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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;
  • will be able to explain historical development of foreign policy as a branch of international relations
  • will be able to classify the factors effecting foreing policy making as internal, external, psychological, and social.
  • will be able to examine internal factors as domestic politics, regime type, whether governance is open (democratic) or closed (authoritarian), administration styles of political parties in democratic regimes (single party or coalition, party fragmentation or fragility), applied methods while decision making (rationalchoice, organizational politics or bureaucratic politics approaches).
  • will be able to examine external factors as economic and security dependence of small powers to big powers or peripheral states to central states and formation of foreign policies by those dependencies
  • will be able to examines how psychological conditions of leaders direct foreign policies of states. Examines how different leadership styles form foreing policy by classifying them as objective oriented and environment considering.
  • will be able to describe idealist approach in relevance to social, security, and economic relations.
  • will be able to explain how social values such as religion and nationalism effects states’ foreign policies.
  • will be able to provide application of those approaches to certain policies of different states.
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 Introduction
2 Realism and Foreign Policy Realism in the Globalization of World Politics, John Baylis&Steve Smith, p. 161 183
3 Liberalism and Foreign Policy Liberalism in the Globalization of World Politics, John Baylis & Steve Smith, p. 185 203
4 Constructivism and Foreign Policy Social Constructivism in the Globalization of World Politics, John Baylis & Steve Smith, p. 251 270
5 Midterm Exam
6 Domestic Environment I Regimes, Political Oppositions and the Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy, Kegley and Rosenau pp. 339 365
7 Domestic Environment II Graham Allison, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis
8 Movie Analysis Thirteen Days
9 International Environment Jeanne Hey, Foreign Policy in Dependent States in Foreign Policy Analysis: Continuity and Change in its Second Generation, Laura Neack, Jeanne Hey and Patrick Haney, eds. (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1985) 201 213.
10 Psychological Environment Margaret Hermann, Thomas Preston, Bahgat Korany, Timothy M. Shaw, “Who Leads Matters, The Effect of Powerful Individuals”, International Studies Review V. 3 N. 2 (Summer 2001)
11 Midterm Exam
12 Cultural Influences on Foreign Policy Martin W. Sampson III, “Cultural Influences on Foreign Policy,” in New Directions in the Study of Foreign Policy, eds., Herman, Kegley, Rosenau, (Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1987)
13 Duties Beyond Borders / Case Study Hotel Rwanda (2004) Movie
14 Presentations
15 Review of the Semester
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks Steve Smith et.al. Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases. Oxford University Press, New York, 2008
Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
2
50
Final Exam
1
30
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
70
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
30
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
2
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
12
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
11
Final Exams
1
16
    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 X
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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