Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (MASTER) | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | SERDAR ÇAKMAK (serdarcakmak@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | SERDAR ÇAKMAK, | ||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| Middle-Asia is placed at the conflict focus of international relations as well as one of the interface regions. After the Cold War era, USA, as only one super power, its main strategies are Middle-Asian centralised. So that political formations of the region against US hegemony will be nucleus of the future polocies. In this course, basic strategies of EU, RF, China and other Middle-Asian actors will be discussed, fictional saminars on future are programmed while today | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Acquiring knowledge on regional issues and evaluating Turkey's foreign policy |
PO-7 deepen the knowledge about national and international institutions which determine the politics PO-9 To be able to identify their own learning needs and direct the learning. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | Can learn geopolitical structure of Caucasia and Central Asia |
PO-10 To be able to have the awareness concerning the universality of social rights, social justice, and conservation of cultural values. PO-14 To be able to discuss the political, social and economic causes and results of the transformations experienced in a society or a government. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | Can learn history of Caucasia and Central Asia. |
PO-7 deepen the knowledge about national and international institutions which determine the politics PO-14 To be able to discuss the political, social and economic causes and results of the transformations experienced in a society or a government. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| This course contains the analysis of the understanding of Middle-Asia at the state-level to explain the local dynamics of the geopolitical actions through practical examples. In addition, the political actions of the current regions and states in this area will be evaluated supported with the theoretical basis of geopolitics. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Introduction to Course | Narration-based teaching |
| 2 | Eurasia at the Cold War era | Narration-based teaching |
| 3 | Main characteristics of the Eurasian geopolitics | Narration-based teaching |
| 4 | Europe, Russia, China, and the others | Narration-based teaching |
| 5 | The Russian geopolitics 1 (in terms of Russia) | Narration-based teaching |
| 6 | The Russian geopolitics 2 (in terms of Europe and Asia) | Narration-based teaching |
| 7 | Turkey at alternative Eurasian strategies | Narration-based teaching |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | The Southern Caucasus (location, the political and administrative structure, its nature, demographic, ethnic, religious and social indicators) | Narration-based teaching |
| 10 | The Central Asia (location, political and administrative structure, its nature, demographic, ethnic, religious and social indicators) | Narration-based teaching |
| 11 | The Central Asia (socio-economic structures and regions) | Narration-based teaching |
| 12 | Eurasian Perspectives | Narration-based teaching |
| 13 | Eurasian Perspectives | Narration-based teaching |
| 14 | Turkish Institutions in the Russian Federation | Narration-based teaching |
| 15 | An overview | Narration-based teaching |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Tayyar Arı (Der.), Orta Asya ve Kafkasya, Bursa: MKM Yayıncılık, 2010. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Textbooks. | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 3 | 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 | 8 | 3 | 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 | 14 | 42 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 3 | 12 | 36 |
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 180 | ||