GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
THE MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF THE EU/2710044
Course Title: THE MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF THE EU
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof.Dr. Hakan TAŞDEMİR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/haktas
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  haktas@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the relations of EU toward Middle Eastern countries.
Knows the EU policy on crises of Middle East.
Acknowledges economic relations between EU and Middle East.
Analyses the role of Middle East in the energy demand of EU.
Knows the policy of European countries in process of Arab Spring.
Learns the impact of the policy of EU over Middle Eastern countries.
 -- 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  The Geography of the EU and the Middle East
2. Week  The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU
3. Week  The General Problems of the Middle East
4. Week  The Place of the EU in the problems of Middle East
5. Week  The Approach of the EU to Palestinian Problem
6. Week  The EU and Israel
7. Week  The Iraq Policy of the EU
8. Week  Mid-Term Examinations Week
9. Week  The Approach of the EU to Iran Nuclear Crisis
10. Week  The EU and Arab Spring
11. Week  The Syria Policy of the EU
12. Week  The Egypt Policy of the EU
13. Week  The EU and Saudi Arabia
14. Week  The Future of the EU-Middle East Relations and Turkey
15. Week  The Future of the EU-Middle East Relations and Turkey II
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Çağrı Erhan(ed), Deniz Senemoğlu(ed), Avrupa Birliği Politikaları, İmaj,Ankara,2011; Soren Von Dosenrode,Anders Stubjaer, European Union and the Middle East, Continuum International Publishing,2002 RECOMMENDED READINGS: Enver Bozkurt, Mehmet Özcan ve Arif Köktaş, Avrupa Birliği Hukuku, Ankara: Yetkin Yayınları, 2012; John McCormick, Avrupa Birliği'ni Anlamak,Bigbang Yayınları, Ankara, 2014; Joel Peters, The European Union and the Arab Spring, Lexington, Maryland, 2012
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Assignment, Discussion
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- 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
35
35
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
190
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.6
 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