ECTS - Political Theory and International Relations
Political Theory and International Relations (KAM610) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Political Theory and International Relations | KAM610 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Ph.D. |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Observation Case Study, Project Design/Management. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This course will focus on international and global politics combining political theory and international relations. In this direction, besides the structural analysis of the international political system and the international political economy, global political activity arising from the grassroots will also be discussed. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | International political sytem; international political economy; international security; global inequalities; the role of international organizations; global social movements. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction to the Course | - |
| 2 | Theory of International Politics Between 1919-1990: Liberalism | |
| 3 | Theory of International Politics Between 1919-1990: Realism | |
| 4 | Theory of International Politics Between 1919-1990: Marxism/Structuralism | |
| 5 | Theory of International Relation Between 1919-1990: International Community | |
| 6 | Critical Theory of International Politics: Critical Theory | |
| 7 | Critical Theory of International Politics: Post-Structuralist Theory | |
| 8 | Critical Theory of International Politics: Feminist Theory | |
| 9 | Methodological Discussions (I) | |
| 10 | Methodological Discussions (II) | |
| 11 | Methodological Discussions (III) | |
| 12 | Theories of International Politics in the 21th Century (I) | |
| 13 | Theories of International Politics in the 21th Century (II) | |
| 14 | Theories of International Politics in the 21th Century (III) | |
| 15 | Term Project Presentations (I) | - |
| 16 | Term Project Presentations (II) | - |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Baylis, John and Steve Smith (eds) The Globalization of World Politics. (Oxford: Oxford University Press) |
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| 2. Brown, Chris, Terry Nardin and Nicholas Rengger (eds) International Relations in Political Thought | |
| 3. Brown, Chris Understanding International Relations. (Basingstoke: Palgrave) | |
| 4. Burchill, S., Andrew Linklater et al Theories of International Relations. (Basingstoke: Palgrave) | |
| 5. Joshua S. Goldstein , International Relations, (New York: Pearson-Longman) | |
| 6. Kendall W. Stiles, Case Histories in International Politics, (New York: Pearson-Longman) | |
| 7. Sandler, T. Global Collective Action. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| 8. West, D. Social Movements in Global Politics. (London: Wiley). | |
| 9. Williams, H., M. Wright and T. Evans (eds) A Reader in International Relations and Political Theory. (Milton Keynes: Open University Press). |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 14 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 35 |
| Presentation | 1 | 16 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 35 |
| Toplam | 4 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 65 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 35 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Improving knowledge and understanding of the disciplines political science and public administration so as to enable the Ph. D. candidates to produce new knowledge on these disciplines. | X | ||||
| 2 | Improving knowledge and understanding in the parallel disciplines of sociology, anthropology, history etc. to create a multi-disciplinary perspective of the field of study. | X | ||||
| 3 | Introducing and improving knowledge and skills of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods so as to create a capacity to utilize them in researches in the field of political science and public administration. | X | ||||
| 4 | Enabling the Ph. D. candidates to utilize their thoretical, methodological, and multi-disciplinary knowledge so as to critically understand the discussions in those fields, and to understand the gaps in the literature concerned. | X | ||||
| 5 | Improving academic writing skills so as to enable the Ph. D. candidates to write their dissertations or research papers in a suitable manner. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 131 | ||