GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND FAILED STATES/5340069

Course Title:	INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND FAILED STATES
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	2	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

Learns the concept of international security.
Learns the concept of the Failled States.
Comprehends the importance of the Failled States in the framework of international security.
Comprehends the role of the Failled States in the world politics.
Learnes the examples of Failled States in the world.
Learnes the analyze the Failled states.

-- 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	İnternational Security
2. Week	The Failled States
3. Week	Colonialism
4. Week	Historical development of Colonialism
5. Week	Imperialism
6. Week	Historical development of imperialism
7. Week	Characteristics of the Failled States
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: Paul Holland, International Security and Failed States: Embracing Identity-Centric Strategies of State Building,New York: Lap Lambert Acedemic Publishing, 2012; Francis Fukuyama, Ulus İnşaası,İstanbul: Profil Yayıncılık, 2012. RECOMMENDING READINGS: Joel S. Migdal, Strong Societies and Weak States; States-Society Relations and State Capabilities in the Third World, Princeton: NJ. Princeton University Press, 1988; Robert Rotberg, When States Fail: Causes and Consequences, London: Routledge, 2003; Daron Acemoğlu and James Robinson, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty,London: Routledge, 2013.

-- 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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