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COURSE DESCRIPTION

ETHNIC IDENTITY AND POLITICS/5340085

Course Title:	ETHNIC IDENTITY AND POLITICS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	2	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc. Prof. Kürşad Şeyhmus TURAN

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

kursadturan.com.tr

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

kturan@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learns and compares the concepts of ethnicity and nationalism.
Learns and analyzes the theories of nationalism.
Analyzes the important dynamics of ethnic politics such as relations among groups, systems and parties.
Learns and analyzes national and international dimesions of ethnic conflicts.
Compares and analyzes ethnic conflicts in different regions.
Learns, analyzes and compares the steps followed for the resolution of ethnic conflicts.

-- 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	Introduction: Presentation of the subject, plan and aims of the course
2. Week	Ethnicity and Nationalism
3. Week	Sources of Ethnic Identity
4. Week	Theories of Nationalism I
5. Week	Theories of Nationalism II
6. Week	Ethnic Politics: Relations Among Groups
7. Week	Ethnic Politics: Systems
8. Week	Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week	Ethnic Politics: Parties
10. Week	Ethnic Conflict I
11. Week	Ethnic Conflict II
12. Week	International Dimension of Ethnic Conflict
13. Week	Resolution of Ethnic Conflicts I
14. Week	Resolution of Ethnic Conflicts II
15. Week	What Comes Next
16. Week	Paper Submissions

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

REQIRED READINGS: Antoine Roger, Milliyetçilik Kuramları, İstanbul: Versus, 2008; Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, London: Verso, 1996 RECOMMENDED READINGS:Ernest Gellner, Uluslar ve Ulusçuluk, İstanbul: Hil Yayın, 2006; Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları: Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul: Sarmal, 1999; Craig J. Calhoun, Nationalism: Concepts in Social Thought, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1998.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

N/A

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	1	60
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	18	18
Final and Studying for Final	1	35	35
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
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3					X
4					X
5					X
6					X
7				X
8					X
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