- Location
- Clementi Campus, Singapore
- Type
- Part-time
- Seniority
- Entry
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Education
- PhD
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
Job Description
Course information
PS1172 Introduction to Political Science
General information
MODULE LEVEL: 4
CREDIT: 30
NOTIONAL STUDY TIME: 300 hours
Summary
The course is taught as an introduction to politics in a globalised world, with a focus on how political science tries to understand and explain cross-country and cross-time differences between countries. The course introduces students to some of the basic theoretical ideas and research methods in modern political science, and then looks at how these ideas help explain patterns of political behaviour, political institutions, and policy outcomes
Conditions
Exclusions: None.
Aims and objectives
This course is designed to:
• Introduce students to the main differences between democratic and non-democratic regimes and between different models of democratic government
• Introduce students to how political preferences are formed, how voters behave, how parties compete, how interest groups form, and how electoral systems shape behaviour
• Explain how political institutions work, such as presidential and parliamentary systems, single party and coalition governments, federalism, and courts and central banks
• Explain how political behaviour and institutions shape policy outcomes, such as economic performance, public spending, and immigration and environmental policies
• Prepare students for further courses in political science
Job Requirement
- A Ph.D or Master's Degree in a related discipline from a reputable university.
- At least 2 years relevant teaching experience at the tertiary level is preferred
- 5 years of relevant work experience will be an added advantage
- Applicant must be available to teach day classes or night classes or both day and night classes
We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
