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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
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| Course Name | |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| Fall |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | ||||||
| Course Type | Required | |||||
| Course Level | - | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
| Assistant(s) | ||||||
| Course Objectives | |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | X | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Presentation and an overview of the course | |
| 2 | Part1 - “Science” in International Relations | King Gary, Robert Keohane, and Sidney Verba. 1994: pp. 7-12. • Gray, Paul S., John B. Williamson, David A. Karp, and John R. Dalphin. 2007: Chapter 1. |
| 3 | Part 1- What are biases and heuristics? How do we avoid them? | Amos Tversky; Daniel Kahneman The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice Science, New Series, Vol. 211, No. 4481. (Jan. 30, 1981), pp. 453/458. Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases Amos Tversky; Daniel Kahneman Science, Vol. 185, No. 4157. (Sep. 27, 1974), pp. 1124-1131 |
| 4 | Part 1 - Causal Inference – Analyzing Arguments | Lecture notes will be provided |
| 5 | Part 1 – Theory and Hypothesis | Gray, Chapter 2 Van Evera, Stephen (1997). Hypotheses, Laws, and Theories: A User’s Guide. Maoz, Zeey and Bruce Russett (1993). ***Assignment 1 Due |
| 6 | Part 2 – Using Excel for basic calculations and statistics | Lecture notes will be provided |
| 7 | Part 2 – Using Excel for graphs and charts | Lecture notes will be provided |
| 8 | Part 2 – Common mistakes and errors in visual representation of data | Lecture notes will be provided |
| 9 | Basics of visual presentation | Lecture notes will be provided ***Assignment 2 Due |
| 10 | Preparing Powerpoint presentations | Lecture notes will be provided |
| 11 | Online Resources – Scholar Google – JSTOR - Databases | Lecture notes will be provided - Selection of Presentation Topic Due |
| 12 | Academic Honesty | What is Plagiarism (and How to Avoid it) by Christopher N. Lawrence |
| 13 | Academic Ethics – Plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty | |
| 14 | Student Presentations | |
| 15 | Student Presentations | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Above mentioned book chapters, scholarly articles and lecture notes prepared by the instructor. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 15 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 4 | 20 |
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 3 | 45 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 9 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 3 | |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 4 | 6 | |
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 3 | 6 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 15 | |
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 163 |
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to use the advanced theoretical and practical knowledge that the graduates have acquired in the areas of international relations | |||||
| 2 | To be able to examine, interpret data and assess concepts and ideas with the scientific methods in the area of international relations/political science | X | ||||
| 3 | To take the responsibility as a group team member and as an individual to solve unforeseen and multidimensional problems that are unforeseen in practice | |||||
| 4 | To be able to recognize regional and global issues/problems, and to be able to develop solutions based on research and scientific evidence | |||||
| 5 | To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the area of international relations/political science critically and to detect learning requirements and to guide learning. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of international relations; to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems verbally and in writing to experts and nonexperts. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to interpret theoretical debates regarding relations among factors in global politics such as structures, institutions and culture, to be able to pinpoint the continuities and changes of main dynamics of international relations, | |||||
| 8 | To be able to distinguish the differences between the classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship, | |||||
| 9 | To be able to make use of other disciplines that international relations are based upon (political science, law, economics, sociology, psychology, etc.) and to have the basic knowledge of these disciplines. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to keep abreast of current news on international relations, learn a foreign language and to communicate with one’s peers (European language portfolio global scale, level B1) | |||||
| 11 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
| 12 | To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to international relations. | X | ||||
| 13 | To be able to improve the acquired knowledge, skills and qualifications for personal and social reasons | X | ||||
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