GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/4340063

Course Title:	THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Akif OKUR

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

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

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

maokur@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learns the key features and the main claims of IR theories
Recognizes the representatives of IR theories
Learns differing instruments of IR theories and compares these theories.
Analyzes how individual theories have evolved in relation to one another and within particular social and historical contexts.
Learns the key concepts (e.g. security, war, the state, non-state actors, norm, order etc.) for the analysis of international relations.
Learns the basic information that necessary for improvement of the capability of thinking on thought
Analyzes international relations with reference to various IR theories.

-- 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	Definition, Functions and Classification of IR Theories
2. Week	Predecessors of IR Theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Thucydides, Machiavelli)
3. Week	IR Theory in the Modern Period (Grotius, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel)
4. Week	The Birth of IR as an Academic Discipline
5. Week	Idealism and War as the Key Problem in IR
6. Week	The First Great Debate: A Realist Critique of Idealism
7. Week	Classical Realism and the Cold War
8. Week	Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week	The Second Great Debate: The Clash Between Traditional and Behavioralist Approaches to IR
10. Week	The Renaissance of (Neo)Realism at the turn of 70s and 80s
11. Week	The Advent of Neoliberalism, Regime Theory, Complex Interdependence and Neo-Neo Debate
12. Week	The Third Great Debate: Metatheoretical Assumptions of IR (Positivism and Post-positivism)
13. Week	Social Constructivism: Role of Norms, Culture, and Identity in IR
14. Week	Critical Theory and Its Impact on IR
15. Week	Postmodern Thought and Its Reflection in IR
16. Week	Final Examinations Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

REQUIRED READINGS: Scott Burchill, Andrew Linklater, Richard Devetak vd., Theories of International Relations, China:Palgrave Macmillan, 2005; Cynthia Weber, International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction, USA:Routledge, 2010. RECOMMENDED READINGS: Amitav Acharya, Barry Buzan, Non-Western International Relations Theory: Perspectives on and Beyond Asia, USA:Routledge, 2010; Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki, Steve Smith, International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford:Italy, 2013; Robert Jackson, Georg Sorensen, Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches, Italy:Oxford, 2010.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

None

-- 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	2	30
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation	5	3	15
Presentation	5	3	15
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term			0
Final and Studying for Final	1	20	20
Other	1	20	20
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			190
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.6
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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