes in international politics, integrating the national and the international level, and therefore such cases will be studied in great depth, and the standard analytical instruments of political science to study them will be trained and contrasted with the methodologies of adjacent fields. This includes practical research by the students themselves: engagement with existing literature and results, formulating research questions, hypotheses, gathering empirical information, sorting it, analyzing and interpreting it. Presentation and discussion of results in oral and written form.

Lectures: In the lectures we will discuss the readings and the critical evidence needed to test the main theories. Reduced lectures: Each week we will have presentations, debates based on the readings and discussions of the essays. Students will have to participate actively in class. The tutorials will be face-to-face at a fixed time; also by appointment. Additionally, the student may make inquiries via email.