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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / UGT-508 - ULUSLARARASI GÜVENLİK VE TERÖRİZM ANABİLİM DALI

Code: UGT-508 Course Title: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND TERRORISM Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring 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 MURAT DEMİREL (murat.demirel@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) CEREN GÜRSELER,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
to have capability and informative capacity about the conceptual and theoretical discussions within the literature of international Security and Terrorism.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 to have capability and informative capacity about the conceptual and theoretical discussions within the literature of international Security and Terrorism. PO-1 comprehends the place, the role and the effects of security in international relations.
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-9 performs scientific studies on international security and terrorism.
Examination
LO-2 can relate the issues of security and terrorism with the discipline of 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.
Examination
LO-3 can explain the change in the structure and perception of threats constituted by the develeopments of the praxis of International Relations 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-4 develops policies on the methods, techniques and strategies of effective fight against local and global terrorism.
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.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Discussions within the literature of international Security and Terrorism
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 International Relations (IR) Discipline, Security and Terrorism Studies Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
2 Security Studies and the Transformation of the Notion of Terrorism Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
3 States and International Security Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
4 Non-State Actors and International Security Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
5 Weapons of Mass Destrcution and Deterrence Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
6 Coercive Diplomacy and Humanitarian Intervention Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
7 Human Security and Terrorism Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
8 mid-term exam
9 Realist and Liberal Security Theories Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
10 Constructivist Security Theories Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
11 Critical Security Theories Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
12 The role of United Nations and NATO in International Security and Terrorism Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
13 Case Studies: Comparison of PKK-IRA-ETA Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
14 Case Studies: Comparison of al Kaide and DEASH Terrorist Organizations Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
15 Student Presentations Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Mustafa Aydın, H.G. Brauch, M. Çelikpala, U.O.Spring, N.Polat, Uluslararası İlişkilerde ÇAtışmadan Güvenliğe, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul,2015
2 Alan Collins, Çağdaş Güvenlik Çalışmaları, Röle Akademik Yayıncılık (Uluslararası ilişkiler Kütüphanesi), İstanbul, 2017.
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 12 36
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 12 36
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 12 36
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 3 12 36
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 5 10
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 170