MNM Master of International Relations and Diplomacy MNMINBP0001 2008-2009  Title Semester Theory (hours) Practice/Exercises (hours) Credits Professor(s) Compulsory Courses Theories of the international relations 1st semester 45,00 6 Dirk De Bièvre Diplomacy and negotiation 1st and 2nd semester 45,00 15,00 9 Jan Melissen Tom Sauer Interdisciplinary foundation courses (2 to choose from the following): History of international relations 1st semester 45,00 6 Tom Sauer International law 1st semester 45,00 6 Koen De Feyter International economy and international economical organizations 1st semester 45,00 6 Ludo Cuyvers Optional courses and/or seminar (3 tot choose from the courses offered below or a foundation courses that was not chosen yet) The European Union as a political system 1st semester 45,00 6 Peter Bursens European negotiation seminar 1st semester 45,00 6 Peter Bursens European Union Law 2nd semester 45,00 6 Anne-Marie Van den Bossche International Political Economy 2nd semester 45,00 6 Dirk De Bièvre International security 1st semester 45,00 6 Tom Sauer Belgian and comparative foreign policy 2nd semester 45,00 6 David Criekemans Debating Development 1st semester 23,00 3 Tom De Herdt Introduction to development studies 1st semester 23,00 3 Stefaan Marysse Advanced Course and Practical on Rights and Liberties 2nd semester 30,00 15,00 6 Wouter Vandenhole Middle-East 1st semester 45,00 6 Ludo Abicht Master's Test Master's Test in International Relations and Diplomacy 1st and 2nd semester 15 N.