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I have two regular courses for more than ten years in school of IR, BLCU, which are “International Security” for undergraduate students, and “Arms Control & International Security” for graduate students. Since 2012, after I attended the CTBTO academic conference for my first time, I have purposely integrated CTBTO online courses into my regular courses. There are three major approaches to teach CTBT. Firstly I used three weeks to introduce the background, history, achievements and obstacles of the CTBT. Meantime, students were required to read broadly about the CTBT review, monitor techniques and procedures mainly from the CTBTO website. Secondly, we discussed and debated on some specific questions in class. Finally, students were encouraged to take part in the CTBTO online courses.
Through diversified teaching, CTBT has attracted more and more young students’ attention. Nearly one hundred students, which taking 80% of the total number in the class, have registered the CTBTO online courses since then; most of them obtained the last certificates. One student was honored an opportunity to attend the CTBTO 2016 course in Vienna. Some students chose CTBT related topics to finish their dissertations and some of them continue to study on CTBT after graduation.
