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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / ULS301 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Code: ULS301 Course Title: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall 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
It is aimed that student will have ability to analyze current developments in international politics with an academic perspective.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Well knowledge on international actors. 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
LO-2 Ability to conceive structuration of international politics. 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-4 To be able to interpret and evaluate the current issues.
Examination
LO-3 Ability to analyze the functions of power in international politics. 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-6 To be able to identify their own learning needs and direct the learning.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Problem of agent, Power, International System
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to Intennational Politics Lecturing
2 Actors, Concepts ad Processes in International Politics I Lecturing
3 Actors, Concepts ad Processes in International Politics II Lecturing
4 Power and Great Power Management in International Politics Lecturing
5 Security in International Politics I: War and Peace Lecturing
6 Security in International Politics II: Terrrorism Lecturing
7 Security in International Politics III: Weapons of Mass Destruction Lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Foreign Policy Making and Diplomacy Lecturing
10 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention in International Politics Lecturing
11 Environment and Gender Equality in International Politics Lecturing
12 International Political Economy: Development, Inequality and Poverty Lecturing
13 International Law Lecturing
14 Globalization and the Future of International Politics Lecturing
15 Overview and Discussion Lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Faruk Sönmezoğlu, Uluslararası Politika Ve Dış Politika Analizi
2 •J. Baylis, S. Smith, P. Owens, The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, OUP Oxford, 6 edition, 2013.
3 Paul. R. Viotti ve M. V. Kauppi, Uluslararası İlişkiler ve Dünya Siyaseti, Nobel Yayınevi, Ankara, 2014
4 Andrew Heywood, Küresel Siyaset, BB101 Yayınları, Ankara, (5. Baskı) 2018
5 A .Balcı ve Ş.Kardaş (Ed.), Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, Küre Yayınları, İstanbul, 2020 (10. Baskı).
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 1 14 14
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 14 14
       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 2 6 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 12 36
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 120