OPERATING ROOM SERVICES (TURKISH)
Associate	TR-NQF-HE: Level 5	QF-EHEA: Short Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 5

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
GEP1508	Wars That Change History	Spring	3	0	3	4

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	Turkish
Type of course:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Associate (Short Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	E-Learning
Course Coordinator :	Assist. Prof. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The objective of this course is to cover the important wars of world history primarly in Europe, America and the Middle East, from ancient Greece to our modern day in order to see the origins and the consequences of wars and the process how war changes the courses of history.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeed in this course will be able to:

1)have a perspective to understand the human and the state experience and factors that are shaped during the time of war.
2)develop critical thinking through the study of diverse interpretations of historical events and gain the ability to evaluate the historical analogies when applied to contemporary affairs.
3)develop and demonstrate an understanding of qualities of the war and warrior ethos as they apply in both military and civilian life.
4)sharpen the knowledge on states, nations and warfare.
5)formulate the basic information on the development of state level relations, the processed that lead to war and later on peace.

Course Content

Majors wars of world history
Teaching methods and techniques used in the course are: lecture, individual work, reading, discussion, and use of digital resources.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Explaining War: An Overview
2)	Persian Wars (499 BC - 448 BC): Persian Empire v. Greek City-States
3)	From Phalange to Legion.. Roman Style Warfare	Reading
4)	Battles of Plataea, Gaugamela, Cynoscephalae, Actium
5)	Crusades , Wars in the Islamic World	Reading
6)	American and French Revolutions	Reading
7)	Napoloeon and Shaping of Europe	Reading
8)	Midterm Week
9)	First World War	Reading
10)	Gallipoli and The Turkish Independence War	Reading
11)	Second World War	Reading
12)	The Cold War as a Framework for Middle Eastern Wars, 1946-1991	Reading
13)	Vietnam War	Reading
14)	The United States and the Iran-Iraq War	Reading

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Lecture notes to be photocopied

References:

Neiberg, Michael. Warfare in World History. London ; New York: Routledge, 2001
Bernard Brodie, War and Politics (NY: Macmillan, 1973), pp. 276-340
Michael W. Doyle, Ways of War and Peace. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997. Chap. 1
Jack S. Levy, War in the Modern Great Power System, 1495-1975. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1983. Chap. 3-4 (especially pp. 50-53).
David Ziegler, War, Peace and International Politics, 2nd ed., (Boston: Little, Brown, 1981),chapter 15 ("Disarmament"), pp. 249-26
Michael Howard, War in European History. 2nd edit. Oxford University Press, 2001.
Peter Paret, ed. Makers of Modern Strategy: from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age. Princeton:Princeton University Press, 1986
Theodore Ropp, War in the Modern World. Revised ed. JHU Press, 2000.
Ali M. Ansari, Confronting Iran. New York: Basic Books, 2006.
Dilip Hiro, War without End. London: Routledge, 2005.
Phebe Marr, The Modern history of Iraq. Boulder, Co.: Westview, 2004.
Bing West, The Strongest Tribe: War,Politics and the Endgame in Iraq. New York: Random House, 2008.
John C. Campbell, "The Soviet Union and the United States in the Middle East," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 401, America and the Middle East (May, 1972), pp. 126-135
Douglas Little, "The Making of a Special Relationship: The United States and Israel, 1957-68." International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 25, No. 4. (Nov., 1993), pp. 563-585.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	4	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Study Hours Out of Class	12	2	24
Quizzes	4	6	24
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			91

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	The use of theoretical knowledge in practice
2)	Effective use the terminology of the field
3)	Behave according to basic professional legislation related the field
4)	Use information and communication technology, express professional knowledge through written and verbal/non-verbal communication
5)	Express the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values of professional
6)	Behave according to quality management and processes and participate in these processes
7)	Develop themselves personally and professionally updating knowledge, skills and competencies of the field with lifelong learning awareness
8)	Use basic level knowledge and skills related the field, interpret and evaluate the data, identify potential problems and solve them
9)	Implement techniques according to developing technology and use new tools and devices
10)	The ability to prepare the operating room for surgery
11)	The ability to admit the patient into the operating room and to provide assistance for post - operational transport
12)	The ability to have theoretical and practical knowledge related to the field at a basic level