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| ULS5123 | The IR of the Developing World | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second 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 | Doç. Dr. Özgür TÜFEKÇİ | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | In this course, students will evaluate and discuss the relationship between the emerging powers and the international system. While analyzing the political history, political and economic systems of these countries, policy making processes and their solutions to problems will be discussed. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Compare and contrast economic challenges facing developed and developing states | | | | PO - 2 : | Debate the role of a state in economic development | | | | PO - 3 : | Participate in group discussions about contested concepts with confidence and with tolerance for other points of view | | | | PO - 4 : | Navigate the large amounts of research material available in this subject through both traditional academic sources and through the use of information technology | | | | 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 | | |
| Inclusion of BRICS countries and the rising powers such as Turkey, Mexico, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria in the international system has made international relations area more attractive and has made the relationships among themselves and with the established powers questionable. This has led to discussions on political and socio-economic models and their economic growth, political stability and social equality. In this context, the students of the IR of the Developing World will discuss the issues mentioned.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | A General Introduction
| | | Week 2 | The rise of great powers
| | | Week 3 | The fall of great powers
| | | Week 4 | United States of America | | | Week 5 | China | | | Week 6 | European Union | | | Week 7 | Russia | | | Week 8 | India | | | Week 9 | Mid-term Exam | | | Week 10 | Turkey | | | Week 11 | Indonesia | | | Week 12 | Mexico | | | Week 13 | Brazil | | | Week 14 | Nigeria | | | Week 15 | General Overview
| | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Stuenkel, Oliver. 2016; Post-Western World: How Emerging Powers Are Remaking Global Order, Polity Press, Cambridge. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 09112019 | 1 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 09122019 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01012020 | 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 | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 5 | 30 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 5 | 6 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 8 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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