International Relations (English) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | INR027 | ||||
Course Name: | International Energy 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 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. |
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. |
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 |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Ders kitabı yerine çeşitli kaynaklar kullanılacaktır. |
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/ |
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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 |
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. |
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 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Midterms | 7 | 22 |
Final | 15 | 61 |
Total Workload | 125 |