COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN POLICY AND DIPLOMACY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IMT 3107 FOREIGN POLICY AND DIPLOMACY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NAFIZE SIBEL GÜZEL

Offered to

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Course Objective

The course aims for students to have a general idea about Turkish foreign policy and skills to analyze diplomatic processes from a theoretical and historical perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Desribe the historical background of the institutionalization process in the international relations.
2   Explain the concept of diplomacy and its types within its historical context.
3   Distinguish and classify the types of diplomatic correspondance.
4   Examine the relations of Turkey with her neighbors in the historical and today's context.
5   Associate the operational patterns of foreign policy with each other.
6   List the English terminology used in the field of foreign policy and diplomacy and identify their Turkish equivalents

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Conceptual Background
2 Historical Background
3 Diplomatic Communication and Correspondence
4 Diplomatic texts- Notes-Conventions-Treaties
5 Multilateral Diplomacy and Rise of Intergovernmental and Non-Governmental International Institutions
6 UN: Historical background, structure, bodies and relevant institutions
7 Turkey's membership in other significant international organizations
8 Mid-term
9 History of Turkish Foreign Policy: Early Republican years
10 History of Turkish Foreign Policy: Between two world wars
11 History of Turkish Foreign Policy: 1950's
12 History of Turkish Foreign Policy: Period of Coup D'etats
13 History of Turkish Foreign Policy: Period of Coup D'etats
14 Today's foreign policy

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ruth A. Roland. 1999. Interpreters as Diplomats: A Diplomatic History of the Role of
Interpreters inWorld Politics, Ottawa, University of Ottawa Pres
2. Kissinger, Henry.1994. Diplomacy. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
3. Michael Graham Fry, Richard Langhorne, Erik Goldstein. 2004. Guide to International
Relations and Diplomacy. Continuum

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face-to-face and interactive courses

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 +FCG * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Exams
Mid-term exam (% 40)
Final exam (% 40)
2. Homework and attendance

Assessment Criteria

One mid-term and one final written exam are given throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

At least 70% attendance and participation in class is required.

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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1
LO.2
LO.34
LO.4
LO.5
LO.645

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