GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SECURITY AND TERRORISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA/2710064
Course Title: SECURITY AND TERRORISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Dr. Serpil GÜDÜL
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/sgudul
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  sgudul@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Knows the concept of international security.
Knows the concept of international terrorism.
Has knowledge about the issues of the Middle East and Africa that affecting international and regional security.
Has knowledge about the effects of security issues and terrorist activities on international and regional politics.
Gains information about the terrorist groups and organizations that originated from the Middle East and Africa.
Comprehends the importance of the terrorist groups and organizations in international and regional politics.
Learn to analyze the terrorist activities originated from the Middle East and Africa by considering the socio-economic structures and conditions.
Learn the concept of terrorism legitimized by the statement of religion (Islam) and its characteristics and its progress.
Learns the types of terrorism.
Learns ideology of terrorism.
 -- 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  Concept of Security
2. Week  The importance of security in Midde East and Africa from regional and international perspective.
3. Week  Terror and Political Terrorism
4. Week  Types of terrorism
5. Week  Ideology of terrorism.
6. Week  Terrorism legitimized by the statement of religion (Islam) and concept of Holy War in Islam (Cihad)
7. Week  The Assassins
8. Week  Midterm exam
9. Week  Seyyid Kutub Movement
10. Week  Student presentations
11. Week  Student presentations
12. Week  Student presentations
13. Week  Student presentations
14. Week  Student presentations
15. Week  Student presentations
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
   REQUIRED READINGS: Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism, Columbia: Columbia University Press, 2006; Doç.Dr.Mesut Hakkı Caşın, Uluslararası Terörizm,Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, 2008. RECOMMENDED READINGS: Russel Howard and Bruce Hoffman, Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations, London: Routledge, 2011; James A. Russell, James J. Wirtz, Globalization and WMD Proliferation: Terrorism, Transational Network and International Security, London: Rouledge Comp., 2008; Mustafa Aydın, Necati Polat, Hans Günther Pflaum, Mitat Çelikpala, Ursula Oswald Spring, Uluslararası İlişkilerde Çatışmadan Güvenliğe,İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2012; Bruce Maddy-Weitzman ve Meir Litvak, “Kuzey Afrika’da İslamcılık ve Devlet", Barry Rubin, Radikal İslam, 2002; Asaf Hüseyin, Ortadoğu'da Devlet ve Terör, İstanbul:Pınar Yayınları.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, question & answer.
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  none
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
10
 Assignment
2
20
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
1
10
 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
0
0
 Reading
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
3
45
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
0
0
 Preparing Reports
0
0
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
0
0
 Presentation
0
0
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
20
20
 Final and Studying for Final
1
30
30
 Other
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
185
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.4
 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