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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;
  • have knowledge of key ethical and political concepts and questions
  • be able to think critically and creatively about key ethical and political concepts and questions.
  • will be able to assess such fundamental concepts as justice, freedom, liberal toleration, constitutional democracy, cosmopolitanism and human rights
  • will be able to discuss central classical and contemporary issues in political theory and practice.
  • will be able to evaluate critically the political and philosophical foundations of Europe and modernity.
  • able to participate in group work in a dialogical way through presentations and class discussion
Course Description

 



Course Category

 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 Giriş ve dersin tanıtımı
2 Theories of Freedom I Isaiah Berlin, “Two Concepts of Liberty”,
3 Theories of Freedom II Hannah Arendt, “What is Freedom?”; Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition, (University of Chicago Press, 1998), 175247
4 Constitutional Democracy and Justice I John Rawls, Political Liberalism, (Columbia University Pres, 2005)Rainer Forst, “Liberalism, Communitarianism and the Question of Justice” Contexts of Justice, (Berkeley: University of California Pres, 2002).
5 Constitutional Democracy and Justice II Jürgen Habermas, “Struggles for Recognition in the Democratic Constitutional State”
6 Liberal Toleration John Gray, “Liberal Toleration” Two Faces of Liberalism (New York: New Pres, 2004).
7 Toleration ve Politics of Recognition Anna Elisabetta Galeotti, “Toleration Reconsidered”, “Toleration and Identity Politics” “Toleration as Recognition”, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
8 Assignment
9 Civil Disobedince I: Rawls and Habermas
10 Civil Disobedince II: Arendt Hannah Arendt, “On Civil Disobedience”, The Crises of the Republic, (Harcourt Brace, 1972), 49102.
11 Cosmopolitanism I: Kantian Approach and Arendt Kant, “Perpetual Peace” Kant’s Political Writings, (Cambridge University Press, 1996); Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism, (New York: Schocken Boks, 2004).
12 Cosmopolitanism II Seyla Benhabib, The Rights of Others, (Cambridge University Pres, 2007).
13 Cosmopolitanism III Jacques Derrida, On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness (London: Routledge, 2001)
14 Assignment
15 General Review
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
2
50
Presentation / Jury
2
50
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
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
12
3
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
2
30
Presentation / Jury
2
20
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
Final Exams
    Total
184

 

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

 

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