Objectives
This course aims to provide the students with an understanding of regionalization and macro-regions of the world. The course will give an overview of current perspectives of area studies, and use specific cases to demonstrate their significance. The special focus is on theoretical and methodological approaches and topical issues in area studies, explored from the viewpoint of European, North American, East Asian, and African studies.
Transferable skills: communications and interpersonal skills, data and information management, organisational skills, analytical skills, systematic thinking, abilities to acknowledge global perspectives and to work in a multicultural environment.
This course aims to provide the students with an understanding of regionalization and macro-regions of the world. The course will give an overview of current perspectives of area studies, and use specific cases to demonstrate their significance. The special focus is on theoretical and methodological approaches and topical issues in area studies, explored from the viewpoint of European, North American, East Asian, and African studies.
Transferable skills: communications and interpersonal skills, data and information management, organisational skills, analytical skills, systematic thinking, abilities to acknowledge global perspectives and to work in a multicultural environment.
- Peppi-Teacher: Kärrylä Ilkka