AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
POL6014 International Politics Fall 3 0 3 12
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Prof. Dr. MUSTAFA SABRİ SAYARI
Recommended Optional Program Components: none
Course Objectives: Bu ders uluslararası ilişkilerin teorik çalışmasını ele alır. Bu şekilde, katılımcılar siyasi gelişmeleri siyaset biliminin temel teorileri açısından değerlendirebilecektir.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
will learn to perform basic research and analysis through writing and thinking about events in world politics from different perspectives, including realism, liberalism, and feminism.

Course Content

Readings are drawn from historic and contemporary scholars of international relations, cover a wide variety of issues, and are grouped together in conflicting pairs where possible. Assignments are a mixture of analysis, research, and experiential learning.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Power and Morality
2) Realism
3) Mitigating Anarchy
4) Structural Critiques of Realism
5) Broader Critiques of Realism
6) Organizations
7) World Wars
8) Empire
9) International Political Economy
10) Law, Diplomacy, and Proliferation
11) Networks and Weapons
12) Transnational Networks
13) Global-Local Problems
14) Review of the course

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Robert J. Art and Robert Jervis, editors (2007) International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues.
8th edition. New York, NY: Pearson/Longman, ISBN 0321436032
Daniel W Drezner (2011) Theories of International Politics and Zombies. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, ISBN 9780691147833
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Homework Assignments 5 % 40
Presentation 1 % 0
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Application 14 56
Study Hours Out of Class 14 77
Total Workload 175

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) Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace.
2) Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English.
3) Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. 4
4) Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. 4
5) Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. 4
6) Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. 3
7) Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. 3
8) Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. 3
9) Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. 4