GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
DIPLOMATIC HISTORY II/IR104
Course Title: DIPLOMATIC HISTORY II
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Türel YILMAZ ŞAHİN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/turely
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  turely66@yahoo.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the causes of the First World War, the events during the war and the new order post-war.
Analyzes the revisionist policies of states such as Germany, Italy and Japan between two world war.
Learns the causes and consequences of the Second World War.
Learns the new parameters of post-1945 order.
Analyzes the events during the Cold-War.
Learns to analyze future from the perspective of the 20th Century that has an undisputed importance for the political history of the world.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Presentation of the Course's Scope, Plan and Method
2. Week  The Causes of the First World War And the Events During the War
3. Week  The New Order after the First World War and Its Basic Features
4. Week  Overview of the post-WWI Germany, Soviet Russia, Italy and the United States
5. Week  Disarmament Issue in the Interwar Period
6. Week  Biography Study: Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Francisco Franco
7. Week  The Period of Crisis (1931-1939)I: Nazi Germany and Its Revisionist Policies
8. Week  Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week  The Period of Crisis (1931-1939)II:Mussolini's Italy and Its Invasion of Ethiopia
10. Week  The Period of Crisis (1931-1939)III: The Spanish Civil War, Japan's Attack on China, Annexation of Austria by Germany (Anschluss)
11. Week  Formation of the Axis and Allied States and the Beginning of the Second World War
12. Week  1944-1945 Colloquium
13. Week  The New Order Post-War II: NATO, Warsaw Pact, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan
14. Week  Conflict of Two Superpower in the Far East
15. Week  Developments in the Middle East: Establishment of Israel, First ArabIsraeli War, Fall of Monarchy in Egpyt, Baghdad Pact
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Fahir Armaoğlu, 20. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi, Ankara: Alkım Kitabevi, 2011; William Woodruff, A Concise History of the Modern World, USA: Palgrave Macmillan:2002.RECOMMENDED READINGS: Eric Hobsbawn, Age of Extremes : The Short Twentieth Century 19141991, British: Abacus,1994; Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih: Birinci Dünya Savaşının Sonundan 1980’e Kadar, Ankara:İmge Kitabevi, 2007; Toktamış Ateş, Siyasal Tarih, İstanbul : İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 1982; William H. McNeill, Dünya Tarihi, (çev. Alaeddin Şenel), Ankara: İmge Kitabevi, 2004; Rıfat Uçarol, Siyasi Tarih 17892012, İstanbul: Der Yayınları, 2013.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  N/A
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
2
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
1
15
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
15
15
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
125
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having skills and professional expertise in the field of international relations theories, political history and international lawX
2Being able to manage the disciplines of juridical sciences, sociology, history, economics etc. with the necessity of the international relations discipline by having theretical knowledge and competenceX
3Obtaining professional qualification to work at state institutions and organizations, private sector and non-governmental organizations in the field of professions that district governorship, administrative jurisdiction magistracy, diplomacy, inspectorship and expert assistantship with the advantage of accumulation of interdisciplinary knowledgeX
4Having adequate information about the regional and global institutions and organizations which dominate interntional relationsX
5Being able to comprehend the status of Turkey and other actors in international system with the help of academic, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Having information about the Middle East, Russia- Caucasus, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa regions with regards to their history, economics, sociology and strategy by analyzing international system with regional perspectiveX
7Being able to make interpretation on the progresses of international relations with respect to international lawX
8Having knowledge of the political history of XIX. and XX. century to make interpretations on contemporary international relations systemX
9Being able to apply the theories of international relations, to make analyses, to develop hypotheses and to promote solution offers in the individual, state and system levels of analysesX
10Being conscious of professional, humane and scientific ethical manners and also the principals related to these mannersX
11Being able to reach the resources and to have foreign language proficiency on the level to follow the developments related to international relations discipline and the literatureX
12Using basic computer programmes and information technologies efficiently by adhering to the principal of continuous learningX
13Being able to find solutions and having capability of preparing documents such as projects, drafts, programmes and reports for national, regional and global problems with being coherent to group actions, open-minded, having capability to take initiatives and analytical thinkingX