GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/IR307
Course Title: THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Credits 3 ECTS 6
Semester 5 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Associate Prof. Mehmet Akif OKUR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/maokur
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  mehmetakifo@yahoo.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the key features and the main claims of IR theories.
Recognizes the representatives of IR theories.
Learns differing instruments of IR theories and to compare these theories.
Understands how individual theories have evolved in relation to one another and within particular social and historical contexts.
Learns the key concepts (e.g. security, war, the state, nonstate actors, norm, order etc.) for the analysis of international relations.
Learns the basic information that necessary for improvement of the capability of thinking on thought.
Analyses international relations with reference to various IR theories.
 -- 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  Definition, Functions and Classification of IR Theories
2. Week  Predecessors of IR Theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Thucydides, Machiavelli)
3. Week  IR Theory in the Modern Period (Grotius, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel)
4. Week  The Birth of IR as an Academic Discipline
5. Week  Idealism and War as the Key Problem in IR
6. Week  The First Great Debate: A Realist Critique of Idealism
7. Week  Classical Realism and the Cold War
8. Week  Midterm Examinations Week
9. Week  The Second Great Debate: The Clash Between Traditional and Behavioralist Approaches to IR
10. Week  The Renaissance of (Neo)Realism at the turn of 70s and 80s
11. Week  The Advent of Neoliberalism, Regime Theory, Complex Interdependence and Neo-Neo Debate
12. Week  The Third Great Debate: Metatheoretical Assumptions of IR (Positivism and Post-positivism)
13. Week  Social Constructivism: Role of Norms, Culture, and Identity in IR
14. Week  Critical Theory and Its Impact on IR
15. Week  Postmodern Thought and Its Reflection in IR
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Scott Burchill, Andrew Linklater, Richard Devetak vd., Theories of International Relations, China:Palgrave Macmillan, 2005; Cynthia Weber, International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction, USA:Routledge, 2010. RECOMMENDED READINGS: Amitav Acharya, Barry Buzan, NonWestern International Relations Theory: Perspectives on and Beyond Asia, USA:Routledge, 2010; Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki, Steve Smith, International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford:Italy, 2013; Robert Jackson, Georg Sorensen, Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches, Italy:Oxford, 2010.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion, Case Study
 -- 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
2
30
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
20
20
 Final and Studying for Final
1
30
30
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
155
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
6.2
 ECTS: 
6
 -- 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