GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
POSITION OF AFRICA IN GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR POWER/2710060
Course Title: POSITION OF AFRICA IN GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR POWER
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof. Bilal Karabulut
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/bkarabulut
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  bkarabulut@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the political history of Africa.
Learns the hegemonic theory.
Learns American foreign policy related to Africa.
Learns Russian foreign policy related to Africa.
Learns Chinese foreign policy related to Africa.
Analyzes the place of Africa in the global struggle.
 -- 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 course's subjects, plan and aims
2. Week  Hegemonic theory
3. Week  Global struggle in the periods of world wars in Africa
4. Week  Global struggle during the period of the Cold War in Africa
5. Week  Global struggle after the period of the Cold War in Africa
6. Week  North African countries in the international politics
7. Week  Central and South African countries in the international politcs
8. Week  Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week  The foreign policy of USA related to Africa
10. Week  The foreign policy of Russia related to Africa
11. Week  The foreign policy of China related to Africa
12. Week  The foreign policy of the European Union related to Africa
13. Week  The foreign policy of Turkey related to Africa
14. Week  The effects of the globalization to Africa
15. Week  The current issues of Africa
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Ufuk Tepebaş, Büyük Güçler ve Afrika: 21. Yüzyılda Çok Boyutlu Afrika Rekabeti, İstanbul: TASAM Yayınları, 2010; Godfrey P. Okoth (Ed.), Africa at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Kenya: University of Narobi Press, 2000; Bülent Aras, Hasan Selçuk, Kenan Dağcı, Yeni Yüzyılda Afrika: Güvenlik, Siyaset, Ekonomi, İstanbul: TASAM Yayınları, 2005. RECOMMENDED READINGS: Robert W. Cox, “Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations: An Essay in Method”, Stephen Gill (Ed.), Gramsci, Historical Materialism and International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, s. 49-66, Ufuk Tepebaş, Dönüşüm Sürecindeki Sahra Altı Afrika: Kalkınma, Güvenlik ve Ortaklık, İstanbul: TASAM Yayınları, 2014.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  N/A
 -- 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
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 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