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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / ULS404 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Code: ULS404 Course Title: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / 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 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 understand and discuss history of US, historical evolution of US Foreign Policy, political system in US and change and continuity in US Foreign Policy

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain the changes in US foreign policy. 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 evaluate the US foreign policy making theoretically. 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.
Examination
LO-3 can explain current developments and new trends in US foreign policy. 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-11 To be able to develop a positive attitude towards lifelong learning.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Internal and external dynamics of the US Foreign Policy
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction Lecturing
2 From 1492 to colonial era Lecturing
3 Structure of US Political System Lecturing
4 Impacts of Tradition on US Foreign Policy Lecturing
5 US Foreign Policy during First World War and Inter-War Years Lecturing
6 Second World War and US Foreign Policy Lecturing
7 Origins of the Cold War Lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Crisis of the Cold War Lecturing
10 War in Vietnam Lecturing
11 Johnson, Nixon, Ford Lecturing
12 Second Cold War Lecturing
13 Bush-Clinton period Lecturing
14 September 11 Lecturing
15 Obama Period Lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Steven W. Hook , John Spanier, Amerikan Dış Politikası
2 American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers, Perry Anderson, Verso, 2017.
Required Course instruments and materials
Course book

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