COURSE UNIT TITLE

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 find anwers the questions of what is the nature of ethnicity, how is ethnicity politicized into nationalism, what is the nature of nationalism, how does nationalism often lead to political violence, what are the dynamics of political violence, and finally, what strategies can the central state use to deal with violent ethnonationalist movements

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

To be anounced

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Weekly readings
3. Presentations

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The learner will:
1- Provide a critical understanding of the complex phenomena of ethnicity, nationalism and political violence,
2- to spark their intellectual curiosity into areas for future explanatory research on nationalism and its bound with the conceptions of nation-state and sovereignity
3- Will use library and internet resources academically

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70% of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students are expected to read the assigned material prior to class and to participate in class discussions.
4. Students will make presentations on topics distributed by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nazım.irem@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes