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COURSE DESCRIPTION

CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/5340082

Course Title:	CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	2	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc. Prof. Bilal Karabulut

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

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

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

bkarabulut@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learns the new approach of the security.
Learns the globalisation.
Learns the positivist theories in international relations.
Learns the post-positivist theories in international relations.
Learns the critical theory.
Questions the traditional approaches in international relations.

-- 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 course's subjects, plan and aims.The concept of security
2. Week	The traditional approach of the security
3. Week	The new approach of the security
4. Week	Theorical discussion in the social science
5. Week	The positivist theories in international relations
6. Week	The post-positivist theories in international relations
7. Week	Critical Theory
8. Week	Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week	Post-Modernism
10. Week	Constructivism
11. Week	Feminism
12. Week	Globalisation
13. Week	Globalisation and Security
14. Week	Terrorism
15. Week	The Ethnical Problems
16. Week	Final Examinations Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

REQUIRED READINGS: Bilal Karabulut, Güvenlik: Küreselleşme Sürecinde Güvenliği Yeniden Düşünmek, Ankara: Barış Kitabevi, 2011; Ken Booth (Ed.), New Thinking About Strategy and International Security, London: Harper Collins Academic, 1991; RECCOMMENDED READINGS: İhsan D. Dağı (vd.), Devlet, Sistem ve Kimlik: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Yaklaşımlar, 14. Baskı, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2013; Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkiler Teorileri, İstanbul: Alfa Yayınları, 2002; Martin Griffiths, Terry O’Callaghan, International Relations-The Key Concepts, London: Routledge, 2002.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

N/A

-- 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			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
8			X
9				X
10		X
11			X
12
13			X

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