GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
KEY CONCEPTS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: STRATEGY AND SECURITY/2340076
Course Title: KEY CONCEPTS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: STRATEGY AND SECURITY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof. Bilal Karabulut
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/bkarabulut
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  bkarabulut@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the concept of strategy.
Learns the concept of security.
Learns the concepts of geostrategy and geopolitics.
Learns the historical development of the concept of security.
Analyzes the different approaches of international relations theories about the concept of security.
Learns the geopolitical theories.
 -- 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: Presentation of course's subjects, plan and aims. Definition and historical development of the strategy
2. Week  Geostrategy and geopolitics
3. Week  Geopolitical theories
4. Week  The concept of security and the key terms of the security
5. Week  Realism and security
6. Week  Neorealism and security
7. Week  Kopenhagen School of Security Studies
8. Week  Mid‑term Examinations Week
9. Week  The critical theory and security
10. Week  Post-modernism and security
11. Week  Globalization
12. Week  Globalization and the new approaches of security
13. Week  Security of environment
14. Week  Terorism
15. Week  Security of technology
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Bilal Karabulut, Strateji, Jeostrateji, Jeopolitik, 2. Baskı, Ankara: Barış Kitap,Roger Carey, Trevor C. Salmon (Ed.), International Security in the Modern World, New York: St. martin' Press, 1992; Bilal Karabulut, Güvenlik: Küreselleşme Sürecinde Güvenliği Yeniden Düşünmek, Ankara: Barış Kitabevi, 2011; RECOMMENDED READINGS: Beril Dedeoğlu, Uluslararası Güvenlik ve Strateji, İstanbul: Derin Yayınları, 2003; Barry Buzan, People, States and Fear: An Agenda for International Security Studies in the Post-Cold War Era, New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991; Carl Von Clausewitz, Savaş Üzerine, çev. Şiar Yalçın, İstanbul: Spartaküs Yayınları, 1997.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion
 -- 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 law
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