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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / ULS202 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Code: ULS202 Course Title: THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-II Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MURAT DEMİREL (murat.demirel@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) İLHAN ARAS,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To examine different theoretical approaches in the field of international relations and to understand and interpret contemporary theoretical debates

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can comment on the future of international relationas and emerging trends in the framework of discussed theoretical approaches PO-1 To be able to explain the concepts/theories of International Relations.
PO-3 To be able to explain the research methods of International Relations.
PO-10 To be able to follow the developments and the information in the field.
Examination
LO-2 Can use theories of international relations to analyze and explain historical and contemporary events and problems PO-1 To be able to explain the concepts/theories of International Relations.
PO-3 To be able to explain the research methods of International Relations.
PO-10 To be able to follow the developments and the information in the field.
Examination
LO-3 Can explain the main assumptions, problematics, epistemological, ontological and methodological foundations and their solutions of those problematics with examples PO-1 To be able to explain the concepts/theories of International Relations.
PO-3 To be able to explain the research methods of International Relations.
PO-11 To be able to develop a positive attitude towards lifelong learning.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
In this course the discipline of International Relations will be handled in the framework of different theories, its philosophical foundations, main assumptions, basic problems and its answers to those problems.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Overview of the Course Lecturing
2 Post-Structuralism I Lecturing
3 Post-Structuralism II Lecturing
4 Feminism Lecturing
5 Post-Colonialism I Lecturing
6 Post-Colonialism II Lecturing
7 Review for The Mİd-Term Exam Lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Positivism and Epistemological Discussions Lecturing
10 Green Theory I Lecturing
11 Normative Theory Lecturing
12 IR Theories and Debates on Euro-Centrism Lecturing
13 Discipline of IR and the paradigm of Conspiracy. Lecturing
14 Theoretical Discussions in the Discipline of IR Lecturing
15 Examining IR Theoretically - General Overview Lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Ramazan Gözen Uluslararası İlişkiler Teorileri
2 Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkiler Teorileri
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 7 7
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 13 13
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 120