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COURSE DESCRIPTION

GEOPOLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY/5340062

Course Title:	GEOPOLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	2	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Mehmet Seyfettin EROL

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mehmeterol

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

mse2009@yahoo.com

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learns the thory of jeo-politics.
Learns the theory of security.
Examines the geopolitic importance of states in the context of international security.
Analyzes the states' security politics.
Learns the international organizations' role in the maintenance international security.
Learns the international agreements play role to maintain international security.

-- 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	Security in the conceptual Framework
2. Week	International System Analysis
3. Week	Security concept in International System
4. Week	Changing in perception of Security
5. Week	Geopolitics as a Conceptual
6. Week	Geopolitics and Geostrategies
7. Week	Geopolitics with its historical backgrounds
8. Week	Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week	The theories of geopolitics
10. Week	International Order and Geopolitics
11. Week	Geopolitical Security Concept
12. Week	International Security Organizations
13. Week	International Conflict and Geopolitics
14. Week	Effect of Economic Status to Geopolitics
15. Week	The Relationship between energy sources and Security Policies
16. Week	Final Examinations Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

REQUIRED READINGS: Süha Güney, Siyasi Coğrafya, 2. Cilt, İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Basımevi, 1993; Nejat Eslen, Tarih Boyu Savaş ve Strateji, İstanbul: Truva Yayınları, 2005; E. Cohen and C. Gray, Contemporary Security and Strategy, London: Macmillan, 1999; J. Baylis and J. Wirtz, Strategy in the Contemporary World, 0xford: Oxford University Press, 2006; RECOMMENDED READING: Kent Sherman, Stratejik İstihbarat, çev. Yasemin Özbek, Ankara: Asam Yayınları, 2003; Colin S. Gray and Geoffrey Sloan, Jeopolitik, Strateji ve Coğrafya, Ankara: Asam Yayınları, 2003; Annsi Paasi, Territories, Boundaries and Consciousness: The Changing Geographies of the Finnish-Russian Border, New York: J. Wiley & Sons, c1996.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecturing, Question- Answer, Discussion, Case Study

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

N/A

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	1	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

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