GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (OPT)/IR408
Course Title: FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (OPT)
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 8 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Akif OKUR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/maokur
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  maokur@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the basic principles and purposes of US foreign policy.
Learns current US foreign policy priorities and the core objectives related thereto.
Learns key actors and forces that affect US foreign policy decisionmaking and implementation.
Learns the approaches to US foreign policy and national security.
Analyses diverse positions on key issues related to the conduct of US foreign policy.
Articulates his/her own perspective on important issues in the field.
 -- 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  Introduction
2. Week  American Foreign Policy: An Overview
3. Week  Theories of American Foreign Policy
4. Week  American Interests and Strategies
5. Week  World War I and World War II
6. Week  The Cold War: US‐Soviet Rivalry
7. Week  The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis; other Cold War Crises
8. Week  Midterm Examinations Week
9. Week  American National Security Policy, 1945-Present
10. Week  American Foreign Economic Policy, 1945-present
11. Week  Transformation in U.S. Foreign Policy in the Cold War Era
12. Week  The U.S. War on Terror
13. Week  9/11, Afghanistan and the Iraq War
14. Week  Questioning of American Hegemony in the Context of Empire Debates
15. Week  Current Issues and Crises; Assessment of Bush and Obama Administration's Foreign Policies; the Future of American Foreign Policy
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Steven W. Hook, US Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power, USA:Sage, 2014; Joyce P. Kaufman, A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy, USA:Rowman&Littlefield Publishers, 2010. RECOMMENDED READINGS: Michael Cox, Doug Stokes, U.S. Foreign Policy, USA:Oxford, 2008; George C. Herring, From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776 (Oxford History of the United States), USA:Oxford, 2008; Jeffrey S. Lantis, US Foreign Policy in Action: An Innovative Teaching Text, UK:WileyBlackwell, 2013.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration
 -- 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