Information
Code | POLS408 |
Name | Diplomacy |
Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
Semester | 8. Semester |
Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
ECTS | 6 ECTS |
National Credit | 3 National Credit |
Teaching Language | İngilizce |
Level | Lisans Dersi |
Type | Normal |
Label | E Elective |
Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
Catalog Information Coordinator | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ÖZDEN SELCEN ÖZMELEK |
Course Instructor |
1 |
Course Goal / Objective
Bu dersin temel amacı, üst düzeydeki öğrencileri diplomasi üzerine eleştirel tartışmalarla meşgul etmektir.
Course Content
As part of the core requirement, this course introduces the student to critical elements of the discipline. Students will participate in weekly Discussion Forums that correlate to weekly films and readings. Students will design their own project and take a comprehensive final assignment.
Course Precondition
None
Resources
Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger (Author)
Notes
What Diplomats Do: The Life and Work of Diplomats by Brian Sir Barder
Course Learning Outcomes
Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
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LO01 | Further improve their comprehension and familiarity with diplomacy |
LO02 | Examine diplomacy from a critical and analytical point of view in order to grasp their complex and multi-causal nature. |
LO03 | Develop the skill to make critical and reasoned argument. |
LO04 | Expresses his / her thoughts and suggestions in written and oral form and communicate effectively within the work life. |
LO05 | To interpret current developments thanks to the objective information learned on international relations. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
---|---|---|---|
PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explain the basic concepts and theories within the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations. | 5 |
PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Understands the methodologies used in the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations. | |
PLO03 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Gains the ability to follow, interpret and apply problem-solving techniques focused on problem solving in different social fields of international and national dimension. | 5 |
PLO04 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Questions traditional approaches, practices and methods, develop and apply new working methods when necessary. | 2 |
PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Recognize/apply social, scientific and professional ethical values. | 3 |
PLO06 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Takes responsibility, leads and works effectively individually and/or in a team. | 4 |
PLO07 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Being aware of the necessity of lifelong learning, follows the current developments in the field and improves himself/herself. | 4 |
PLO08 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | To be able to use Turkish and at least one foreign language in accordance with the requirements of academic life and business life. | |
PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Analyzes data related to social sciences. | |
PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Define and analyze political, economic and social problems of international, regional and national context. | 4 |
PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Gains critical thinking skills in the field of social sciences. | 4 |
Week Plan
Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
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1 | Introduction to the course | Resource evaluation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
2 | The Concert of Europe: Great Britain, Austria and Russia | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
3 | Two Revolutionaries: III. Napoleon and Bismarck | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
4 | The New Face of Diplomacy: Wilson and Versailles Treaty | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
5 | The End of Illusion: Hitler and the Fall of Versailles | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
6 | Three Different Approaches to Peace: Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill in World War II | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
7 | The beginning of Cold War | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
8 | Mid-Term Exam | Studying for exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
9 | Korean War and the United Nations | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
10 | Concepts of Western Unity: Macmillan, de Gaulle, Eisenhower and Kennedy | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
11 | The New World Order | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
12 | Diplomacy and International Law | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
13 | Global Finance: Investment and Trade Diplomacy | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
14 | Arms Control and Disarmament | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
15 | Intelligence and Diplomacy | Reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
16 | Term Exams | Studying for exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
17 | Term Exams | Studying for exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
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 |