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| INTR2014 | Professional English - II | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Öğretim Görevlisi Cem KÜÇÜKALİ | | Co-Lecturer | Asst. Prof. Erol Kalkan | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course will enhance students' knowledge, understanding and appreciation of events, actions and incidents in the international system. It will assist them to give meaning to actions that unfold among state and non-state actors in historical times, in the contemporary world and in the future. The course will also let the students have the ability to express their ideas in paragraph level which is the fundamental of academic essays. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Read and comprehend academic publications | 4 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Learn citing and paraphrasing | 4 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Learn to use resources in academic publications | 4 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | Produce essays and articles regarding relevant subjects. | 4 | 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 | | |
| Students will explore the fundamental concepts, theories and paradigms of international relations. Among these are the International System, International Law, International Politics, Sovereignty, Balance of Power, Realism, Liberalism, Power, and Power theory in the target language. Students will have the chance to review the basics of the field both spoken and written with the help of the related papers in English. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction | | | Week 2 | Analyzing EU Council Reports | | | Week 3 | Analyzing EU Parliament?s reports regarding Turkey | | | Week 4 | Analyzing EU Commission press releases | | | Week 5 | Analyzing EU progress reports on Turkey | | | Week 6 | Analyzing NY Times editorial articles | | | Week 7 | Analyzing Foreign Policy articles | | | Week 8 | Analyzing Washington Post editorial articles | | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | Analyzing White House Press Releases | | | Week 11 | Analyzing Kremlin Press Releases | | | Week 12 | Analyzing UN Press Releases | | | Week 13 | Analyzing NATO Press Releases | | | Week 14 | Student presentations | | | Week 15 | Student presentations | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | ESSENTIALS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DIPLOMACY, Dr. Ademola Adeleke Department of History & Strategic Studies University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, 2014 | | | 2 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THE KEY CONCEPTS, Martin Griffiths and Terry O?Callaghan, published 2002 by Routledge, London | | | |
| 1 | PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT METHODS, M. Demirezen, Adım Publications 1993, Ankara | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 21/03/2022 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 16/06/2022 | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 3 | 18 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 4 | 28 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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