GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
DECISION MAKING IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (OPT)/IR215
Course Title: DECISION MAKING IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (OPT)
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 3 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  İngilizce
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Department of International Relations
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  iibf.gazi.edu.tr/posts/view/title/uluslararasi-iliskiler-3625
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  uiliskiler@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Students obtain theoretical knowledge on decision making in foreign policy.
Students become capable of building models about decision making in foreign policy.
Students learn the literature of decision making.
Students become capable of conducting empirical studies on the field of decision making in international affairs.





 -- 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
  Theories of International Relations
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction
2. Week  Rational Actor Model
3. Week  Cognitive & Judgmental Biases I: Prospect Theory
4. Week  Cognitive & Judgmental Biases II: Overconfidence and other sources of misperception
5. Week  Psychological Profiling of Leaders
6. Week  Physical and Mental Illness
7. Week  Analogies and Learning from History
8. Week  Mid-term Examination
9. Week  Group Decision-Making and Groupthink
10. Week  Bureaucracies and Organizations
11. Week  Case Study: Woodrow Wilson and the end of WWI
12. Week  Case Study: The British Decision to Resist Hitler in the 1930’s
13. Week  Case Study: U.S. Decision making in the Cuban Missile Crisis [
14. Week  Case Study: President Carter and the Iran Hostage Crisis
15. Week  Review
16. Week  Final Examination
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Professor will distribute articles each week.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- 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 manners
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