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Seminar in International Relations

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
IRY2001 *1 2 Seminar in International Relations 3/0/0 CC English 8
Course Goals
  This course aims to help the students in their thesis writing process. Choosing subject, formulating a research question, making research and literature review, writing bibliography and completing proposals are main subjects of this course.
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Instructor(s) Professor İbrahim Mensur Akgün
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Schedule Tuesday, 18.00-21.00, CATS
Office Hour(s) By appointment
Teaching Methods and Techniques -Lecture

-Discussion 

-Practice 
Principle Sources -Umberto Eco, How to Write a Thesis, MIT Press, 2015.
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Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction Oral Presentation
2. Week Ethical Values & How to choose topic and formulate research question Oral Presentation
3. Week How to make research Oral Presentation
4. Week How to write literature review Oral Presentation
5. Week Writing Literature Review Project
6. Week Writing Literature Review Project
7. Week Writing Literature Review Project
8. Week Midterm Midterm
9. Week How to Make Citations and Bibliography Oral Presentation
10. Week How to write thesis proposal Oral Presentation
11. Week Writing thesis proposal Project
12. Week Writing thesis proposal Project
13. Week Writing thesis proposal Project
14. Week Writing thesis proposal Project
15. Week Final Exam Exam
16. Week Final Exam Exam
17. Week Final Exam Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools Quantity Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations 3 100


Program Outcomes
PO-11.To identify and use advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in International Relations and Diplomacy.
PO-22.To express ideas and assessments about contemporary debates in International Relations.
PO-33.To monitor and interpret published studies in International Relations
PO-44.To analyze, compare and relate different local, regional and global developments in International Relations.
PO-55.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-66.To present substantial knowledge for various public, private and academic career positions. To reach the necessary academic level in order to pursue doctoral research.
PO-77.To analyze the emergence and functions of prominent regional and local actors and to make future projections about their actions.
PO-88.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.
PO-99.To employ advanced level knowledge in International Relations and Foreing Policy to develop the society educationally and culturally.
PO-1010.To lead the organizations that necessitate the resolution of the problems related to International Relations and Foreing Policy and to organize personal, institutional and team studies in advanced level.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1To organize thesis writing.
LO-2To develop suggestions for the construction of thesis topic and research question
LO-3To implement specific methods for making research.
LO-4To make suggestions for completing thesis proposal.
LO-5To construct a research design.
Course Assessment Matrix:
Program Outcomes - Learning Outcomes Matrix
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