Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

Information Of Programmes

INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / UGT-527 - ULUSLARARASI GÜVENLİK VE TERÖRİZM ANABİLİM DALI

Code: UGT-527 Course Title: REGIONAL SECURITY AND CURRENT PROBLEMS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ULUSLARARASI GÜVENLİK VE TERÖRİZM ANABİLİM DALI
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer CEREN GÜRSELER (cerengurseler@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) CEREN GÜRSELER,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Aim of this course is to grasp the concepts and changes of security and region; grasp crucial issues regarding regional security in international relations; comment on current issues and security priorities of regions of the Middle East, Africa and Europe and important actors.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain effect of regional security in foreign policy and international relations. PO-1 comprehends the place, the role and the effects of security in international relations.
PO-3 reanalyzes all time the concept of security, which can gain new meanings within the changing international system, in the spheres of global power struggles.
PO-5 predicts new security needs that may arise in the direction of global developments and predicts the possible effects of these needs on international relations.
PO-6 follows national and international developments on security and terrorism.
PO-7 introduces critical approaches to political studies in national and international level abaout the fields of security and terrorism.
PO-9 performs scientific studies on international security and terrorism.
Examination
Quiz
Presentation
Term Paper
LO-2 can comment on relations of power-interest through analyzing changes in the concepts of region and security. PO-1 comprehends the place, the role and the effects of security in international relations.
PO-2 comprehends the aims, objectives, types, causes, dynamics, financing of terrorism and its role in international power struggles.
PO-5 predicts new security needs that may arise in the direction of global developments and predicts the possible effects of these needs on international relations.
PO-6 follows national and international developments on security and terrorism.
PO-7 introduces critical approaches to political studies in national and international level abaout the fields of security and terrorism.
PO-8 fulfills the various roles that it can take in the pre-service and in-service training activities for the security professionals.
PO-9 performs scientific studies on international security and terrorism.
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Region, security, terrorism, self-determination, migration, balance of power, new regionalism
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction Lecture
2 Region, Regionalism, New Regionalism Lecture Article Analysis
3 The Concept of Security, Broadening and Deepening of the Concept of Security Lecture Article Analysis
4 Regional Security Lecture Case Study
5 Fundamental Concepts of Security Lecture Case Study
6 New Security Lecture Article Analysis
7 Current Security Issues in International Arena Lecture Article Analysis Brainstorming
8 mid-term exam
9 Security of Middle East and Current Issues Lecture Case Study
10 Security ofAfrica and Current Issues Lecture Case Study
11 Security of Europe and Current Issues Lecture Case Study
12 Russia's Security and Current Issues Lecture Case Study
13 Turkish Foreign Policy and Regional Security Lecture Case Study
14 Self-Determination, Terror and Regional Security Lecture Case Study
15 Examples of Regional Cooperation Lecture Case Study Question Answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Fikret Birdişli, Teori ve Pratikte Uluslararası Güvenlik: Kavram-Teori- Uygulama, Seçkin Yayınevi, Ankara, 2017
2 Bilal Karabulut, Güvenlik: Küreselleşme Sürecinde Güvenliği Yeniden Düşünmek, Barış Kitabevi, Ankara, 2015
3 Bilal Karabulut, Uluslararası Örgütlerin Güvenlik Boyutu, Barış Kitabevi, İstanbul,2014
4 Bilal Sevinç ve İrfan Çiftçi, Terör ve Şiddet Sarmalında Orta Doğu ve Afrika, Karınca Yayınları, Ankara, 2015
Required Course instruments and materials
Text book and related written sources, projection

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 30
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz 7 5
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation 9 5
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper 10 10
9.Project
final exam 14 50

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 11 33
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 9 27
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 6 18
       e) Term paper/Project 3 6 18
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 2 5 10
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 6 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 6 18
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180