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| ULS4026 | Poles and Deep Sea Politics | 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 | Prof. Dr. Ersan BAŞAR | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc.Prof.Dr.Sercan EROL | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Main objective of this course is to develop the ability to interpret the unique situation of the polar and deep seas through international conventions and to evaluate the policies within the global system. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | international conventions related to Antarctica, Arctica and deep seas, | 7,10 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | explain the differences of the policies of the countries on the polar issues, | 7,10 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | interpret poles and deep seas issues, | 7,10 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | explain Turkey's studies on Antarctica, Arctic and deep seas | 7,10 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | present related to Antarctica, Arctica and the deep seas. | 7,10 | 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 history and rights of the polar and the international conventions, the processes and operation of the bases, logistics in the polar countries and their cooperation with each other, polar policies and international relations of the countries, the definition, usage, research, fishing and mining activities, international use of the seabed and conventions |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Discovery and history of Poles | | | Week 2 | Institutions related to Poles- Arctic and Antarctica | | | Week 3 | International conventions on polarity | | | Week 4 | International conventions on polarity | | | Week 5 | National legislation on poles | | | Week 6 | Claims of rights in the poles and the current situation | | | Week 7 | Resources in polar regions | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Polar Tourism | | | Week 10 | Policies of the Antarctic policies | | | Week 11 | Policies of the Arctic | | | Week 12 | Definition of deep seas | | | Week 13 | International law of the deep seas | | | Week 14 | Deep-sea resources | | | Week 15 | Deep-sea resources management and policy | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Handbook on the Politics of Antarctica, ISBN: 978 1 78471 767 4, 640 pp | | | 2 | Handbook of the Politics of the Arctic, Edited by Leif Christian Jensen, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway, 2015 ISBN: 978 0 85793 473 4 , page 640 pp | | | 3 | Klaas Willaert, Regulating Deep Sea Mining, Springer Cham, ISBN: 978-3-030-82834-9, 2021 | | | |
| 1 | Environmental Issues of Deep-Sea Mining: Impacts, Consequences and Policy Perspectives, ISBN-13: 978-3030126957, Springer; 1st ed. 2019 edition | | | 2 | The Palgrave Handbook of Arctic Policy and Politics, 978-3-030-20557-7, Editors: Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd, Palgrave Macmillan | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 16-24 Nisan 2022 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06-19 Haziran 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 | 4 | 13 | 52 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 4 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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