GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND FAILED STATES/2340082
Course Title: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND FAILED STATES
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Asst. Prof. 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 the Failed States.
Learns the causes of failed states.
Learns the historical development of the concept of emperyalism and colonialism.
Knows the concepts of emperyalism and colonialism.
Learns the role of the Failed States in international politics.
Learns the threats of the Failed States.
Learns the importance of the Failed States in the concept of international security.
Learns to analyze the Failed States from the point of view of political sciences.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  None.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  None.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Analysis of faiedl states from the point of view of political sciences.
2. Week  Failed states and theories of sovereignty.
3. Week  Relationship between sovereignty and authority.
4. Week  Concept of failed states.
5. Week  Basic characteristics of failed states.
6. Week  Causes of failed states.
7. Week  Threats of failed states.
8. Week  Midterm exam
9. Week  Student presentations
10. Week  Student presentations
11. Week  Student presentations
12. Week  Student presentations
13. Week  Student presentations
14. Week  Student presentations
15. Week  Student presentations
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Francis Fukuyama, Devlet İnşası, çev. Devrim Çetinkasap, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi, 2004; David Carment, “Assessing State Failure: Implications for Theory and Policy”, Third World Quarterly, V.24, N.3, 2003; Robert Rotberg, “Failed States in a World of Terror”, Foreign Affairs, V.81, I.4, July/August 2002; Joel S. Migdal, Strong Societies and Weak States: States-Society Relations and State Capabilities in the Third World, Princeton, NJ. Princeton University Pres, 1988; Stephen D. Krasner and Carlos Pascual: “Addressing State Failure”, Foreign Affairs, V.84, I.4, July/August 2005; Noam Chomsky, Failed States, New York, Metropolitan Boks, Henry Holt and Company, 2006.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, question & answer.
 -- 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
0
0
 Reading
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
3
45
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
0
0
 Preparing Reports
0
0
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
0
0
 Presentation
0
0
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
20
20
 Final and Studying for Final
1
30
30
 Other
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
185
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.4
 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