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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / IR414 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Code: IR414 Course Title: CAUCASIAN POLITICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer UMUT YUKARUÇ (umutyukaruc@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Gain knowledge about Caucasian politicsi history and culture

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can be able to explain the historical background of main regional problems and present geopolitical situation throughout the Caucasus PO-3 Has basic information about the main actors of international relations and the rules of the international system.
PO-7 Has the ability to both interpret events with critical and analytical thinking and to produce solutions to problems with scientific approaches.
PO-16 Gains detailed information about culture and geography as well as the history of Turkey and the world.
Examination
LO-2 can interpret foreign policies of Southern Caucasian states PO-3 Has basic information about the main actors of international relations and the rules of the international system.
PO-10 Has a command of the basic conceptual and theoretical framework in the field of International Relations at a level to make analysis.
PO-16 Gains detailed information about culture and geography as well as the history of Turkey and the world.
Examination
LO-3 can analyse Turkey's approach to the region PO-3 Has basic information about the main actors of international relations and the rules of the international system.
PO-9 Has acquired the skills to examine Turkey's position in world politics in a historical perspective and to define current problems.
PO-16 Gains detailed information about culture and geography as well as the history of Turkey and the world.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Geographic, political and socio-economical aspects of the Caucasus and Central Asia basin, positions and influences in the international arena of regional states.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction Lecture
2 Caucasian geopolitics Lecture
3 Southern Caucasus: Historical background Lecture
4 Northern Caucasus: Historical background Lecture
5 Russia in the Caucasus-1: before and during the Soviet period. Lecture
6 Russia in the Caucasus-2: post-Soviet period Lecture
7 "Frozen conflicts": Southern Ossetia and Abkhazia Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 US and EU in the Caucasus-1: 1990's. Lecture
10 US and EU in the Caucasus-2: 2000's Lecture
11 "Chechen Wars" and instability in the North Caucasus Lecture
12 Turkish and Iranian Policies toward the Caucasus. The Karabakh Conflict Lecture
13 Energy Politics Lecture
14 "Colored Revolutions" and Aftermath Lecture
15 General Assessment Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Hermann, W., & Linn, J. (Eds.). (2011). Central Asia and the Caucasus: At the crossroads of Eurasia in the 21st Century. SAGE Publications India.
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbook

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 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 8 16
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 4 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; 90