GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
COLONIALISM AND AFRICA/2710057
Course Title: COLONIALISM AND AFRICA
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Haydar ÇAKMAK
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/hcakmak
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  hcakmak@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns introduction informations about Turkey-African relations.
Knows theoretical information about Africa.
Learns historical background of Africa.
Knows situations from World War II to independence of African countries.
Knows situations from independence of African countries to end of The Cold War.
Learns situations about Africa from end of The Cold War to The 9/11.
 -- 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:Informations about Turkey-Africa Relations
2. Week  Theoretical information about Africa
3. Week  Historical background of Africa
4. Week  Political and economic condition of Africa States
5. Week  Demographic features of Africa States
6. Week  Summary of subjects up to 6th week about Colonialism and Africa
7. Week  Africa contacts under Ottoman Empire
8. Week  Mid-term examination week
9. Week  Africa during the first world war
10. Week  Situations from World War II to independence of African countries
11. Week  Situations from independence of African countries to end of The Cold War
12. Week  Condition of Africa from end of The Cold War to The 9/11
13. Week  Condition of Africa from 11 September to 2012
14. Week  Case studies about African independence war
15. Week  The last currient situations subjects about Africa
16. Week  Final Examination Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS:Haydar ÇAKMAK,Uluslararası İnsani Sorunlar,Ankara,Kripto Basın-Yayın,2010;Martin Meredith, The Fate of Africa:A History of the Continent Since Independence,Public Affairs,2011 RECOMMENDED READINGS: Numan HAZAR,Küreselleşme Sürecinde Afrika ve Türkiye-Afrika İlişkileri,AAnkara,Yeni Türkiye Yayınları,2003;Vincent Montail,Afrika'da İslam, Pınar Yayınları,1992;Phyllis Martin,Patrick O'Meara,Africa,Bloomington, Indiana University Press,1995
 -- 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
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
2
5
10
 Preparing Presentation
1
5
5
 Presentation
1
5
5
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
15
15
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 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 learning
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