Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
7PSIR421Current Issues İn Global Politics3+0+03610.07.2024

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Political Science and İnternational Relations (English)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course This course has three main objectives: (a) to summarize major alternative approaches to world politics; (b) to explore some of the central issues, themes, debates in world politics, and (c) to discuss critically the contemporary issues, opportunities and challenges in world politics.
Course Content After an introduction to major theoretical perspectives to world politics (liberal, mercantilist, structuralist, and constructivist approaches), some of the major issues of world politics, such as world order, global political economy, national and global security, geopolitics and war, international norms and institutions, sovereignty, migration and citizenship, democratic backsliding, global climate warming, will be explored. Students will be encouraged to participate and critically engage in class discussions, offering contesting views on the issues and themes.
Course Methods and Techniques Lecture, discussion on pre-prepared material
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. Ali Tekin
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Payne, Richard (2017). Global Issues? Politics, Economics and Culture. Pearson, 5th edition.
Balaam, David and Bradford Dillman (2019). Introduction to International Political Economy. Routledge, 7th edition.

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
Attendance 14 % 20
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
16
% 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 5 70
Mid-terms 1 15 15
Final examination 1 25 25
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 6 152

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Understand the major alternative approaches to world politics
2 Know the historical trajectory of world politics since 1945
3 Know the main issues and themes since the end of Cold War
4 Know contemporary challenges and opportunities in world politics
5 Become critically conversant in current international events and propose solutions to problems

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction to issues in world politics
2 Overview of world politics after 1945
3 World order
4 Global political economy
5 Deglobalization and regionalism
6 Return of geopolitics
7 Rising powers
8 Review
9 Military affairs, cybersecurity, WMD
10 Global development issues
11 Technology, infrastructure, logistics
12 Energy, environment, health
13 Migration, refugees, citizenship, transnational crime
14 Global justice, humanitarianism

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
C1 5 2 3
C2 4 2 4
C3 4 5 3
C4 3 5 3 3 3
C5 2 3 3 2

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