COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UIR 4111 POLITICS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MÜGE AKNUR

Offered to

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to introduce IR students to the fundamental theoretical and policy issues facing the developing world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Demonstrate understanding of the following issues that are high on the agenda of the developing countries, the nature and scope of which differentiate these countries from the industrial democracies of inequality, ethnopolitics and nationalism, religion, women and gender, civil society, state-building, state collapse and civil conflict, democratization, development and environment.
2   Develop the skill to make critical and reasoned argument.
3   Improve the necessary skills to make presentations in the class-room.
4   Develop the skill to engage in discussions with the rest of co-learners as well as the lecturer.
5   Develop the skill to find, use and evaluate the relevant sources, including academic and media material.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The use and abuse of the concept of the "Third World"
2 Inequality
3 Ethnopolitics and nationalism
4 Religion
5 Women and gender
6 Civil society
7 Theorizing the state
8 State-building
9 State collapse and civil conflict
10 Democratization
11 Development
12 Environment

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Peter Burnell and Vicky Randall (eds), Politics in the Developing World, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005.
2. Various academic articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Participation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 PRS Presentation
3 PRT Participation
4 FN Final
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.35 + PRS * 0.20 + PRT * 0.10 + FN * 0.35
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.35 + PRS * 0.20 + PRT * 0.10 + BUT * 0.35


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will identify and explain the various key issues associated with the ongoing nation- and state building processes in the developing world.
2. The learner will make critical analyzes towards contemporary topics and discussings.
3. The learner will use IT knowledge to prepare presentations.
4. The learner will be able to express views in a clear, precise and self-confident manner.
5. The learner will be able to make critical and reasoned argument in an analytic framework.
6. The learner will use library and internet sources.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gul.kurtoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.14
LO.24
LO.34
LO.44
LO.55

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