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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / UGT-510 - ULUSLARARASI GÜVENLİK VE TERÖRİZM ANABİLİM DALI

Code: UGT-510 Course Title: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND STRATEGY 2 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)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
to have ability and capacity to epxlain conceptual and theroretical discussions within the literature of international security and strategy.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain advanced conceptual and theoretical discussions within the field of internaitonal security and strategy 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-9 performs scientific studies on international security and terrorism.
Examination
LO-2 can relate the issues of security and strategy 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.
PO-7 introduces critical approaches to political studies in national and international level abaout the fields of security and terrorism.
Examination
LO-3 can asses the contemporary events by an analytical perspective 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-9 performs scientific studies on international security and terrorism.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Conceptual and theoretical literature about international security and strategy
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 International Security ans Strategy : An Introduction Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
2 Conceptual and Theoretical Discussions about International Security and Strategy: An Overview Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
3 Evolution of Strategic Studies Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
4 The relationship between the Concept of Sovereignty and International Security and Strategy Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
5 Geopolitics and Strategy I Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
6 Geopolitics and Strategy II Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
7 The Relationship between Strategy and Intelligence Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
8 mid-term exam
9 The Concept of Power and Great Power in International Relations Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
10 Security Policies of Great Powers and Current Debates I: US, Russia Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
11 Security Policies of Great Powers and Current Debates II: EU and China Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
12 The Impact of Globalization on International Security and Strategy, Hybrid Methods Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
13 Case Studies and Presentations (September 11 Attacks and Afterwards) Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
14 Policy making in the realm of Strategy and Security in Turkey I Discussion method Narration method Case Study method Article Review Book Review Question and Answer Brainstorming
15 Policy making in the realm of Strategy and Security in Turkey II 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, Ahmet Haluk Atalay (Ed), Strateji ve Güvenlik, Anadolu Üniversitesi Açık Öğretim Fakültesi Yayını, Eskişehir, 2012
2 Mustafa Aydın, Ahmet Haluk Atalay (Der.) , Strateji ve Güvenlik, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Eskişehir, 2012.
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