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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

INR027

Course Name:

International Energy Politics

Semester:

Fall
Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Departmental Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. CAN DONDURAN

Course Lecturer(s):

Doç. Dr. Efe Can Gürcan

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

The main objective of the course is to provide students with a comprehensive idea of diverse and multidimensional political impacts of energy issues at the globalscale. Also, the course should develop the ability to analyze political dimension of energy issues at the global and regional scale, taking into account historical, economic, logistical, social, domestic and external political, ecological, and cultural context.

Course Content:

Energy issues have always been important in international relations, but in recent years may have become even more important than in the past due to the widespread awareness of existing limits to energy sources and negative climate impacts. The course examines global trends and developments in energy consumption and production, and provides the ability to evaluate the impact of renewable and non-renewable energy sources on policy to the students.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students will be familiar with major energy-related issues affecting global and regional politics
2) Students will understand international mechanisms of energy governance, limitations and vulnerabilities of these mechanisms.
3) Students will have a comprehensive idea of regional agendas of energy politics.
4) Students will be able to analyze prospective trends of political agendas related to energy issues.
5) Students will be able to do case study research on particular politically relevant energy issues.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Energy demand and supply
2)	Exploration issues
3)	Transportation issues
4)	Pipeline politics
5)	Social and political issues related to energy
6)	Energy and political conflicts
7)	Energy governance
8)	Midterm
9)	Political impacts of introducing new energy sources
10)	Energy and political dimension of environmental debates
11)	Russia and Eurasia: geopolitics of energy production and transportation
12)	Central Asian and Caspian energy geopolitics
13)	European Union: political dimension of energy production and consumption
14)	China: internal consumption and expansion of geopolitical influence
15)	Final exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

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References:

BP Global, ‘60 Years. BP Statistical Review of World Energy.1951–2011’,
http://www.bp.com/60yearsstatisticalreview/
Andreas Economou, Paolo Agnolucci,Bassam Fattouh, and Vincenzo De Lipis, ‘A
Structural Model of the World Oil Market: The Role of Investment Dynamics and Capacity
Constraints in Explaining the Evolution of the Real Price of Oil,’ The Oxford Institute for Energy
Studies, December 2017, https://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/AStructural-Model-of-the-World-Oil-Market-Insight-23.pdf/
Federal Energy Regulation Commission, ‘Energy Primer. A Handbook of Energy Market
Basics,’ November 2015, https://www.ferc.gov/market-oversight/guide/energy-primer.pdf/
International Energy Agency, ‘Outlook for Natural Gas,’ 2018,
https://webstore.iea.org/world-energy-outlook-2017-excerpt-outlook-for-natural-gas/
The Corner House, ‘Energy Security For Whom? For What?’ February 2012,
http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/resource/energy-security-whom-what/
Thijs Van de Graaf and Aviel Verbruggen, ‘The oil endgame: Strategies of Oil Exporters in a Carbon-Constrained World,’ Environmental Science & Policy 54 (2015), pp. 456–462.
Bassam Fattouh, ‘Oil Price Paths in 2018: The Interplay bertween OPEC, US Shale and Supply Interruptions,’ The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, February 2018,
https://www.oxfordenergy.org/publications/oil-price-paths-2018-interplay-opec-us-shale-supplyinterruptions/

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) Has knowledge about basic theoretical debates in the field of International Relations.	1	3	2	3	2
2) Defines contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of International Relations at national and international level.	3		2	3	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.	2	2	3	2	3
5) Using social sciences methods, can conduct research and follow the field.	2	2	1	2	2
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.	2	2	2	2	2
9) Transmits the opinions, thoughts and solutions in the field of International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and orally.	3	3	3	3	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.	2	2	2	2	2
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.	2
3)	Relates the interaction of the Department of International Relations with other social sciences (history, political science, law, economy).	1
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.	2
5)	Using social sciences methods, can conduct research and follow the field.	1
6)	Uses leadership characteristics with awareness of teamwork.	2
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
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
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.	1
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
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	22
Final	15	61
Total Workload		125