ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | INR402 | ||||
| Course Name: | Contemporary World Politics | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. CAN DONDURAN | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Doç. Dr. Efe Can Gürcan | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | This course aims some of the central issues and themes such as war, security, sovereignty, world order, human rights, global political economy, migration, citizenship. |
| Course Content: | With a wide-ranging focus, this course is intended to examine the world politics by searching answers to various key questions. The causes of national and international conflicts and the conditions for peace, emergence of international terrorism, phenomenon of globalization and establishment and maintenance of international order and stability will be, in that sense, main topics of the course. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students will gain critical understanding of contemporary issues in world politics. 2) Students will have information about the basic phenomena that shape world politics and will be able to interpret current developments. 3) Students will learn some themes such as war, security, sovereignty, world order, human rights, global political economy, migration, citizenship. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction: Issues in World Politics | |
| 2) | Ordering the World | |
| 3) | Geopolitics | |
| 4) | Global Capitalism, Infrastructers, Logistics | |
| 5) | Technology, Security, Cyberspace | |
| 6) | Military Affairs | |
| 7) | Migration, Borders, Citizenship | |
| 8) | Midterm | |
| 9) | International Law, Race, Global Justice | |
| 10) | Global Health Crisis | |
| 11) | Politics of Humanity and Humanitarianism | |
| 12) | At the End of the World | |
| 13) | international conflicts | |
| 14) | General review | |
| 15) | Final exam |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Haftalık okuma listesi paylaşılacaktır. |
| References: | Haftalık okuma listesi paylaşılacaktır. |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| total | % 100 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Midterms | 7 | 21 |
| Final | 15 | 62 |
| Total Workload | 125 | |