INT662 - NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES | INT662 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | NONE | |||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Dr. Åžebnem Udum | |||||
| Course objective | This course aims at familiarizing students with weapons of mass destruction, the threat they pose to international security, the efforts to prevent their spread and related regimes. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | This course focuses on the efforts to prevent the spread of (WMD) weapons of mass destruction (nonproliferation). The spread of nuclear, chemical, biological weapons and their delivery systems pose a serious threat to international security. The course studies the threat and focuses on capabilities, motivations and technologies, looks at the responses to the proliferation threat, and examines current and future challenges to international security that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction can cause. | |||||
| References | Joseph Cirincione with Jon Wolfsthal and Miriam Rajkumar, Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of Mass Destruction, Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2002. Scott D. Sagan, "Why Do States Build Nuclear Weapons?" International Security, Vol. 21, No. 3, Winter 1996/1997, pp. 54-86. Eric Croddy et al., Chemical and Biological Warfare: A Comprehensive Survey for the Concerned Citizen. Mitchell Reiss and Robert Litwak eds., Nuclear Proliferation After the Cold War, Washington, D.C.: Woodraw Wilson Center Press,1994. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Assessing theThreat of Proliferation |
| Week 3 | Causes of Proliferation: Global, Regional and Domestic Contexts |
| Week 4 | Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation |
| Week 5 | Chemical and Biological Weapons and Nonproliferation |
| Week 6 | Midterm exam |
| Week 7 | Missile Proliferation Nonproliferation Regimes at Risk: The NPT |
| Week 8 | International Nonproliferation Regime: Nuclear |
| Week 9 | International Nonproliferation Regime: CBW and Missile |
| Week 10 | Regional Nonproliferation Activities and Unilateral Approaches |
| Week 11 | Midterm exam |
| Week 12 | Institutional and Implementation Issues, CWC and BTWC |
| Week 13 | Soviet WMD Legacy |
| Week 14 | Regional Issues: Middle East, South Asia and East Asia |
| Week 15 | Study Week |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 1 | 5 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| 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) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| 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) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 76 | 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