GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
TERRORISM/1710057
Course Title: TERRORISM
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Kürşad Şeyhmus TURAN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://kursadturan.weebly.com, http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/kturan
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  kturan@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns and Analyzes the historical and psychological background of terrorsim.
Analyzes and compares different kinds of terrorism such as nationalist, religious and environmental.
Lerans the concept of State Terror and analyzes it in the light of different examples.
Learns different means used to finance terror and analyzes the ways to prevent terror financing within the context of counter terrorism.
Examines the relationship between terror and media and analyzes the presentation of terrorist acts on media.
Learns the means of counter-terrorism and analyzes the effectiveness of them.
Analyzes the future of terrorist acts and counter terrorism by considering different factors such as new security threats.
 -- 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  Introduction: Presentation of the subject, plan and aims of the course
2. Week  History of Terrorism
3. Week  Psychology of Terrorism
4. Week  Nationalist and Separatist Terrorism
5. Week  Religious and Reactive Terror
6. Week  Environmental and Cyber Terror
7. Week  State Terror
8. Week  Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week  State Terror With Examples
10. Week  Terrorism Financing
11. Week  Terror and Media
12. Week  Counter Terrorsim
13. Week  Discussion on the Future of Terrorism
14. Week  Paper Presentations
15. Week  Paper Presentations
16. Week  Paper Submissions
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: James M Lutz ve Brenda J Lutz, Global Terrorism, New York: Routledge, 2013; İhsan Bal(der.), Terörizm, Ankara: USAK Yayınları, 2006 RECOMMENDED READINGS: Cindy C. Combs, Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century, Upper Saddle River: Prentics Hall, 1997; Akif Emre Öktem, Terörizm, İnsancıl Hukuk ve İnsan Hakları, İstanbul: Derin Yayınları, 2011; Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism, New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  N/A
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
1
60
 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
13
3
39
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
2
30
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
2
6
12
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
20
20
 Final and Studying for Final
1
42
42
 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