ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| International Relations (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | INR205 | ||||
| Course Name: | Introduction to Geopolitics | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Compulsory Courses | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. OSMAN CAN ÜNVER | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Prof. Dr. Osman Can Ünver | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | The course aims to depict the relevance of territory, international boundaries and sovereignty claims as well as national interests in the context of international relations. To this end, geopolitics will be discussed in relation to resources, flows, security concerns and identities as well as ideologies. |
| Course Content: | The emergence and development of traditional and modern theories of geopolitics, various approaches to security studies along with post-modern security theories and strategies, existing links between these of sub-fields. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) They will learn basic knowledge on geopolitics 2) They will learn differing geopolitics approaches with their theoretical, conceptual and historical backgrounds. 3) They will learn policies of different states in various epochs within the context of geopolitics. 4) They will learn the implementation of policies with aspects of geopolitics in our contemporary world. 5) They will learn the geopolitical approaches and policies of Turkey. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction | |
| 2) | Core Theories of Geopolitics 1 | |
| 3) | Core Theories of Geopolitics II | |
| 4) | Critical Geopolitics | |
| 5) | Geopolitics and Economy | |
| 6) | Geopolitics and Military Power | |
| 7) | Geopolitics and Diplomacy | |
| 8) | Midterm | |
| 9) | Geopolitics and the Role of Leaders | |
| 10) | Geopolitics and National Identity | |
| 11) | The Place of Geopolitics in the Current International Relations | |
| 12) | International Law and Geopolitics | |
| 13) | Turkey’s Geopolitics I | |
| 14) | Turkey’s Geopolitics II | |
| 15) | General Assessment | |
| 16) | Final |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Colin Flint (2006), Introduction to Geopolitics. Routledge. London and New York Saul Bernard Cohen (2015), Geopolitics. The Geography of International Relations. Third Edition. Rowman & Littlefield. Lanham-Boulder-New York-London Gearóid Ó Tuathail (2005), Critical Geopolitics. Rotledge. London Tim Marshall (2015), Prisoners of Geography. Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World. Scribner. New York-London-Toronto-Sydney-New Delhi |
| References: | ders kitapları |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| 1) Has knowledge about basic theoretical debates in the field of International Relations. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2) Defines contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of International Relations at national and international level. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 3) Relates the interaction of the Department of International Relations with other social sciences (history, political science, law, economy). | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 4) Gains knowledge and skills to evaluate and discuss the events in an interdisciplinary dimension, and analyze the political, social and economic problems encountered in national and international contexts within a certain conceptual framework. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 5) Using social sciences methods, can conduct research and follow the field. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 6) Uses leadership characteristics with awareness of teamwork. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 7) Can design and prepare scientific projects such as projects, reports, articles and theses with their own or others with uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 8) Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what he/she needs and critically question the information has acquired. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 9) Transmits the opinions, thoughts and solutions in the field of International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and orally. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 10) Follows the developments in the field and communicates with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 11) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Has knowledge about basic theoretical debates in the field of International Relations. | 2 |
| 2) | Defines contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of International Relations at national and international level. | 3 |
| 3) | Relates the interaction of the Department of International Relations with other social sciences (history, political science, law, economy). | 3 |
| 4) | Gains knowledge and skills to evaluate and discuss the events in an interdisciplinary dimension, and analyze the political, social and economic problems encountered in national and international contexts within a certain conceptual framework. | 3 |
| 5) | Using social sciences methods, can conduct research and follow the field. | 2 |
| 6) | Uses leadership characteristics with awareness of teamwork. | |
| 7) | Can design and prepare scientific projects such as projects, reports, articles and theses with their own or others with uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques. | 3 |
| 8) | Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what he/she needs and critically question the information has acquired. | 3 |
| 9) | Transmits the opinions, thoughts and solutions in the field of International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and orally. | 2 |
| 10) | Follows the developments in the field and communicates with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | 3 |
| 11) | Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. |
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Quizzes | 2 | % 10 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| total | % 100 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 16 | 48 |
| Homework Assignments | 15 | 16 |
| Quizzes | 15 | 16 |
| Midterms | 3 | 12 |
| Final | 15 | 33 |
| Total Workload | 125 | |