INT601 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY | INT601 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Must | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Associate Professor Müge Kınacıoğlu | |||||
| Course objective | This course aims to provide the students with a deep analysis of the theories of international relations at the postgraduate level. The course anlayzes the main historical and contemporary concepts within the discipline of international relations as well as structures and processes in international relations. It examines major theories of international relations (IR) that help understand and explain the behavioral and institutional regularities in world politics and focuses on the debates within and between these theoretical approaches. It further explores the major methodological debates in the field of IR. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Overview of the emergence of IR as an academic discipline, within the framework of theoretical debates realism, structural realism, neo-classical realism, liberalism, neoliberalism, positivism vs. postpositivism, international society school, critical theory, social constructivism, feminism, postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, international relations theory and globalization. | |||||
| References | Dunne, Tim, Milja Kurki, and Steve Smith, International Relations Theories, Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2007. Sterling-Folker, J. (ed.), Making Sense of International Relations Theory, Lynne Rienner Publishers: Boulder, 2006. Weber, Cnythia, International Relations Theory, A Critical Introduction, Second edition, Routledge: New York, 2005. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | International Relations and SocialScience |
| Week 3 | International Relations as Political Theory |
| Week 4 | Classical Realism and its critics |
| Week 5 | Liberalism and its critics |
| Week 6 | The English School and its critics |
| Week 7 | Structural Realism and its critics |
| Week 8 | Midterm exam |
| Week 9 | Neoliberalism and its critics |
| Week 10 | Critical Theory and its critics |
| Week 11 | Social Constructivism and beyond |
| Week 12 | Feminism in International Relations |
| Week 13 | Postmodernism and poststructuralism |
| Week 14 | Postcolonialist approaches, International Relations Theory and Globalization |
| Week 15 | Study week |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 25 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 25 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 15 | 5 | 75 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 33 | 68 | 180 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Defines international security, political, social and economic issues in their historical and legal aspects, with an interdisciplinary approach. | X | ||||
| 2. Tells theoretical and applied knowledge of International Relations discipline in depth. | X | ||||
| 3. Interprets main international issues and developments with an interdisciplinary approach. | X | ||||
| 4. Uses the most suitable research methods in defining and analyzing international issues, and develops independent analyses. | X | ||||
| 5. Follows scientific literature and sources in the field of International Relations. | X | ||||
| 6. Develops strategy and policy proposals regarding international issues by relying on theoretical approaches and research. | X | ||||
| 7. Develops new approaches regarding global and regional issues from a perspective of International Relations theories. | X | ||||
| 8. In order to address issues of international relations can take responsibility as an individual or as a team member. | X | ||||
| 9. Can assess critically with an interdisciplinary approach information gathered regarding international relations. | X | ||||
| 10. Behaves in accordance with ethic values during processes of gathering information, conducting and publishing a research. | X | ||||
| 11. Effectively channels his/her views on international relations and research and analyses with public and authorities in written, oral and visually. | X | ||||
| 12. Supports social and cultural rights, acquires insight of social justice. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest