GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
EURASIA IN THE WORLD AND TURKEY/2280054
Course Title: EURASIA IN THE WORLD AND TURKEY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof.Dr. Demirhan F. Erdem
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/demirhan
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  demirhan@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To learn about meanings of Eurasia and Eurasianism
To learn about basic approach to thinking of Eurasia and Eurasianism
To learn about importance of Eurasia at world geopolitic
To learn about how global and regional events are evaluated in the direction of different Eurasian approaches
To improve non-western, original and strategical perspective to global and regional events
 -- 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  Main tool of global power of USA: Eurasia Strategy
2. Week  Imperial ideology of Russia: Eurasianism
3. Week  Eurasia on the center of politics and struggles and cooperation of Eurasian powers towards the region
4. Week  Eurasia according to Attila İlhan
5. Week  Eurasian approaches at Turkish Left
6. Week  Eurasian approaches at Turkish Right
7. Week  Process of expansion and harmony of Turkey to Eurasia after Cold War
8. Week  Mid-term
9. Week  Presentation
10. Week  Presentation
11. Week  Presentation
12. Week  Presentation
13. Week  Presentation
14. Week  Submission of prepared and completed studies as final exam
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Demirhan Fahri Erdem, Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Avrasya ve Avrasyacılık, Algılamalar, Yaklaşımlar ve Stratejiler, Ankara, Barış Kitap, 2016. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Büyük Satranç Tahtası, Çev. Ertuğrul DİKBAŞ - Ergun KOCABIYIK, 1. B., İstanbul, Sabah Kitapları, 1998. Aleksandr Dugin, Rus Jeopolitiği Avrasyacı Yaklaşım, Çev. Vügar İMANOV, 1.B., İstanbul, Küre Yayınları, 2003. Vügar İmanov, Avrasyacılık: Rusya’nın Kimlik Arayışı, 1. B., İstanbul, Küre Yayınları, 2008.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
   Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
1
60
 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
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
5
9
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
8
40
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
12
3
36
 Presentation
5
3
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
10
10
 Final and Studying for Final
1
15
15
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
189
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.56
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To raise individuals who have the required theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of political and social sciences.X
2To be able to inform related persons and institutions in the field of Political Science and Public Administration; to communicate opinions and solution proposals on problems in written and verbal ways supporting qualitative and quantitative data.X
3Ability to understand and evaluate collective decision-making processes and how they reactsX
4To be able to critically evaluate the knowledge and skills gained from Political Science and Public Administration,X
5To distinguish the differences between classical and contemporary theories and to evaluate the interaction between them,X
6To be able to benefit from other disciplines which form the basis of Political Science (International Relations, Law, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy, etc.) and to have a basic knowledge of these disciplinesX
7To learn historical and political events shaping political systems and to be able to understand and interpret current political systemsX
8To be able to express itself openly, effectively and persuasively in written and spoken languagesX
9Using at least one foreign language to be aware of the latest intellectual debates in the area and to be able to contact colleagues around the world.X
10To raise individuals who have the required theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of political and social sciences.X