GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND TERRORISM/1340054
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)
   Yrd. Doç. 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  Students presentations
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
30
30
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
185
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.4
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having skills and professional expertise in the field of international relations theories, political history and international lawX
2Being able to manage the disciplines of juridical sciences, sociology, history, economics etc. with the necessity of the international relations discipline by having academic knowledge and competencesX
3Being able to produce comprehensive and detailed academic works with the advantage of interdisciplinary knowledgeX
4Having adequate information about the regional and global institutions and organizations which dominate interntional relationsX
5Being able to comprehend the status of Turkey and the other actors in international system with the help of academic, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Being able to make historical, economic, sociological and strategic analyses on the Middle East, Russia- Caucasus, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa regionsX
7Being able to make academic interpretations on the developments in international relations with respect to international lawX
8Being able to make analyses on international system by using XIX. and XX. centuries diplomatic history perpspectiveX
9Being able to apply the theories of international relations, to make analyses, to develop hypotheses and to promote solution offers in the individual, state and system levels of analysesX
10Being conscious of professional, humane and scientific ethical manners and also the principals related to these mannersX
11Being able to reach the resources and to have foreign language proficiency on the level to follow the developments related to international relations discipline and the literatureX
12Using basic computer programmes and information technologies efficiently by adhering to the principal of learningX
13Being able to find solutions and having capability of preparing documents such as projects, drafts, programmes and reports for national, regional and global problems with being coherent to group actions, open-minded, having capability to take initiatives and analytical thinkingX