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| INTR4007 | American Foreign Policy | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Murat ÜLGÜL | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. İsmail Köse | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | With the successful completion of the course, the students will able to learn
- to analyze the theoretical approaches explaining the logic of American foreign policy
- learn the milestones of American foreign policy
- the main actors of American foreign policy decision-making process. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | explain the logic of American foreign policy | 7,10 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | learn historical and contemporary milestones | 7,10 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | analyze foreign policy actors | 7,10 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Contents of the course include theoretical approaches about American foreign policy, the historical and contemporary developments regarding the subject, the analysis of the decision-making structure and regional policies of the United States. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Course outline | | | Week 2 | Theories of American foreign policy- 1 | | | Week 3 | Theories of American foreign policy- 2 | | | Week 4 | Theories of American foreign policy- 3 | | | Week 5 | From Independence to the Civil War | | | Week 6 | From Civil War to the Second World War | | | Week 7 | Cold War | | | Week 8 | Soğuk Savaş Sonrası | | | Week 9 | Midterm exam | | | Week 10 | Foreign policy actors-1 | | | Week 11 | Foreign policy actors-2 | | | Week 12 | Great power competition | | | Week 13 | USA and the Middle East | | | Week 14 | USA and Europe | | | Week 15 | USA and Türkiye | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Michael Cox, Doug Stokes. US Foreign Policy, Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 2018. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 1504/2025 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 15/06/2025 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 4 | 32 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 4 | 32 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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