AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
POL6014 | International Politics | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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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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 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Application | 14 | 56 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 77 |
Total Workload | 175 |
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 |