GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SOVEREIGNTY AND SELF - DETERMINATION (OPT)/IR419
Course Title: SOVEREIGNTY AND SELF - DETERMINATION (OPT)
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 7 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Hakan TAŞDEMİR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/haktas
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  haktas@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the history of right to self-determination.
Knows the relationship between self-determination and soverignty.
Comprehends the development of right to self-determination within international law.
Learns the discussions about right to secession.
Analyzes the worldwide examples of right to self-determination.
Analyzes the legal dimesion of right to self-determination
 -- 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  The Emergence of Self-Determination in International Politics
2. Week  The Integration of the Right to Self-Determination into International Law
3. Week  The United Nations System and The Right to Self-Determination
4. Week  Human Rights and The Right to Self-Determination
5. Week  Colonialism History and the Right to Self-Determination
6. Week  Customary International Law and the Right to Self-Determination
7. Week  Territorial Integrity and the Right to Self-Determination
8. Week  Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week  Soverignty and the Right to Self-Determination
10. Week  Soverignty and the Right to Self-Determination II
11. Week  National Liberation Movements
12. Week  Use of Force and the Right to Self-Determination
13. Week  The Cases of Eritrea and East Timor
14. Week  The Case of Palestina
15. Week  The Case of Kosovo and the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS:Antonio Cassese,Self-Determination of Peoples:A Legal Reapprasial,Cambridge University Press,1998; Gerhard von Glahn ve James Larry Taulbee, Law Among Nations: An Introduction to Public International Law, New York: Longman, 2009 RECOMMENDED READINGS: Hüseyin Pazarcı,Uluslararası Hukuk, Ankara: Turhan Kitabevi,2013, 2009; Fatma Taşdemir, Uluslararası Terörizme Karşı Devletlerin Kuvvete Başvurma Yetkisi, Ankara, USAK Yayınları, 2006; Malcolm N. Shaw, International Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- 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 learning
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