GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
BALKANS FROM PAST TO PRESENT/1340050
Course Title: BALKANS FROM PAST TO PRESENT
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assist. Prof. Dr. Serpil GÜDÜL
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/sgudul
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  sgudul@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Knows the history of Balkans.
Recognizes the importance of Balkans in the European history.
Recognizes the importance of Balkans in the Turkish history.
Evaluates the problems and events in the Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia in the context of analytically and critically.
Analyzes the current problems in Balkans objectively.
Recognizes the link between Balkans and minorities.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The course will be conducted in the mode of lecture. Students are expected to take an active part in discussions.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  None
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  None
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  General information about the course content
2. Week  History of Balkans until the fifteenth century
3. Week  Ottoman Empire's domination in Balkans
4. Week  Balkans during the interwar periods
5. Week  Balkans durind the Cold War
6. Week  Balkans after the Cold War
7. Week  The disintegration of Yugoslavia
8. Week  Mid-term
9. Week  The Wars: Serbia, Crotia, Bosnia, Kosova
10. Week  Greece-Macedonia dispute
11. Week  Students presentations
12. Week  Students presentations
13. Week  Students presentations
14. Week  Students presentations
15. Week  General assessment
16. Week  Final Examination
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS:L.S. Stavrianos, The Balkans Since 1453, London: Hurst&Company, October 2008; Dennis P. Hupchick, The Balkans – From Constantinople to Communism, New York: Palgrave, 2001. RECOMMENDED READINGS: R.J. Crampton, The Balkans – Since The Second Worlds War, London: Pearson Education Limited, 2002; Dana H. Allin, Nato's Balkan Interventions, London: Oxford University Press, 2002; Robert Bideleux & Ian Jeffries, The Balkans : A Post-Communist History, New York: Routledge, 2006.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Students presentations
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
10
 Assignment
2
20
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
1
10
 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
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
3
45
 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
33
33
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- 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 academic knowledge and competencesX
3Being able to produce comprehensive and detailed academic works with the advantage 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 the other actors in international system with the help of academic, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Being able to make historical, economic, sociological and strategic analyses on the Middle East, Russia- Caucasus, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa regionsX
7Being able to make academic interpretations on the developments in international relations with respect to international lawX
8Being able to make analyses on international system by using XIX. and XX. centuries diplomatic history perpspectiveX
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 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