This course in designed to provide a students, particularly to those who are non-native English speakers, the opportunity to combine the study of English with that of international affairs, and to give students an appreciation of the global and international political, and social-economic issues involved in the study of international relations.

To some extent, this course is to present the surrent state of knowledge in IR in a comprehensive and accessible way-to provide a map of the subject covering its various research communities in a logical order. 本課程主要設計是從英文理解國際關係的發展，所以是一種通論性的介紹，以概念理解為主 輔以新聞英語作為課堂授課內容。

Joshua Goldstein and Jon Pevehouse, International Relations, ninth edition, 2010. Longman, pearson.