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Course Goal / Objective
The aim of the course is to explain how the logic and concepts work in international relations and to show how they are selected to analyze (as an introduction level) at graduate courses.
Course Content
The selected topics may vary each year according to the interest subjects of students and to the new emerging perspectives in international relations.
Course Precondition
Resources
Notes
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Analyse the international contemporary issues and their sources. |
| LO02 | Follow the political, social, and economic processes in the world in detail. |
| LO03 | Examines different approaches and solutions produced for differing crises in international relations. |
| LO04 | Expresses his / her thoughts and suggestions in written and oral form and communicate effectively within the work life. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Information About Course Content and Methodology | None | |
| 2 | Gorbachevs Politics | Reading assignment | |
| 3 | Afghanistan and the End of the Bipolar World | Reading assignment | |
| 4 | Newly Emerging Countries after the Fall of the USSR | Reading assignment | |
| 5 | Yugoslavian War and Kosovo Crisis | Reading assignment | |
| 6 | Gulf War, USA and Rogue States | Reading assignment, homework | |
| 7 | Interventions in Somali and Haiti, Rwandan Genocide and African War | Reading assignment, homework | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Studying for exam | |
| 9 | Developments in Palestine, Developments in Eastern Asia and Asian Tigers, ASEAN | Reading assignment | |
| 10 | Afghanistan War | Reading assignment | |
| 11 | War in Iraq | Reading assignment, homework | |
| 12 | Israel-Palestine Relations, Iran-Lebanon Relations, Arab Spring | Reading assignment, homework | |
| 13 | 2008 Crisis and Global Changes | Reading assignment, homework | |
| 14 | 2008 Russia-Georgia War | Reading assignment, homework | |
| 15 | War and Peace in Colombia | Reading assignment, homework | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Studying for exam | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Studying for exam |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 7 | 98 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 144 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 5,76 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||