GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NATIONAL SECURITY/4340043
Course Title: NATIONAL SECURITY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Haydar ÇAKMAK
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/hcakmak
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  hcakmak@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the content of security as a concept.
Gets adequate information to compare national, regional and international security concepts.
Knows the factors which provide national security.
Learns the methods of collective security.
Knows the internal factors threating national security.
Knows the external factors threating national security.
Analyses the conditions necessary for preservation of national 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  Definition of security as a concept
2. Week  Definition of national security.
3. Week  Regional security as a concept
4. Week  International security as a concept
5. Week  Introduction the the factors to preserve national security: military power
6. Week  The importance of economic power and strategy for national security
7. Week  The importance of geography and history
8. Week  Mid-term examination week
9. Week  The importance of man power in national security
10. Week  The importance of soft power
11. Week  Collective security methods
12. Week  Introduction to the factors threatening national security
13. Week  Internal factors such as ethnic, religious and denominational
14. Week  Social discrimination and terror
15. Week  External factors: demands for land, attrition and depotentiation policies
16. Week  Final examinations week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS:David S. YOST,Nato Transformed: The Alliance's New Roles in International Security,United States Institute of Peace,1999; Haydar ÇAKMAK,Avrupa Güvenliği,Ankara,Platin Yayınları,2007;Andrian Hyde Price,European Security in the Twenty-First Century,Taylor& Francis,2007; RECOMMENDING READINGS: Haşim Türker, Avrupa Güvenlik ve Savunma Politikası, Nobel Yayıncılık,2007;Mehmet Genç, Barış Özdal,Avrupa Güvenlik ve Savunma Politikasının Türkiye-AB İlişkilerine Etkileri, Aktüel Yayınları,2005; Sven Biscop,Jan Joel Andersson,The EU and the European Security Strategy,2007
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  No
 -- 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
3
45
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
1
5
5
 Preparing Presentation
2
5
10
 Presentation
1
5
5
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
15
15
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
190
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.6
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2
3X
4X
5X
6
7
8X
9X
10
11
12
13X