GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
AFRICA IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS/1710041
Course Title: AFRICA IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 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
Analyzes the geo-political importance of the African countries in international politics.
Analyzes the geo-strategic importance of the African countries in international politics.
Explains the economic and cultural importance of the African countries in international politics.
Learns the importance of independence movements among the African countries in international relations.
Learns to international organizations and their activities in Africa.
Analyzes the regional entegration in Africa in international politics.
 -- 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  An introduction to the Foreign Policy in Africa
2. Week  The post war period in Africa
3. Week  The colonization movements in Africa
4. Week  The Nationalist search for an international role
5. Week  The African governments' response for nationalist movements.
6. Week  The economic development in Africa
7. Week  The cultural development in Africa
8. Week  The independence movement of African countries
9. Week  The response of imperialist countries for movements of independence in Africa
10. Week  Mid-term Examinations Week
11. Week  USA and Africa
12. Week  EU and Africa
13. Week  Turkey and Africa
14. Week  China and Africa
15. Week  The Latin American Countries and Africa
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  RECOMMENDED READING: Türkkaya Ataöv, Emperyalizmin Afrika Sömürüsü, İstanbul: İleri Yayınları, 2010; Patrick Chabal, Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling, London and New York: Zed Books, 2009; REQUIRED READING: Numan Hazar, Küreselleşme Sürecinde Afrika ve Türkiye Afrika İlişkileri, Ankara: USAK Yayınları, 2011; Yahia H. Zoubir and Haizam Amirah-Fernandez (Eds.), North Africa: Politics, Region and Limits of Transformation, London and New York: Routledge, 2008; Graham Harrison, Issues in the Contemporary Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa: The Dynamics of Struggle and Resistance, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002; William Tordoff, Goverment and Politics in Africa, Fourth Edition, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
 -- 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 expertise level of knowledge on institutions and organizations that are influential on Middle Eastern and African politicsX
5Being able to comprehend the place of actors in the Middle East and Africa in the international system from theoretical, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Being able to conduct historical, economic, sociological and strategic analysis of the Middle East and AfricaX
7Having adequate skills to make international legal evaluation to the developments in the Middle East and AfricaX
8Being able to analyze international system, in general, and the Middle East and Africa, in particular, by using XIX. and XX. century diplomatic historyX
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