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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / ULS224 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Code: ULS224 Course Title: DIPLOMATIC HISTORY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer İLHAN ARAS (ilhanaras@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) İLHAN ARAS,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To teach to students the diplomatic methods, in western countries and in Turkey in historical context, how they evolve and change.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can compare the institutional structures of diplomacy. PO-1 To be able to explain the concepts/theories of International Relations.
PO-4 To be able to interpret and evaluate the current issues.
PO-13 To be able to abide by social, scientific, cultural, and ethical values regarding the collection, interpretation and propagation of data related to international relations.
Examination
LO-2 can understand the development of diplomacy in the world. PO-3 To be able to explain the research methods of International Relations.
PO-4 To be able to interpret and evaluate the current issues.
PO-6 To be able to identify their own learning needs and direct the learning.
Examination
LO-3 can evaluate Turkey's diplomatic history. PO-3 To be able to explain the research methods of International Relations.
PO-6 To be able to identify their own learning needs and direct the learning.
PO-9 To be able to have the awareness concerning the universality of social rights, social justice, and conservation of cultural values.
PO-16 Have detailed knowledge of geography and culture as well as the historical of Turkey and the world.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The definitions, importance and features of diplomacy, diplomacy and diplomat from ancient age to today, different types of diplomacy, diplomatic language, Critical aspects of scripts in diplomatic correspondence and formats of diplomatic correspondence and their usage in other fields, diplomacy in Ottoman Empire, diplomacy practices classified in historical terms, its integration into the European system.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to the course lecture
2 Main concepts of diplomacy lecture
3 The first examples of diplomacy, methods and applications in diplomacy lecture
4 The first examples of modern diplomacy lecture
5 The emergence of the modern state system and changes in diplomacy lecture
6 The emergence of diplomatic conferences and some cases lecture
7 The war diplomacy: its development and immunities in war lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Ottoman diplomacy lecture
10 Modern Turkeys diplomacy and Ottoman lecture
11 Turkeys diplomatic successes and failures lecture
12 Diplomatic tools, ways and methods lecture
13 Diplomatic protocol rules lecture
14 The writing techniques of diplomatic Note and Ultimatum lecture
15 General Assessment Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Temel İskit, Diplomasi, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları
2 R. Kutay Karaca, Barış Özdal, Diplomasi Tarihi 1, Dora Yayınları
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbook

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 3 14 42
       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 3 7 21
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 8 16
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 151