GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
THE MIDDLE EAST IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/1340057
Course Title: THE MIDDLE EAST IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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
learns the concept of international politics.
Comprehends the importance of Middle East region in the international politics.
Knows the history of Middle East.
Knows the current position of Middle East.
Knows the social and political state of Middle East.
Obtaines the ability of thinking strategically on contemporary 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  Geopolitics of Middle East
2. Week  Social Structure of Middle East
3. Week  Middle East Before and After World War I
4. Week  Cold War in Middle East
5. Week  American Politics in Middle East
6. Week  Soviet/Russian Politics in Middle East
7. Week  Arab-Israeli Conflict
8. Week  Mid-term
9. Week  Lebanon Problem
10. Week  Iranian Revolution
11. Week  Iran-Iraq War
12. Week  The Gulf Crisis of 1991 and Its Aftermath
13. Week  The American Occupation of Iraq and Its Aftermath
14. Week  Arab spring: Tunisia and Libya
15. Week  Arab Spring: Egypt and Syria
16. Week  Final Examination
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Bernard Lewis, Ortadoğu, Çev. Selen Y. Kölay, İstanbul: Arkadaş Yayınları,2007; Barry Rubin, Security and Stability in the Middle East: Critical Concepts in Military, Strategic and Security Studies, New York: Routledge, 2012. RECOMMENDED READINGS: Hamit Bozarslan, Ortadoğu Bir Şiddet Tarihi,İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2010; Tayyar Arı, Geçmişten Günümüze Ortadoğu, Siyaset, Savaş ve Diplomasi, İstanbul: Marmara Kitap Merkezi Yayınları, 2012; Bernd Kubbig and Sven-Eric Fikenscher, Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East, London: Routledge,2012; Abdel Said Aly, Shai Feldman, Khalil Shikaki, Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013; John Baylis, “Uluslararası İlişkilerde Güvenlik Kavramı”, Uluslararası İlişkiler,Vol:5, No:18 (Summer 2008),pp:69-85.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Reading Book and Articles
 -- 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