COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONS AND WARS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISS 7002 HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONS AND WARS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 10

Offered By

International Security Studies Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI ŞEVKET OVALI

Offered to

International Security Studies Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

This course aims to analyze the political, economic, technological, intellectual and cultural ingredients of major wars and revolutions occurred in Europe. Rather than focusing on the well known explanations of major wars and revolutions, the course aims to develop a critical way of thinking on historical facts. The Dutch Revolt, British Civil War, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, The First World War, Russian Revolution, and the Second World War are amongst the main topics that are to dealt with within the scope of this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Acquire advanced knowledge on European and World history, and to develop critical analyses benefiting from security theories
2   Understand the evolution of major revolutions that left their mark on European and World history with a security perspective
3   Develop a critical understanding of causes and effects of wars benefiting from security theories
4   Identify and apply appropriate perspectives and methodologies to analyze World history
5   Develop original analysis on major conflicts and wars in the World history applying advanced writing, research and analytical skills
6   Make detailed and well-turned presentations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is revolution What is war
2 The Dutch Revolt
3 British Civil War
4 French Revolution
5 Presentations
6 First World War
7 Midterm
8 Russian Revolution and beyond
9 Second World War
10 Cold War and collapse of communism
11 Islamic Revolution in Iran
12 Guerilla wars and terrorism
13 Presentations
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

John Merriman, A History of Modern Europe: From French Revolution to the Present. 2nd Edition. (W. W. Norton & Company, 2004)
John Merriman, A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Present. 3rd Edition. (W. W. Norton & Company, 2010)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Weekly readings
Presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will:
1. have an advanced knowledge about the wars and revolutions that affected European and World history and security approaches towards these developments
2. prepare and present well-designed studies benefiting from selected course material
3. discuss about the given course topics
4. apply adopted knowledge on the topic to his/her research and papers

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students are expected to read selected course material, attend in-class discussions, and prepare papers and presentations

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 70 70
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 247

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.14
LO.24
LO.35
LO.45
LO.54
LO.64

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