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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / UGT-529 - ULUSLARARASI GÜVENLİK VE TERÖRİZM ANABİLİM DALI

Code: UGT-529 Course Title: MIDDLE EAST / CAUCASUS / ASIAN SECURITY 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
This course's aim is to increase students' knowledge and skills in analyzing and commenting historical, political and cultural dynamcis of security problems and current issues in Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 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-8 fulfills the various roles that it can take in the pre-service and in-service training activities for the security professionals.
Examination
Quiz
Presentation
Term Paper
Practice Exam
LO-2 can comprehend security dynamics of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. 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-8 fulfills the various roles that it can take in the pre-service and in-service training activities for the security professionals.
Examination
Oral Examination
Presentation
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Political, economic and ethnic pecularities; foreign policy components, priorities and goals of each of three regions; the concept of security, evolution and fundamental components of the concept of security
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction Lecture Literature Review
2 Introduction to Security Article Analysis Book Analysis Literature Review Lecture
3 Changes in the Concept of Security Brainstorming Lecture Question-Answer
4 Regional Security Analysis Brainstorming Lecture Question-Answer Article Analysis Book Analysis
5 Security Dynamics of the Middle East I: Terrorism, regional balance Brainstorming Lecture Question-Answer
6 Security Dynamics of the Middle East II: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Brainstorming Lecture Question-Answer
7 Security Dynamics of the Caucasus I: Terrorism and regional balance Brainstorming Lecture Question-Answer Quiz
8 mid-term exam
9 Security Dynamics of the Caucasus II: Analysis of Regional Cooperation Brainstorming Lecture Question-Answer
10 Security Dynamics of the Central Asia I: Terrorism and regional balance Brainstorming Lecture Question-Answer
11 Security Dynamics of the Central Asia II:Analysis of Regional Cooperation Brainstorming Lecture Question-Answer
12 Security of the Middle East and Turkish Foreign Policy Literature Review Lecture Question-Answer Brainstorming
13 Security of the Caucasus and Turkish Foreign Policy Literature Review Lecture Question-Answer Brainstorming
14 Security of the Central Asia and Turkish Foreign Policy Literature Review Lecture Question-Answer Brainstorming
15 General Overview Lecture Question-Answer Brainstorming
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 M. Turgut Demirtepe ve Güner Özkan, Uluslararası Sistemde Orta Asya: Dış Politika ve Güvenlik, USAK Yayınları, Ankara, 2013
2 Veysel Kurt, Orta Doğu'da Ulusal Güvenlik Stratejileri, SETA Yayınları, 2018
3 Fikret Birdişli, Teori ve Pratikte Uluslararası Güvenlik: Kavram-Teori- Uygulama, Seçkin Yayınevi, Ankara, 2017
4 İrfan Çiftçi ve Bilal Sevinç, Uzakdoğu'dan Güney Asya'ya Şiddet ve Terörizm, Karınca Yayınları, Ankara, 2015
5 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 50
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 40
9.Project
final exam 13 100

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