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| ULSZ6540 | International Security Problems | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third 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 | Prof. Dr. Gökhan KOÇER | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Alper Tolga Bulut | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide students the general approaches and strategies of national defence and international security. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | determine the main concepts of international security and geopolitics. | 1,9 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | explain and exemplification of the issues like contemporary security issues, regional conflicts, peacekeeping, peacemaking and international cooperation. | 1,9 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | prepare home works about security strategies of sample states. | 1,9 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | determine basic approaches and applications of geopolitics. | 1,9 | 1,3 | | PO - 5 : | explain international security system established in international relations atmosphere. | 1,9 | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Geopolitcs, national defence, international security, strategy nvariations, nuclear strategy, regional conflicts, crisis management, armament-disarmament, international peacekeeping, international cooperation on security. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | What is security? | | | Week 2 | Main Characteristics of Security | | | Week 3 | international problems according to different approaches | | | Week 4 | International Terrorism | | | Week 5 | migration problem in international area | | | Week 6 | international security problems caused by transnational waters | | | Week 7 | nationalism | | | Week 8 | Proliferation of nuclear weapons | | | Week 9 | mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Human Rights | | | Week 11 | the effects of communication, internet and media on international security | | | Week 12 | Gender, nationalism and security | | | Week 13 | effects of usage of resources on international security | | | Week 14 | Oil, geography and war | | | Week 15 | The New Geography of Conflict | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Dedeoğlu, Beril, 2008, Uluslararası Güvenlik ve Strateji, Yeniyüzyıl yayınları, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Katzenstein, Peter,1996,The Culture of national security, Columbia University Press, New York. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 22/04/2022 | 2 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 10/06/2022 | 2 | 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 | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 5 | 30 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 5 | 6 | 30 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 8 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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