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| INT4003 | American Foreign Policy | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | NA | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to give the students basic information about the following:
i) Explaining American foreign policy through international relations and foreign policy theories;
ii) Understanding periodical divisions in the history of American foreign policy and the conditions and events that divide these historical periods;
iii) Understanding the American foreign policy decision-making process through the analysis of key institutional actors;
iv) Explaining the historical and theoretical aspects of American relations with other international actors such as Russia, China, the European Union, Israel and other Middle Eastern countries;
v) Analyzing Turkish-American relations in theoretical and historical ways. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | explain American foreign policy through international relations and foreign policy theories. | 1,2,4,5,6,7,8 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | analyze important events and historical periods in American foreign policy. | 1,2,4,5,6,7,8 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | gain knowledge about the institutional process and actors of American foreign policy. | 1,2,4,5,6,7,8 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | analyze historical and contemporary relations of the United States with international actors such as Russia, China, European Union and Turkey. | 1,2,4,5,6,7,8 | 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 | | |
| This course will give basic information about theoretical, institutional and historical explanations of American foreign policy. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | American foreign policy in theoretical perspective | | | Week 2 | The history of American foreign policy: Continental and regional periods | | | Week 3 | Cold War period | | | Week 4 | The unipolar moment | | | Week 5 | American foreign policy institutions: The presidency | | | Week 6 | The Congress | | | Week 7 | The bureaucracy and military establishment | | | Week 8 | The media and public opinion | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Contemporary issues: American-Russian relations | | | Week 11 | United States and Asian countries | | | Week 12 | United States and Europe | | | Week 13 | United States and Latin America/Africa | | | Week 14 | US and the Middle East | | | Week 15 | Turkish-American relations | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Cox, Michael and Doug Stokes, 2012, US Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press, New York. | | | 2 | Hook, Steven W. ve John Spanier, 2013, Amerikan Dış Politikası, İnkilap Kitabevi, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Jentleson, Bruce W., 2010, American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century, W.W. Norton, New York. | | | 2 | Rosati, Jerel A. ve James M. Scott, 2007, The Politics of United States Foreign Policy, Thomson Wadsworth, Belmont. | | | 3 | Foner, Eric, 2011, Give Me Liberty: An American History, W.W. Norton, New York. | | | 4 | Kissinger, Henry, 2000, Diplomasi, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 5 | Kalaitzidis, Akis and Gregory W. Streich, 2011, U.S. Foreign Policy: A Documentary and Reference Guide, ABC-CLIO, California. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 20/11/2018 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 10/01/2019 | 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 | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 122 |
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