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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Spring |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | ||||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| 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 | X | |
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction – syllabus presentation and explanation. | Syllabus and course bibliography. Instructor’s notes (Summary presentation of minority rights in international and EU law). |
| 2 | The ‘Problem of Minorities’: Minority Rights within the Context of Human Rights Regimes | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 1. |
| 3 | The ‘Problem of Minorities’: Minority Rights within the Context of Human Rights Regimes | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 1. |
| 4 | Minority Rights: Religion | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 2. |
| 5 | Minority Rights: Race | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 3. |
| 6 | Minority Rights: Language | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 4. |
| 7 | Minority Rights: Ethnicity | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 5. FREEMAN, Michael, 2002. Human Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, Chapter 6, section “Minority Rights”. |
| 8 | Beyond the “Problem of Minorities”? Toward Minority Politics | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 6. |
| 9 | Midterm Exam | |
| 10 | Minority politics and minority rights in unitary nation-states: the case of Turkey | BAYAR, Yeşim. 2014. ‘In Pursuit of Homogeneity: The Lausanne Conference, Minorities and the Turkish Nation’ Nationalities Papers, 42(1), 108-125. İÇDUYGU, Ahmet and SONER, Ali, B. 2006. ‘Turkish Minority Rights Regime: Between Difference and Equality’, Middle Eastern Studies, 42(3), 447-468. ÖZGEN, Zeynep. 2006. ‘Change and Resistance: EU Conditionality on Minority Rights in Turkey’, paper presented in the 10th Annual Graduate Student Conference, "Ripple Effects" of the European Project, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, February 10-12, 2006. HUGHES, Edel. 2010. ‘The European Union Accession Process: Ensuring the Protection of Turkey’s Minorities’, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 17(4), 561-577. |
| 11 | Minority (inter-ethnic) Politics: Autonomy | TKACIC, Michael, 2008. ‘Characteristics of Forms of Autonomy’. International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, 15(2/3), 369-401. |
| 12 | Minority (inter-ethnic) Politics: the Devolution of Sovereignty (UK) | MUNRO, Colin R., 1999. ‘Scottish Devolution: Accommodating a Restless Nation’. International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, 6(1/2), 97-119. |
| 13 | Minority (inter-ethnic) Politics: the Devolution of Sovereignty (Spain) | KEATING, Michael, 2000. ‘The Minority Nations of Spain and European Integration: A New Framework for Autonomy?’ Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, 1(1), 29-42. |
| 14 | Minority (inter-ethnic) Politics: Inter-ethnic Relations of Equality (Romania) | Instructor’s notes. |
| 15 | Review | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Books and journal articles (see above), power point presentations |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Databases from various relevant international organisations (e.g. European Commission, European Parliament, UN, OSCE); relevant local, European and world news sources (e.g. BBC, Reuters, France Press, Deutsche Welle, Financial Times, EUobserver.com, BalkanInsight.com, Anadolu Ajansı, Hürriyet Daily News, Minorityrights.org). |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | 1 | 20 |
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 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 | 14 | 3 | |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 5 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | 1 | ||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 12 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 23 | |
| Total | 130 |
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 | |||||
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