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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / ULS410 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Code: ULS410 Course Title: NATIONALISM AND ETHNICITY IN WORLD POLITICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / 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 GÜLLÜ (igullu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) İLHAN ARAS, UMUT YUKARUÇ,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The course objective is to enable students to develop substantive knowledge on the concepts and theories of nationalism and ethnicity in their historicity and pluralism.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 To be able to define the concepts of nation, nationality, ethnicity, and nationalism. 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-2 To be able to grasp the meaning of nationalism related dimensions of international problems and to be able to propose solutions for those. PO-2 To be able to discuss the political, social and economic causes and results of the transformations experienced in a society or a government.
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 To be able to analyze differences among nationalisms in different country settings. PO-2 To be able to discuss the political, social and economic causes and results of the transformations experienced in a society or a government.
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
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Nationalism Theories, nationalism discussions
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction Lecturing
2 Nationalism or Nationalisms Lecturing
3 Nationalism and Ethnicity Lecturing
4 Nationalist views on History Lecturing
5 The State, Nation Building and Legitimacy Lecturing
6 Different Nationalisms in different contexts Lecturing
7 History of Nationalism and Ethnicity-I Lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 History of Nationalism and Ethnicity-II Lecturing
10 Nationalism Theories I Lecturing
11 Nationalism Theories II Lecturing
12 Nationalism in Turkey I Lecturing
13 Nationalism in Turkey II Lecturing
14 Nationalism in at the present time Lecturing
15 General Evaluation Lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Umut Özkırımlı, Milliyetçilik Kuramları Eleştirel Bir Bakış
2 Uluslar ve Ulusçuluk, Ernest Gellner, 2018, Hil Yayınları
3 Hayali Cemaatler: Milliyetçiliğin Kökenleri ve Yayılması, Benedict Anderson, 2007, Metis Yayıncılık.
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 3 11 33
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 1 4 4
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 3 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 5 15
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 150