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| INTR3005 | International Organisations | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | 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 | Öğr. Gör. Dr Ulaş Kutsi ÇEZİK | | Co-Lecturer | Dr. Erol Kalkan | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims at introducing the origins, theory and the practice of international institutions in world politics, with a particular focus on their raison d?etat, memberships, institutional structures and political processes. This course is designed to equip the students with an understanding of the role of international institutions in the international system, including their impact on providing regional/global peace and security as well as managing inter-economic, political, cultural, societal and functional relations. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | demonstrate a thorough grasp of the literature on international institutions | 9,10 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | understand the theoretical and empirical aspects of the study of international organizations | 9,10 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | identify which international organizations fulfil which political, economic, societal, cultural and technical functions | 9,10 | 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 | | |
| The international organizations introduced in this course range from the Ancient Greek establishments to the United Nations, from the European Union to the African Union, from the Bretton Woods institutions to the Amnesty International. Due to its scope and importance, the workings and the performance of the UN, as well as regionalist trend of international organizations are amongst the highlights of this course. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to International Organizations | | | Week 2 | Evolution of International Organizations | | | Week 3 | League of Nations | | | Week 4 | Theories of International Organizations | | | Week 5 | The Evolution of the UN through Documentary Discussion: "Broken Promises: The United Nations at 60" | | | Week 6 | Law and Administration of the UN | | | Week 7 | UN Peacekeeping through Film Discussion: "Hotel Rwanda" | | | Week 8 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 9 | Regional Organizations in Europe | | | Week 10 | Regional Organizations in Europe: The Evolution and the Institutional Structure of the EU | | | Week 11 | Regional Organizations in Europe: NATO | | | Week 12 | Regional Organizations: Case-Studies from Africa, Latin America and the Middle East | | | Week 13 | NGOs and International Economic Institutions | | | Week 14 | The future of International Organizations | | | Week 15 | General Evaluation | | | Week 16 | End of term exam | | | |
| 1 | Ian Hurd, International Organizations: Politics, Law and Practice (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011) | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 21/11/2021 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 11/01/2022 | 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 | 4 | 2 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Diğer 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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