Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
3IRS223History of Political Thought3+0+03626.11.2018

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program International Relations (English)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The course aims to form a framework on understanding political thinking from a historical approcah.
Course Content Siyaset Teorisi nedir, Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, J.J. Rousseau, Marx
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof. Elif Gençkal Eroler
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources History of Political Thinking
Western Political Thinking
History of Political Thinking
Documents Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi- Alaeddin Şenel
Exams 1 ara sınav, 1 dönem sonu sınavı, 1 ödev ve 1 sunum

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 4 56
Mid-terms 1 20 20
Final examination 1 30 30
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 148

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Politics, political rulership and basic concepts of political thinking will be provided
2 Achieves a knowledge of political thinking from a historical point of view
3 can differentiate the difference between the political thinking of the past and the present
4 Follows the path of the development of political thinking and examines and compares
5 know the ideas of important political thinkers
6 understand the history of political thought through thinkers

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 What is political thinking?How is it related to International Relations
2 Meospotamia and Indian political thinking
3 Chines and Early Greek Polticial thinking
4 Plato and Aristotales
5 Rome, The roman State and Roman Law
6 Cicero, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius
7 Christianity, Its roots and its expansion
8 Christian Theorists
9 Midterm Exam
10 Political Thinking of Islam: The Quaran and Hadith
11 Theorists of the Islamic World: Nizamu-l Mulk and Ibn Khaldun
12 Medieval Europe
13 The Turkic World and Political Thinking
14 Political Thinking and the Turkic World(Yusuf Has Hacip)p
15 General Review

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
All 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6

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