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| SEC 315 | International Relations | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BUSINESS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aims of this course; giving basic information about the common concepts of international relations discipline. Also bringing to students in skills of understanding, analyzing, perceiving and explaining is aimed with this course. Another objective is to make students conscious of some problems of International Relations and gain a knowledge level about these common issues. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | describe the basic concepts of the international relations terminology. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1,3 | | LO - 2 : | understand and explain the general nature of the working mechanism of international relations. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1,3 | | LO - 3 : | associate the concepts and theories of international relations with the cases occurred in international relations. | 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1,3 | | LO - 4 : | study the acceptability of state's strategies in field of international relations | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 | 1,3 | | LO - 5 : | explain the international relations according to the theories and concepts of international relations. | 1,2,3,4,5,7,9,10 | 1,3 | | 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 | | |
| The rise and development of international relations discipline, main topics of International Relations, main elements that determine international relations, foreign policy, foreign policy preferences of states, peaceful foreign policy instruments of international relations, international conflicts and war and problems about international peace and security will be examined. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Defining International Relations | | | Week 2 | Development of International Relations Theory in 20th Century | | | Week 3 | realism | | | Week 4 | Liberalism | | | Week 5 | Marxist Theories of International Relations | | | Week 6 | State and Foreign Policy | | | Week 7 | Power and Security | | | Week 8 | Balance of Power and the war | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | International Identity Policy | | | Week 11 | Globalisation | | | Week 12 | International and Global Security in the post-cold War Era | | | Week 13 | International İssues: environmental issues, terrorism, nationalism, human rights | | | Week 14 | The hegemony of USA and the world order | | | Week 15 | New Issues in International Relations | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Arıboğan, Deniz Ülke, 2007, Uluslararası İlişkiler Düşüncesi, Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul | | | 2 | Arı, Tayyar,2007, Uluslararası İlişkiler ve Dış Politika, MKM Yayıncılık, Bursa | | | |
| 1 | Brown C. ve Ainley K., 2006, Uluslararası İlişkileri Anlamak, Yayınodası Yayıncılık, İstanbul | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 22/11/2012 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 08/01/2013 | 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 | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 98 |
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