Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / ULS319 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Code: ULS319 Course Title: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY POLITICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall 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 SİNEM UCA (sinemyildiz@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To analyze the definitions, historical evolution, tools, dimensions, theories and policies of international security and to discuss the contemporary debates on security

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 be able to analyze the current debates on security 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.
Examination
LO-2 be able to analyze the historical evolution of security PO-3 To be able to explain the research methods of International Relations.
PO-7 To be able to monitor developments using a foreign language at B1 level.
PO-12 To be able to use information and communication technologies and software at the minimum level of proficiency of Advanced European Computer Driving License.
Examination
LO-3 be able to use the basic concepts concerning the international security 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-7 To be able to monitor developments using a foreign language at B1 level.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Security in the 20th Century: World Wars and Cold War, Theoretical Debates on Security, New Security Problems after the Cold War
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Scope, subjects, resources, method, obligations of the course Lecturing
2 Approaches of Mainstream IR Theories to the Concept of Security Lecturing
3 Approaches of Alternative IR Theories to the Concept of Security Lecturing
4 Securitization- The Copenhagen School Lecturing
5 Military Security Lecturing
6 Societal Security Lecturing
7 Economic Security Lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 WMDs, Terrorism and Humanitarian Intervention Lecturing
10 International Public Health Lecturing
11 Environmental Security Lecturing
12 Energy Security Lecturing
13 Transnational Crime Lecturing
14 Turkey's Security Priorities Lecturing
15 General Evaluation Lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Mustafa Aydın vd. (2012). Strateji ve Güvenlik. Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları.
2 Bilal Karabulut (2015). Güvenlik Küreselleşme Sürecinde Güvenliği Yeniden Düşünmek. İstanbul: Barış Kitap Basım Yayın
3 Hakan Karaaslan & Murat Demirel (2020). Güncel Uluslararası Güvenlik Sorunları. Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayın.
4 Alan Collins (2017). Çağdaş Güvenlik Çalışmaları. İstanbul: Uluslararası İlişkiler Kütüphanesi.
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 3 14 42
       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 3 6 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 6 18
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 150