Diplomacy: Past and Present (UI503) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Diplomacy: Past and Present	UI503	Area Elective	3	0	0	3	5

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Level	Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Team/Group.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. Şükrü Sina Gürel
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	The course aims to provide students with factual data about the sources and outcomes of major political developments in international relations of 19th and 20th centuries and enable them to understand the roots of many contemporary issues, problems, institutions and the patterns of behaviour among states.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Comprehend the diplomacy period of Inter-European wars and Cold War Present the diplomatic confrontations in the First and Second World War Evaluate the Cold War diplomatic affairs in terms of balance of power policy of states To have a basic knowledge about diplomatic history.
Course Content	The political developments and the main ideological movements in Europe and the reformist movement in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century; Ottoman-European diplomatic relations prior to the First World War and the developments leading to the First World War.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Introduction
2	General political situation in Europe after the War	Palmer, pp. 777-799
3	Europe at the end of the First World War	Palmer, pp. 805-822
4	Germany and Europe from chaos to stability	Sander, pp.16-32
5	The Locarno Period: Relative stability	Sander, pp. 32-39
6	Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s	Sander pp. 40-110
7	Hitler’s foreign policy aims	Sander pp. 40-110
8	Mid-term
9	Major events on the road to the Second World War	Palmer, pp. 777-799
10	Second World War	Palmer, pp. 834-860
11	Wartime conferences and arrangements	Sander, pp. 111-189
12	Beginning of the Cold War	Palmer, pp. 867-914
13	Cold War crises	Palmer, pp. 968- 1035
14	Détente period	Palmer, pp. 968- 1035
15	End of the Cold War	Palmer, pp. 1035-1045
16	Review Week

Sources

Course Book	1. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, A History of the Modern World, McGraw-Hill Education, 2013
	2. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, İmge Kitabevi, 2000

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	-	-
Presentation	-	-
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	40
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	60
Toplam	2	100

Percentage of Semester Work	40
Percentage of Final Work	60
Total	100

Course Category

Core Courses	X
Major Area Courses
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
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	Acquiring the skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts and methodology of international relations.
2	Acquiring the skills of analyzing international relations from a theoretical level.
3	Acquiring the ability to make logical interpretations about the recent either global or national political events.
4	Acquiring different perspectives on international relations.
5	Improving the ability to make analyses about the current and future prospects of global and regional actors.
6	Developing relevant academic and applied research skills in political areas.
7	To improve the academic writing skills pertaining to the academic area.
8	To improve the academic presentation skills pertaining to the academic area.
9	To improve analytical thinking and independent research skills.
10	Acquiring an open-minded behavior through encouraging critical analysis, interpretation, discussions, and/or continuous learning.
11	Improving the ability to effectively develop arguments.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	55	55
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	70	70
Total Workload			125