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About the Course

The Global Diplomacy course is a unique offering to the MOOC environment. Bringing together cutting edge research in the broad fields of
Diplomatic and International Studies, award winning distance learning delivery and the instructors previous experience of delivering a
successful MOOC. Please see the volume Global Diplomacy: Theories, Types and Models authored with Dr Alison Holmes, (Westview, 2016), and
the Understanding Research Methods MOOC from Coursera. The Global Diplomacy MOOC has a direct heritage in the University of London
International Academy/SOAS Global Diplomacy MA Programme launched in April 2013 which have attracted hundreds of stud...
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Top reviews

MS

Oct 31, 2019

Absolutely incredible course in diplomacy that gives you a perfect glimpse of understanding how diplomacy works in practice and what achievements you need to posses in order to become a good diplomat.

TR

May 1, 2020

Absolutely incredible course in diplomacy that gives you a perfect glimpse of understanding how diplomacy works in practice and what achievements you need to posses in order to become a good diplomat.

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By Carlos J D L C M

May 28, 2024

Es un curso práctico bueno bueno.

By Шыңғысбек С

Nov 27, 2021

This course was very helpful

By Mohammed T ( M

Jun 2, 2017

A very open ended course.

By Phumlani M

Aug 24, 2017

Great course! Thank you.

By 俞婧瑶

May 30, 2018

课程再系统化一些就好了,目前只有几个教授的访谈

By Giacomo G

Apr 4, 2023

good for beginners

By Rakesh N

Jul 27, 2020

Wonderful course.

By Marna P

Aug 21, 2018

good introduction

By marvin s

Oct 19, 2021

Its a blessing.

By Tahmid A

Jun 12, 2020

Well explained

By sadik o

Jun 28, 2021

great course

By Isabella S

Nov 11, 2019

Great Course!

By Maluwe G K J K

Feb 9, 2017

Excellent Job

By Juana L

Mar 10, 2022

good course!

By Kgotso N

Feb 2, 2021

Great course

By Darijo P

Apr 30, 2020

Good course.

By Caleb D

Jan 23, 2023

Good course

By Mostafa H

Oct 20, 2024

Perfect

By Bucher L

Apr 3, 2020

Great !

By Lugard O

Oct 3, 2019

Helpful

By yann m

Jun 16, 2024

super

By Mfitundinda A

Aug 22, 2020

4/5

By PerinAnn K

Aug 12, 2020

Depending on what you're looking for, you might find this course very insightful or a complete waste of time.

For someone new to the concept of diplomacy, using this to get a base level understanding and come to your own opinions of what composes diplomacy, it's a good course. The material is pretty straightforward, gives a multi-faceted purview, and basically facilitates the learner to draw their own meanings.

However, if you want anything beyond this, you might be disappointed. The instructor (Dr Simon Rofe) contributes virtually nothing beyond asking 3 questions to a number of different people. There are no insights from his side, and no attempt to synthesise the varying opinions. The peer-review assignments are a mixed bag, as I did read many insightful answers, but received very minimal feedback on my own answers.

I also found the Discussion Forums completely useless - not a single student seemed to be here to talk about the subject or learn more. Everyone just wants reviews on their assignments to pass on to the next week. If the course could be tweaked to encourage more healthy discussion, or students could even take initiative to respond on these forums, this might have led to a more purposeful learning experience.

To conclude, for someone who had never learned about diplomacy before, I got an introduction that was useful and enabled me to draw my own understanding on the topic. If I was paying for a certificate, however, I would have been disappointed. (Also, each week's content is very brief and this takes no time at all to complete - again good for if you want to rush through it, not great if you were looking for more detailed insight.)

By Fred V

Aug 2, 2020

We have a lot of respect for SOAS (actually, we studied there long ago). We have a lot of respect for the diplomacy profession. We think we could learn a lot from this course. Our expectations were high. In this review, we benchmark the course to what how good it may have been.

By professional habit or not, the course does not always steer away from a self-serving representation of diplomacy as the work of heroes who can save the world from conflicts and others. The course keeps to general presentations of out-of-action diplomats. We regret not to have seen more and deeper analysis on case studies of diplomatic negotiations: the national and personal dilemma, the planning and execution of negotiations, the gate-keeping of politicians and journalists, interactions with intelligence, etc. This may be a matter for another course?

By Philippe B

Aug 20, 2022

The course serves as a simple introduction to diplomacy and the areas of activity of a diplomat. However, one does not gain in-depth knowledge and one only scratches the surface of this interesting topic. Furthermore, the assignments are corrected and evaluated by other cours-members, which is nice but not beneficial for one's own progress and knowledge. There is also a lack of interesting course material, apart from the approx. 3 minute videos of the various professors, you have to read endless texts and papers, which usually have no direct connection to the final assignment. It would be cool if the material was more interactive, more in-depth, and more broad but also more exclusive. The course is good but basic.