Study Plan JJ 2016
Political Science
Martin Sviatko, PhD
A - Monday/Tuesday 9:15 - 10:45
CLASS
DATE
TOPIC
1
Monday, January 11, 2016
Preview: Intorduction to the Political science
Cold War definition, key players, armed conflicts
1. Brief introduction into Marketing
2. Reading: Chapter 1
2
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Chapter 1: World War I.
Objectives: 1.Understand the factors that contributed to the WWI,
2. Post-WWI. World Order
3
Monday, January 18, 2016
4
Tuesday 19/January/2016
5
Monday, January 25, 2016
Chapter 1 Review, Chapter 2: World War II.
Key objectives: 1. Underlying principles of WWII. 2. WWII in
Europe. 3. WWII in Asia-Pacific
Group Assignment Presentation
Group Assignment topic discussion and grading, Q&A time,
Review of Preview, Chapter 1&2
Chapter 3: Political power
Goal objectives: 1.Review of Chapter 2, 2.Beginning of the Cold
War, 3. Definition of the key features of the political power, 4.
Internal & Global political system
6
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
7
Monday, February 1, 2016
8
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
9
Monday, February 8, 2016
Quiz 1 - Chapter 1
Group Assignment topic discussion and grading, Q&A time,
Review of Introduction and Chapter 3 Review
Chapter 4: Stalinism and the Cold War begins
Key objectives: 1. Definition of the Totalitarianism, 2.
Totalitarianism v. Liberal Democracy. 3. System of Checks and
Balances.4. Key elements of Stalinism
Quiz 2 – Chapter 2
Propraganda decoded, From WWII to the Cold War
Chapter 5: Geopolitical games
Key objectives: 1. Definition of the Geopolitics, 2. Understanding
geopolitical implications of the WWII conferences, 3.
Environmental scanning, 4. National interest
10
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
11
Monday, February 15, 2016
Quiz 3 – Chapter 3
Group Assignment topic discussion and grading, Q&A time
Chapter 6: Crime & Punishment
12
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
13
Monday, February 22, 2016
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Key objectives: 1. Notion of the international law, 2. Denazification process, 3. Kennan Telegram decoded, 4. Holocaust
video
Chapter 6 continued
Key objectives: 1. Churchill Iron Curtain speech, 2. Holocaust
video II.
Chapter 7: Cold War arrives - From Kennan Telegram to Korea
Key objectives: 1. Review of Chapters 4, 5, 6. 2. Monolithic nature
of Communism? 3. National interest in the Foreign Policy. 4. The
Truman Doctrine
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Quiz 4 – Chapter 4 - 6
Group Assignment topic discussion and grading, Q&A time
Monday, February 29, 2016
Review of the course for Midterm Exam
Group Assignment topic discussion and grading, Q&A time
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Review of the course for Midterm Exam
Review of the course for Midterm Exam
Monday, March 7, 2016
Review of the course for Midterm Exam
Review of the course for Midterm Exam
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Review of the course for Midterm Exam
Review of the course for Midterm Exam
Midterms: March 14, 2016 -- March 19, 2016
Monday, March 21, 2016
Chapter 8: Korean War: 1950-1953
Key objectives: 1. Review of Chapter 7, 2. Japanese occupation
of the Korea during WWII, 3. Start of the Korean War, 4. Korean
War video
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Chapter 9: China - The Red Dragon I.
Key objectives: 1. Review of Chapter 8, 2. Maoism decoded, 3.
China & USSR relationship, 4. Maoism video
Monday, March 28, 2016
Chapter 10: China - The Red Dragon II.
Key objectives: 1. Review of Chapter 9, 2. China & USA
relationship, 3. SEATO created
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Monday, April 4, 2016
Quiz 5 – Chapter 8-10
Group Assignment topic discussion and grading, Q&A time
Chapter 11: The Arms Race
Key objectives: 1. Review of Chapter 10. 2. WMDs. 3. Arms Race
video
24
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
25
Monday, April 18, 2016
26
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
27
Monday, April 25, 2016
Chapter 12: Vietnam War I.
Key objectives: 1.Defining guerilla warfare, 2. Vietnam War video,
3. Review of Chapter 11
Chapter 13: Vietnam War 2
Key objectives: 1. Review of Chapter 12, 2. Khmer Rouge
movement decoded, 3. Pol Pot video
Group Assignment topic discussion and grading, Q&A time
Group Assignment topic discussion and grading, Q&A time
Chapter 14: Cambodia and The Cold War
Key objectives: 1. Review of Chapter 13, 2. The Khmer Republic,
3. Khmer Rouge and the Civil war. 4. Liberation video
28
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
29
Monday, May 2, 2016
30
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Review Class
Monday, May 9, 2016
Review Class
Tuesday,24 May
Final
Exam
Monday, June 6, 2016 -- Saturday,
June 11, 2016
Review of Chapter 12-14, Q&A time
Review of the Vietnam war and the Civil war in Cambodia
Quiz 6 – Chapter 12 & 14
Group Assignment topic discussion and grading, Q&A time
Chapter 15: The End of Cold War
Key objectives: 1. End of Communism in Europe. 2. The fall of
Berlin Wall video, 3. The collapse of the USSR. 4. The end of
Cold War.
Review classes for final exam start on 9 May 2016 onwards
Review for final exam classes finishes on 24 May 2016
Note: The dates and topics in this syllabus are conditional and subject to change based on the lecturer's decisions.
Holidays
22-Feb
08-Mar
2016-04-13
14-Apr
15-Apr
13-May
2016-05-14
20-May
24-May
2016-06-01
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Friday
Saturday
Friday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Midterms
Midterm Exam: March 14, 2016 -- March 19, 2016
Finals
June 6, 2016 -- June 11, 2016