COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STRATEGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 6009 STRATEGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TÜRKMEN TÖRELI

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to analyse similarities and differences between concepts like strategy, geostrategy and geopolitic by defining and underlying the notion of the strategy. Furthermore, we will elaborate roots of modern wars, total war, characteristics of wars from the Industrial Revolution to First World War and characteristics of nuclear and classic wars which occurred after the Second World War by evaluate historical dynamics of the political strategy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Concepts as strategy, geostrategy, geopolitic and political strategy etc.
2   to comprehend tools and methodology of strategy
3   to explore change of the strategy at the world conjuncture of recent era
4   to comprehend strategic decisions and practices of international system after Cold War period
5   to perceive innovations which appeared between WWI and WWII

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts
2 Tools of Strategy
3 Methodologies of strategy
4 Peaceful Strategies
5 Conflictual Strategies
6 Cold War Period
7 Midterm
8 Middle East and Turkey
9 The Caucasus, Central Asia and Turkey
10 Balkans and Turkey
11 European Union and Turkey I
12 European Union and Turkey II
13 World Conjuncture, Identity, Security and Turkey s Policies at the Recent Period
14 World Conjuncture, Change and Turkey s Policies at the Recent Period

Recomended or Required Reading

Cemil Koçak, Türk Alman Ilişkileri (1913-1939), Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara 1991.
Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul 1983.
Çağdaş Türk Diplomasisi: 200 Yıllık Süreç, Sempozyumda Sunulan Bildiriler Kitabı, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara 1999.
Fahir Armaoğlu, 20. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi (1914-1980), Ankara 1983.
Faruk Sönmezoğlu (derleyen), Türk Dış Politikasının Analizi, Istanbul 1994.
Feridun Cemal Erkin, Dışişlerinde 34 Yıl, Anılar-Yorumlar, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara 1980.
Ismail Soysal, Türk Dış Politikası Incelemeleri Için Kılavuz 1919-1993, Eren yay., Istanbul, 1993.
Ismail Soysal, Türkiye nin Siyasal Andlaşmaları I. Cilt (1920-1945), TTK yay., Ankara, 1989.
Ismail Soysal, Türkiye nin Uluslararası Siyasal Bağıtları Cilt II (1945-1990), TTK yay., Ankara, 1991.
Kamuran Gürün, Türk-Sovyet Ilişkileri (1920-1953), Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara 1991.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

turkmen.toreli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 54

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1322
LO.2322
LO.3322
LO.4322
LO.5322

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