This course is designed as an appetizer for the students of international relations. It covers basic theories, brief history and fundamental issues of the field. A couple of standard textbooks will be utilized, yet additional reading will be supplemented during the semester. Participants are very much encouraged to read daily news, follow international press and get familiar with podcasts like I-Tunes U.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Professor İbrahim Mensur Akgün
Course Assistant(s)
Res. Asst. Özgün Elif Çaldemir
Schedule
Monday, 09.00-11.50, A-502
Office Hour(s)
Anytime through e-mail via makgun@iku.edu.tr
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Lecture
-Presentation
Principle Sources
-Andrew Heywood, Global Politics (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2014).
-John Baylis, Steve Smith & Patricia Owens, The Globalization of World Politics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).
-Richard Devetak, Antony Burke & Jim George (Eds), An Introduction to International Relations (Cambera: Cambridge University Press, 2011).
-Peter Sutch, International Relations: The Basics (New York: Routledge, 2007)
-Richard Mansbach & Kirsten Rafferty, Introduction to Global Politics (New York: Routledge, 2008).
-Swan Smallman & Kimberly Brown, Introduction to International & Global Studies (Chapell Hill: University of Caroline Press, 2011)
-Şaban Kardaş & Ali Balcı (Eds), Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş (Istanbul: Küre Yayınları, 2014)
Other Sources
-Gael Faye, Small Country (London: Vintage Publishing, 2018)
-Gael Faye, Küçük Ülke (İstanbul: Kafka Yayınevi, 2019)
-Orhan Pamuk, İstanbul: Hatıralar ve Şehir (İstanbul: Yapı-Kredi Yayınları, 2003).
-Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories and the City (New York: Vintage Books, 2006)
-Amin Maalouf, Ports of Call (London: Harvill Press, 1999).
-Wole Soyinka, Of Africa (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012).
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction
Lecture
2. Week
History: From city-states to nation-states
Lecture, presentation and discussion
3. Week
History: The long 20th century
Lecture, presentation and discussion
4. Week
Current History: Fall of the Wall and the rise of problems
Lecture, presentation and discussion
5. Week
Realism
Lecture, presentation and discussion
6. Week
Theories: Liberalism, Constructivism & Marxism
Lecture, presentation and discussion
7. Week
Theories: Liberalism, Constructivism & Marxism
Lecture, presentation and discussion
8. Week
Wars and the ways to regulate them
Lecture, presentation and discussion
9. Week
Issues: Terrorism and Clash of Hypotheses
Lecture, presentation and discussion
10. Week
Issues: Nuclear Proliferation I
Lecture, presentations and discussion
11. Week
Issues: Nuclear Proliferation II
Lecture, presentation and discussion
12. Week
Issues: Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention and Human Security I
Lecture, presentation and discussion
13. Week
Issues: Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention and Human Security II
Lecture, presentation and discussion
14. Week
Wrap up
Final exam
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
10
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To identify and use theoretical and practical knowledge in International Relations.
PO-2
To express ideas and assessments about contemporary debates in International Relations.
PO-3
To acknowledge ethical and scientific responsibilities of data collection, evaluation and publication.
PO-4
To monitor and interpret published studies in International Relations.
PO-5
To use a second language at an intermediate level.
PO-6
To analyze, compare and relate different local, regional and global developments in International Relations.
PO-7
To analyze, compare and relate International Relations with theories and practices of different associate departments and their sub-fields and to offer suggestions by combining these fields.
PO-8
To present substantial knowledge for various public, private and academic career positions.
PO-9
To analyze the emergence and functions of prominent regional and local actors and to make future projections about their actions.
PO-10
To theoretically and practically examine different events and facts in International Relations and Foreign Policy and to interpret their past, present, and future through a scientific perspective.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To analyze international events and issues.
LO-2
To employ academic theories and international relations concepts in global events and problems
LO-3
To recognize the cultural diversity in the world and use this to the analyze a diverse and globalizing world of politics and international affairs
LO-4
To evaluate international relations studies with the acquired analysis and research skills
LO-5
To develop academic written and oral communication skills.
