COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND POLITICAL THOUGHT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IRL 6078 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND POLITICAL THOUGHT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

International Relations (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI ŞEVKET OVALI

Offered to

International Relations (English)

Course Objective

Starting with Ancient Greece and Rome moving on to the Medieval and Renaissance ideas, the Enlightenment and to the various thinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries, this course chronologically explores the basic themes, motives, ideas and assumptions of political thought as relevant to international relations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain basic concepts, assumptions and ideas of major political thinkers with special emphasis on international politics, in order to demonstrate advanced understanding of Western political thought
2   Compare and contrast different approaches to political issues in order to identify the contested nature of political science concepts
3   Identify the social, political and intellectual contexts in order to comprehend the interrelation of theory and practice
4   Explain the intellectual legacy of various political thinkers to detect their contribution to theories of international relations
5   Deliver elaborate and well articulated presentations of academic material to demonstrate a proficiency in presentation skills
6   Write a well-designed academic paper to demonstrate a proficiency in academic writing skills

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Ancient Greece Thucydides
3 Machiavelli Hobbes
4 Aquinas Grotius
5 Locke Kant
6 Rousseau Burke
7 Hegel Marx
8 Modern liberalism
9 Critical Theory Habermas
10 Postmodernism
11 Paper Presentations
12 Paper Presentations
13 Paper Presentations
14 Overview

Recomended or Required Reading

David Boucher, Political Theories of International Relations (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998).
Chris Brown, Terry Nardin and N. J. Rengger, eds., International Relations in Political Thought: Texts from the Greeks to the First World War (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
Steven C. Roach, ed., Critical Theory and International Relations: A Reader (Routledge, 2007).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentations
Discussions

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will:
1. explain the basic concepts, assumptions and ideas of political thinkers taught in class in a clear and consistent manner.
2. compare and contrast different thinkers with regard to certain common criteria.
3. describe the social and political context in which a thinker lived and how this is reflected in his theory.
4. explain the influence of some thinkers on others and their importance for political philosophy and international relations.
5. present and discuss selected learning material in an elaborate and well organized manner.
6. submit a well-designed research paper

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be anounced later

Office Hours

To be anounced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 7 84
Preparing assignments 1 75 75
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65

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