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| INTR1003 | Political History - I | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First 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 | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Göktuğ KIPRIZLI | | Co-Lecturer | Lecturer Dr. Yücel Bulut | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to familiarize students with the history of state interaction at a world level, examine the rises and falls of the major powers of the international system, and provide a historical narrative of the practice of political military, and diplomacy. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | The student depicts and compares major events and developments in political and diplomatic history. | 1,6 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | The student reflects critically on the contemporary developments from a historical perspective. | 1,6 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | The student assesses and evaluates the military, political, and diplomatic ?revolutions? in the history of international relations. | 1,6 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | The student defines the historical development of the rising force of the `realpolitik?s and of the nation-states in western and central Europe. | 1,6 | 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 offer an overview of political history of the world starting from the 17th century till the end of the Second World War. The focus of the class is the European region and great powers. The course would emphasise certain events in history; The Thirty Years? War, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Wars of German Unification, and the two world wars of the 20th century. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to political history | | | Week 2 | From 1618 to 1660, Focus on the Thirty Years War | | | Week 3 | The Military and Naval Rise of Europe | | | Week 4 | From 1763 to 1814, Focus on the French Revolutionary/Napoleonic Wars | | | Week 5 | The Vienna Settlement | | | Week 6 | 1830 and 1848 Revolutions | | | Week 7 | the Wars of German Unification | | | Week 8 | Preparation for the Mid-term | | | Week 9 | Mid-term Exam
| | | Week 10 | Unifications of Germany | | | Week 11 | Bismarck?s World | | | Week 12 | Unifications of Italy | | | Week 13 | From 1871 to 1918, Focus on the First World War | | | Week 14 | The Causes of World War I | | | Week 15 | Preparation for the Final | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Pilbeam, P. (2012). Themes in modern European history 1780-1830. Routledge. | | | 2 | Waller, B. (Ed.). (2002). Themes in Modern European History 1830-1890. Routledge. | | | 3 | Cook, C., & Stevenson, J. (2004). The Routledge companion to modern European history since 1763. Routledge. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2023 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01/2024 | 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 | 4 | 7 | 28 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 4 | 24 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 180 |
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