GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CENTRAL ASIA AND SOUTH ASIA IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS/2340068
Course Title: CENTRAL ASIA AND SOUTH ASIA IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Mehmet Seyfettin EROL
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mehmeterol
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  mse2009@yahoo.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the geopolitical position of Central Asia and South Asia.
Learns the strategic importance of Central Asia and South Asia.
Analyzes the historical process of Central Asia and South Asia.
Explains the geo-political, geo-strategic, economic and cultural importance of the Central Asia and South Asia countries in international politics.
Analyzes the foreign policy of USA, EU, Russia, China and Turkey towards Central Asia and South Asia.
Analyzes the rivalry among the USA, EU, Russia, China, Turkey and Russia in Central Asia and South Asia.
 -- 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 geopolitical importance of Central Asia and its position in international politics
2. Week  The power struggle on Central Asia and the “Big Game”
3. Week  Gaining independencies of Central Asian countries after the Cold War period and the “New Big Game”
4. Week  The position and importance of Central Asia in terms of the Russian foreign policy
5. Week  The position and importance of Central Asia in terms of the Chinese foreign policy
6. Week  The position and importance of Central Asia in terms of the Indian- Pakistan foreign policies
7. Week  Iran’s Central Asian Policy
8. Week  Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week  The USA’s Central Asian Policy
10. Week  EU’s Central Asian Policy
11. Week  Turkey’s Central Asian Policy
12. Week  The foreign policies of states in Central Asia
13. Week  Security issues in Central Asia
14. Week  Looking towards cooperation in Central Asia, Shangai Cooperation Organization and BRICS
15. Week  Evaluation about the future of Central Asian region in the international politics and their relations with Turkey
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Ahmed Raşid, Orta Asya’nın Dirilişi: İslâm mı, Milliyetçilik mi?, çev. Osman Ç. Deniztekin, İstanbul: Cep Kitapları, 1996; Robin Jeffrey, Asia: The Winning of the Independence, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1981. RECOMMENDED READINGS: M. Akif Kireççi, Amerika Birleşik Devletlerinin Orta Asya Politikaları: Rapor, Ankara: Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi, 2011; James C. Hsiung, 21st Century World Order & the Asia Pacific, Palgrave, 2001; Kim, Samuel S., China and the World, 4th ed., Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecturing, Question- Answer, Discussion, Case Study
 -- 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
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 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