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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring |
| 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 | X |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction and presentation on the course: Basic problems and concepts of modern political thought. | |
| 2 | Rousseau’s critique of modern society | Rousseau, “Discourse on the Origins and Foundations of Inequality Among Men” Basic Political Writings, (Hackett, 1987), 2581. |
| 3 | Rousseau’s republicanism I: social contract, state and freedom | Rousseau, “On The Social Contract” Basic Political Writings, (Hackett, 1987), 141172. |
| 4 | Rousseau’s republicanism II: form of government and popular sovereignty | Rousseau, “On The Social Contract” Basic Political Writings, (Hackett, 1987), 173227. |
| 5 | Midterm | |
| 6 | Kant’s account of Enlightenment and cosmopolitanism | Kant, “What is Enlightenment?” “Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmpolitan Purpose”, Kant’s Political Writings, (Cambridge University Press, 1996), 4160. |
| 7 | Kant’s conception of international peace and cosmopolitan right | Kant, “Perpetual Peace”, Kant’s Political Writings, (Cambridge University Press, 1996), |
| 8 | Freedom account of Mill I | John Stuart Mill, “On Liberty”, On Liberty and Other Essays, (oxford University Press, 1998) |
| 9 | Freedom account of Mill II | John Stuart Mill, “On Liberty”, On Liberty and Other Essays, (Oxford University Press, 1998) |
| 10 | Midterm | |
| 11 | Marx’s critique of religion and liberalism | Marx, “On the Jewish Question” The MarxEngels Reader, (W.W. Norton & Company, 1978), 2652. |
| 12 | Marx’s critique of capitalism | Marx, “Wage Labour and Capital”, The MarxEngels Reader, (W.W. Norton & Company, 1978), 203217. |
| 13 | Critical theory and Marcuse’s critique of late modern community | Herbert Marcuse, “New Forms of Social Control”, OneDimensional Man, (Routledge, 2007), 118. |
| 14 | Rawls’ theory of liberalism and justice | John Rawls, “”The Idea of an Overlapping Consensus”, Political Liberalism, (Columbia University Press, 1996), 133172. |
| 15 | Review of the course | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Works written below. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 2 | 40 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 60 | |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 40 | |
| 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 | 12 | 3 | |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 45 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 2 | 15 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 15 | |
| Total | 174 |
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 | X | ||||
| 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 | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to recognize regional and global issues/problems, and to be able to develop solutions based on research and scientific evidence | X | ||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 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, | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to distinguish the differences between the classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship, | X | ||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 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) | X | ||||
| 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 | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest