GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTERNATIONAL LAW PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA/1710046
Course Title: INTERNATIONAL LAW PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. Canan ATEŞ EKŞİ
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/atesc
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  atesc@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
This lecture teaches to students basis structure of International Law.
Teaches the IL problems in Middle East and Africa
Teaches regional inspection mechanisms
Teaches the differences of IL situation between Middle East -Africa and other regions
 -- 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  Especially, situations after Word War II. are in the priorities.
2. Week  Basic IL documents in Middle East region
3. Week  Basic IL problems in Middle East region
4. Week  Israel- Palestione conflict in terms of IL
5. Week  Arap world in terms IL
6. Week  Basic IL documents in Africa
7. Week  Rwanda Genocide
8. Week  Events in Darfur
9. Week  Other IL problems in Africa
10. Week  Presentations
11. Week  Presentations
12. Week  Presentations
13. Week  Presentations
14. Week  Presentations
15. Week  Presentations
16. Week  Presentations
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS:Hüseyin Pazarcı,Uluslararası Hukuk, Ankara: Turhan Kitabevi,2013; Gerhard von Glahn and James Larry Taulbee, Law Among Nations: An Introduction to Public International Law, New York: Longman, 2009 RECOMMENDED READINGS:Fatma Taşdemir, Uluslararası Nitelikte Olmayan Silahlı Çatışma Hukuku, Ankara: Adalet Yayınevi, 2009; Fatma Taşdemir, Uluslararası Terörizme Karşı Devletlerin Kuvvete Başvurma Yetkisi, Ankara, USAK Yayınları, 2006; Malcolm N. Shaw, International Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  No
 -- 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
16
3
48
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
16
5
80
 Searching in Internet and Library
16
2
32
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
2
4
8
 Presentation
2
4
8
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
8
8
 Final and Studying for Final
1
8
8
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
192
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.68
 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