PROGRAMS

MASTER OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

Program details:

  • Classes begin at 19.00 and end 21:15.

  • Lectures-120 minutes, break – 15 minutes.

  • The maximum number of students in a group is 30 students. The bachelor and master program components consist of 19 weeks.

  • Medium of the Program is Fully English.

Program Goal

MA in Global Governance

The program provides graduates (in the field of international politics and relations) with the ability to independently research the effectiveness of international organizations, institutional frameworks, legal-normative mechanisms and socio-economic factors, while studying complex nature of global processes and events.

Graduates of this program will be able to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Government, Parliament (Committees), Ministry of Internal Affairs, UN, OSCE, International Organizations, International Organizations operating in Georgia, Embassies, and local analytical organizations.

Outcomes

Methods for Attaining Learning Outcomes:
  • Interactive lectures
  • Discussions/debates
  • Explanation method
  • Method of working on a book
  • Material/Source search and selection in Libraries
  • Simulation
  •  Critical analysis
  • Project presentation
  • Verbal method
  • Case study and analysis
  • Brief analytical papers
Knowledge and understanding

A graduate has:

  • In-depth and systemic knowledge of existing international institutional architecture, global processes and their control mechanisms in various fields such as global trade, arms control, migration, and sustainable development.
  • In-depth knowledge of international organizations such as the United Nations, OSCE, European Union, NATO, their role, institutional significance, organizational structure and policies performed; also critical understanding of causes of organizational ineffectiveness and suggestions for improvement.
  • In-depth knowledge of the legal and other normative regimes clearly defined within the global governance system, including diplomatic practices and tools.
Skills

A graduate has the ability:

  • To research independently the applicability of international legal norms and regimes in the specific fields/issues. (For example, conventional arms control and global trade).
  • To organize and participate in thematic negotiations and processes in the specific issue-areas, not least to identify (if needed) the format and structure of changes in organizational design of negotiations.
  • To apply respective legal and normative/regulatory framework for cases in human rights and EU economic, financial and trade policies (incl. competition policy).
  • Ability to analyze and evaluate the institutional and organizational frameworks and tools of global and good governance.
  • Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of a particular institutional mechanisms, incl. those to regulate and ensure global stability and sustainable development.
  • To defend interdisciplinary approaches and their advantages within the context of global institutional framework research and mechanisms in specific issue-areas.
  • To design and apply the respective format of diplomacy and public communication, depending on the case reviewed. 
  • To independently find, structure and optimize relevant methodological approaches, including analytical models, while conducting a small size research project  in the field of global governance.

Teaching Process Characteristics:

The Master’s program of Global Governance consists of 120 (ECTS) credits.

 Student passes the major in total of 90 credits. The remaining 30  credits may be taken from electives block of the same program.

Graduates of this program hold a Master’s Degree in Diplomacy and International Politics.

Program Core

Code Subject ECTS Semester
IREL5230 Theory and Practice in Diplomacy 6 2
IREL6227 Research Design 6 2
IREL6228 Research Methods 6 1
IREL5110 Theories of International Relations 6 1
IREL5221 International organizations and global governance 6 1
IREL6144 Global security architecture after the end of cold war 6 1
IREL5322 Global governance and sustainable development 6 2
IREL5352 European Union, NATO and transatlantic politics 6 2
LAWBUS5140 World Trade Organization Law 6 2
IREL5321 Globalization media and governance 6 3
IREL5353 Global governance and transparency 6 3
IREL6266 Master Thesis in Global Studies 30 4
 
Credits sum:
96

Program Elective

Code Subject ECTS
IREL5380 Introduction to Information Security 6
IREL6120 International Conflict Analysis 6
IREL5235 South Caucasus in Global Politics 6
IREL5240 Global Energy and Environment Studies 6
IREL5245 Global Supply Chain Management 6
IREL5255 Intelligence, Counterintelligence and National Security 6
IREL5326 Transnational Migration 6
IREL5360 War and International Law 6
ECON6052 Global trade 6
IREL5126 Nuclear non-proliferation 6
IREL5324 Conventional Arms Control 6
IREL6153 Global Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism 6
ECON6051 Banks, international financial institutions and international financial system 6
ECON6053 Emerging markets and global economy 6
IREL5325 Human Right and International Law 6
IREL5340 Conflicts, Non-conventional Warfare and Special Operations 6
IREL5350 Military–industrial complex 6
IREL5370 Introduction to Nuclear Strategy 6
 
Credits sum:
108

Matrix Of Privequisites

 

Point GPA The university assessment   The general assessment in Georgia
97-100 4,00 A+ A Excellent
94-96 3,75 A
91-93 3,50 A-
87-90 3,25 B+ Very good
84-86 3,00 B B
81-83 2,75 B-
77-80 2,50 C+   C good
74-76 2,25 C
71-73 2,00 C-
67-70 1,75 D+   D Satisfactory
64-66 1,50 D
61-63 1,25 D-
51-60 1,00 E E Sufficient
Not passed
41-50 FX FX Insufficient
<40 F F Failed