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| ULS5912 | International Security Studies | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Bülent ŞENER | | Co-Lecturer | Dr. Vahit GÜNTAY | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to examine the main approaches and current events in international security studies from both theoretical and policy-oriented perspectives. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Literature of security studies will understand traditional and alternative views on international security | 10 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | Apply different security theories analytically to security problems and tests | 10 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | Understand the diversity of actors and interests involved in the security policy making process. | 10 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | Assess the impact of globalization on international security. | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The course will introduce the evolution of security practices and provide insight into different security definitions. Once the realistic approach, Copenhagen School, Critical Security Studies and Human Security approaches are examined, security issues such as international terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and environmental security will be analyzed. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | From Homeros to Hobbes and Beyond: The Concept of Security in European Tradition | | | Week 2 | Concept of Security in International Relations | | | Week 3 | Conceptualizing Security: Peace, Security, Development and Environment Conceptual Quartet | | | Week 4 | Rethinking the "Security Dilemma": A New Perspective on Security Work | | | Week 5 | The Changing Agenda of Military Security | | | Week 6 | Present War Treaty of Westphalia
Great Partnership: Kant and Clausewitz | | | Week 7 | Rousseau's Theory of War and Peace: Peace as Justice | | | Week 8 | Eastern, European and Indigenous Thought on Peace in Latin America | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Between Utopia and Practice: Conceptualizing Human Security in International Relations | | | Week 11 | Changing Agenda of Social Security | | | Week 12 | Terrorism Sociology: The Possibility of Understanding Social Origins | | | Week 13 | Security Conceptualization in Turkey. | | | Week 14 | War Thought in Turkey | | | Week 15 | Peace Thought in Turkey | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Aydın, Mustafa (Der.), Uluslararası İlişkilerde Çatışmadan Güvenliğe, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 18/04/2024 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 15 | 09/05/2024 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06/06/2024 | 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 | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 7 | 35 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 6 | 6 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 8 | 24 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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