GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND TERRORISM/4340067

Course Title:	INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND TERRORISM
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assist. Prof. 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 the international security.
Knows the historical development of the concept of international security.
Learns the concept of terrorism.
Comprehends the importance of non-state actors in international politics.
Gains information about terrorist groups.
Learns to analyze the international relations in the framework of the concept of 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	Concept of Security
2. Week	Historical development of the concept of international security.
3. Week	Concept of Terrorism
4. Week	Types of terrorism
5. Week	Security and terrorism in the Central Asia
6. Week	Security and terrorism in the Middle East
7. Week	Security and terrorism in Africa
8. Week	Mid-term
9. Week	Students presentations
10. Week	Students presentations
11. Week	Students presentations
12. Week	Students presentations
13. Week	Students presentations
14. Week	Students presentations
15. Week	General assessment
16. Week	Final Examination

-- 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.

-- 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
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
1					X
2					X
3					X
4					X
5				X
6						X
7				X
8				X
9				X
10					X
11					X
12				X
13					X

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