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| ULS3015 | Academic English-I | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall 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. Vahit Güntay | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Academic English courses aim to familiarize new students with a liberal, practical approach to international and academic texts. It is aimed at the students to learn the international academic terminology in the classes and gain the ability to understand the international problems and concepts in the second stage and finally to interpret them with a broad horizon. |
| 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 various aspects of international relations | 4 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Improve their vocabulary in concered areas | 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 | | |
| The students will be given lectures in the area of international relations by evaluating and examining various articles and publications in relevant areas. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | A General Introduction | | | Week 2 |
The global systemLearning the Basic Concepts of International Relations
Meaning scope and nature
| | | Week 3 | History and global politics: change and continuity Levels of analysis The individual , state and global level IR approaches : Realism vs Idealism | | | Week 4 | Appeasement and the onset of World War II: Appeasement in Europe | | | Week 5 | Anarchy, power, and war : Realism and the condition of anarchy cooperating under anarchy. | | | Week 6 | Interdependence, institutions, and regimes
nuclear nonproliferation
| | | Week 7 | The global system and war Security dilemmas and arms races | | | Week 8 | Irregular wars
failed states
| | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | International law and organization: The ?law of nations? Sources of international law | | | Week 11 | nation building and economic development : Modernization theory, World system theory ,Nonalignment | | | Week 12 | Refugees and migrants : Refugees, Illegal migration , Immigration and demography | | | Week 13 | Identity politics: nationalism and ethnicity Identities , Conflicting identities and the threat to national unity ?We? versus ?them? in global politics
State erosion and technological change
| | | Week 14 | What is globalization? Features of globalization | | | Week 15 | General Overview | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Various academic texts and daily news articles. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 25/11/2021 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 20/01/2022 | 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 | 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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