GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST/1710045
Course Title: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  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
Knows the historical background of problems in Middle East.
Discuss the thesises of parties.
Examines the current issues in Middle East through analytical and critical perspectives.
Knows the position and importance of religion in international politics.
Analyzes Middle East in the context of imperialism, oil, geopolitics and terrorism.
Understands the importance of Middle East in the world politics.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The course will be conducted in the mode of lecture. Students are expected to take an active part in discussions.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  None
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  None
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  General information about the course content
2. Week  The history of Middle East until the Second World War
3. Week  Developments in Middle East in the Cold War era
4. Week  Developments after the Cold War and implications to the international politics
5. Week  Main problems
6. Week  Israeli-Arab conflict
7. Week  Influence of Iran in Middle East
8. Week  Mid-term
9. Week  Instability in Iraq and Syria
10. Week  Influence of Saudi Arabia
11. Week  The Arab Spring
12. Week  Students presentations
13. Week  Students presentations
14. Week  Students presentations
15. Week  General assessment
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, Students presentations
 -- 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 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