EDS373 Maritime Crime, Piracy and International Relations

Credits (ECTS):10

Course responsible:Stig Jarle Hansen

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Engelsk

Course frequency:Biannually - odd years

Nominal workload:Total 250 hours.

Teaching and exam period:This course starts in Autumn parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in Autumn parallel.

About this course

Nominal workload 48 hours of lectures.In addition the students do extensive reading and individual studies, and write a term paper wich will amount to 252 hours. The total student working hours will be around 300 hours.

Learning outcome

Objective of course 1. Students should understand simple explanatory models for crime 2. Students should be able to understand the conenctions between crime and statebuilding 3. Students should understand the development processes governing the formation of anti-piracy guidelines and maritime security doctrine ad tinternational cooperation relatedto these.

Learning activities
Lectures and class discussions
Teaching support
Lectures, individual supervision.
Recommended prerequisites
General background in sociology, political sciences, international relations, history, development studies or economics.
Assessment method
Combined assessment. Term paper counts 40% and final written exam counts 60% of the final grade.

Written exam Grading: Letter grades Permitted aids: A1 No calculator, no other aids Written hand-ins Grading: Letter grades
Examiner scheme
External examiner will approve the course and the grading system, and mark term papers
Teaching hours
Nominal workload 48 hours of lectures, and 11*2 lecturing hours (11 lectures). In addition the students do extensive reading and individual studies, and write a term paper wich will amount to 202 hours. The total student working hours will be around 250 hours.
Preferential right
M-IR
Admission requirements
A relevant Bachelor degree or equivalent