Curriculum Structure
Master Program
International Relations
FISIP Universitas Indonesia
Compulsory Study Program Course
* The numbers above are shown in credit unit
Compulsory Specialization Course
Optional Course
Compulsory Study Program Course
- International Relations Theory (3 Credits)
- Globalization (3 Credits)
- ASEAN (3 SKS)
- Foreign Policy Analysis and Diplomacy (3 Credits)
- Indonesian Foreign Policy (3 Credits)
- International Relations Research Methodology (3 Credits)
- Scientific Writing (2 Credits)
- Publication (2 Credits)
- Thesis (8 Credits)
Compulsory Specialization Course
Specialization of International Security
- Theory and Dynamics of International Security (3 Credits)
- International Security Seminar (3 Credits)
Specialization of International Political Economy
- Theory and Dynamics of International Political Economy (3 Credits)
- International Political Economy Seminar (3 Credits)
Specialization in Transnationalism Study
- Theory and Dynamics of Transnationalism Studies (3 Credits)
- Seminar on Transnationalism Studies (3 Credits)
Optional Course
- Non-Traditional Security Issues (3 Credits)
- Security Sector Reformation (3 Credits)
- International Development (3 Credits)
- Global Environmental Issues (3 Credits)
- Human Rights and Democracy (3 Credits)
- Gender in International Relations (3 Credits)
Credits Load Distribution
Semester I
15 Credits
International Relations Theory (3 Credits)
Globalization (3 Credits)
Metodologi Penelitian Hubungan Internasional (3 SKS)
Foreign Policy Analysis and Diplomacy (3 Credits)
Indonesian Foreign Policy (3 Credits)
Semester II
11 Credits
ASEAN (3 SKS)
Scientific Writing (2 Credits)
Mata Kuliah Wajib Peminatan (Pilih Salah Satu):
Theory and Dynamics of International Security (3 Credits)
Theory and Dynamics of International Political Economy (3 Credits)
Theory and Dynamics of Transnationalism Studies (3 Credits)
Mata Kuliah Pilihan (Pilih Salah Satu):
Security Sector Reformation (3 Credits)
Jender dalam Hubungan Internasional (3 SKS)
International Development (3 Credits)
Semester III
8 Credits
Publication (2 Credits)
Mata Kuliah Wajib Peminatan (Pilih Salah Satu):
International Security Seminar (3 Credits)
International Political Economy Seminar (3 Credits)
Seminar on Transnationalism Studies (3 Credits)
Mata Kuliah Pilihan (Pilih Salah Satu):
Isu-Isu Keamanan Non-Tradisional (3 SKS)
Global Environmental Issues (3 Credits)
Human Rights and Democracy (3 Credits)
Semester IV
8 Credits
Thesis (8 Credits)
Course Description
Compulsory Study Program Course
ASEAN
(SHI82317) 3 Credits
This course originates from the dynamics of international relations in the Southeast Asian region which involve regional arrangements. In the early stage, this course discusses the history of ASEAN's establishment and institutional development up to the formulation of the 2015 ASEAN Community. Furthermore, this course looks at the achievement projection of ASEAN Community through its 3 pillars, namely the Political-Security Community (APSC), the Economic Community (AEC), and Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC). At the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to explain the relevance of the development of the ASEAN Community with efforts to achieve Indonesia’s foreign policy goals.
Indonesian Foreign Policy
(SHI82309) 3 Credits
This course discusses various aspects related to the historical and practical foundations underlying the implementation of Indonesian foreign policies. This course also discusses various internal and external factors influencing the process of formulating Indonesian foreign policy. Through discussing the context of policy dynamics, the students are expected to be able to understand the relationship between the concepts of foreign policy, national interest, international system, national resources, diplomacy, and negotiation.
International Relations Research Methodology
(SHI81304) 3 Credits
This course discusses methods that can be applied in analyzing various facts and empirical data, as well as information to be a scientific knowledge in International Relations Study. This course also discusses the nature of International Relations, development of various research approaches in International Relations Study, as well as basic principles and procedures in conducting research, including data collection techniques and data analysis techniques.
International Relations Theory
(SHI81302) 3 Credits
This course discusses historical/scientific roots, assumptions, and arguments that underlie the development of the three main paradigms that are often used as analytical tools in the study of International Relations, namely Realism, Liberalism/Pluralism, and Structuralism/Globalism. This course also discusses various theories as derivatives of each paradigm, not only at the paradigmatic level. Through the application of theory in various case studies, the students are expected to be able to understand how to apply and use the theory in international relations research.
Foreign Policy Analysis and Diplomacy
(SHI81326) 3 SKS
This course discusses foreign policy and how this policy is implemented through diplomacy. The first part of this course discusses the evolution of the study of foreign policy formulation (Foreign Policy Analysis) and how the country to formulate foreign policy by referring to several models, such as rational (individual) actors, bureaucratic and organizational politics, domestic politics, and structural models. The second part of this course discusses how countries implement their foreign policy through diplomacy. The discussion begins with a study of the conceptual development of diplomacy and continues with various diplomatic instruments (statecraft) such as negotiation, diplomacy with violence, embargoes and sanctions, intelligence operations, and technology-based diplomacy.
Globalization
(SHI82314) 3 Credits
This course provides an analytical framework for understanding the emergence of transnational relations that occur as a result of globalization. For example, the emergence of transnational relations can be seen in various issues such as the environment and international migration. The course also analyzes the impact of the growth of various transnational networks and the non-state actors in them on the authority of state actors and the response given by the state to them. This course also provides an analytical framework for understanding the strengths and limitations of various transnational networks in influencing agendas and debates at the international level.
Scientific Writing
(SHI81327) 2 Credits
This course is a series of seminars which aims to help students prepare written manuscripts for scientific journals with topics of discussion originating from the dynamics of international relations.
Publication
(SHI84006) 2 Credits
This course is a series of seminars which aims to help students prepare written manuscripts for scientific journals with topics of discussion originating from the dynamics of international relations.
Thesis
(SHI84008) 8 Credits
This course is a prerequisite course determining the graduation of students from Master’s Program in International Relations. To take this course, the students must have taken all other courses and have passed the course of Seminars and International Relations Research Methodology. As a course with 8 course credit units, several special treatments are applied in administering this course, namely:
- Each student chooses one topic in International Relations Study that will be researched and must be different from each other and never been researched before.
- In conducting research, the students will be guided by one or two thesis advisors specifically appointed by the Head of Postgraduate Program.
- In conducting research, the students must go through a process which is determined in the schedule timeline specified at the beginning of semester.
Graduation from this course is determined by accumulated grades obtained by the students from the guidance process, proposal defense, quality of thesis manuscripts, and presentation of thesis manuscripts in the thesis defense.
Specialization Course in Transnationalism Study
Transnationalism Study Theory and Dynamics
(SHI82330) 3 Credits
Transnational Society is the study on behavior, activities, and issues developing in society that is cross-territorial boundaries of state sovereignty in nature. In referring to this basic understanding, the main actors of this study are society consisting of individual and group of individual, whether structured or unstructured, formal or informal; the main focus of the study is on transnational societal behavior, namely the activity going beyond (or in many ways even disclaim) the territorial boundaries of a nation; and the main issue discussed in this study is social development, namely various humanity issues that are experienced together, become a shared concern, considered to be a shared responsibility, and then resolved together.
Transnationalism Study Seminar
(SHI81331) 3 Credits
This course is a seminar course designed in such a way to facilitate and encourage the students, especially those who are interested in issues related to transnationalism studies, to prepare optimally for the thesis writing process. Through various independent and/or group assignments, students are expected to be able to broaden and deepen their respective conceptual, theoretical, and casuistic understandings related to the thesis topic in the study area of their interest.
Optional Course
Security Sector Reformation
(SHI82332) 3 Credits
This course offers an explanation of the military role in a democratic country and the transition to democracy. It discusses the conceptual framework of democracy and the transition to democracy, civil-military relations and the military role in politics, as well as case studies of countries carrying out security sector reforms.
Non-Traditional Security Issues
(SHI81311) 3 Credits
This course seeks to explain the various perspectives on non-traditional security introduced by, among others: Copenhagen School, Constructivism, Critical Security Studies, Feminism, and Postmodernism. In this course, students are invited to analyze the development of the multidimensional characters of the security concept, the development of various new security actors, and the security processes that occur in non-traditional security issues. This analysis is directed at finding appropriate policy recommendations for Indonesia to anticipate the emergence of various new security threats in the 21st century.
International Development
(SHI82315) 3 SKS
International Development as a field of study has developed rapidly recently, especially with the spread of debate on development issues linked to the Asian crisis. The debate then moves more substantively by linking policy choices with theoretical foundations. Referring to Degnbol-Matinussen (1997), the subject-area of this study is “the societal reproduction and transformation processes of the developing countries, in conjunction with the international factors that influence these processes”. This discipline seeks to bridge the gap resulting from the tendency of sectoral analysis in analyzing the discourse and reality of development in developing countries so that the tendency of this discipline becomes very multidisciplinary. Apart from uncovering conceptual thoughts, this course attempts to explore actual issues in the discourse of International Development.
Global Environmental Issues
(SHI82318) 3 Credits
This course provides a focus on environmental issues with global characteristics in various aspects: political, economic, and socio‐cultural. Priority is given to global environmental issues that burden relations between countries in the world. The main objective of this course is to help students understand various environmental issues from the point of view of international relations studies. In the end, by using various approaches and perspectives on International Relations, students can provide policy recommendations for solving these‐problems.
Human Rights and Democracy
(SHI81314) 3 Credits
This course presents an introduction to the concept and philosophical theory of Human Rights, how it relates to international relations, the application of human rights and democracy in the First World and Third World countries, as well as the role of the international human rights regime in upholding international human rights as well as discussing civil society movements (International NGOs Movements) in upholding global governance. The main aim of this course is to help participants understand various human rights and democracy issues from the perspective of international relations studies.
Gender in International Relations
(SHI82333) 3 Credits
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the students on connections and interconnections between gender and patterns of unequal power relations in International Relations. This course consists of four parts. The first part discusses the development of concepts and theories about gender, feminism, and its relation to international relations. The second part explores the encounter between gender and International Relations Studies which is studied through the concept of power through the perspective of standpoint feminism. The third part examines various lines of feminism and its relation to transnational issues. The fourth part discusses how the development of gender studies and feminism in contemporary International Relations in examining thematic issues, namely popular culture, masculinity, queer studies and the use of feminist methodologies in International Relations.
Specialization Course in International Security
International Security Theory and Dynamics
(SHI82328) 3 Credits
This course aims to provide students with a theoretical understanding of theoretical variations that attempt to explain the concepts of war, power, security, and peace. The discussion is divided into four parts, namely: (1) understanding the concept of the war evolution from the classical period to the modern war period, (2) the conception of the balance of power from a realist perspective (3) the concept of security which includes traditional and non-traditional security; and (4) the concept of peace and conflict resolution.
International Security Seminar
(SHI82320) 3 Credits
This course is a seminar course which aims to help students prepare a thesis proposal on a topic related to International Security studies. This course is also one of the prerequisites for being able to take a thesis. The expected output at the end of the semester is a thesis proposal.
Specialization Course of International Political Economy
International Political Economy Theory and Dynamics
(SHI82329) 3 Credits
This course aims to provide an analytical-theoretical framework for students to understand the close relationship between activities in the economic sphere and activities in the political sphere that occur at the international level. The main concept used is the dynamic interaction between two opposing competing authorities, namely the authority of the state power vis-à-vis the authority of the economy. This dynamic interaction, which can be analyzed from various perspectives, such as Realist, Liberal and Left Structuralism, occurs in various fields such as the international trade system, the international monetary system and the international financial system. This course will also provide a theoretical analytical framework for understanding the presence and development patterns of MNCs and initiatives to strengthen regional cooperation.
International Political Economy Seminar
(SHI81316) 3 Credits
This course is a seminar course aiming to assist the students prepare a thesis proposal on a topic related to the study of International Political Economy. This course is also one of the prerequisites for being able to take a thesis. The expected output at the end of the semester is a thesis proposal.