COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF PEOPLES OF THE CAUCASUS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 6062 HISTORY OF PEOPLES OF THE CAUCASUS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 13

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TÜRKMEN TÖRELI

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The primary aim is to provide students with some ability to interpret international interactions in Central Asia and the Caucasus (Central Eurasia).

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have information about geography of Caucasus
2   Have information about history of Caucasus
3   Have information about geography of Caucasus
4   Have information about relations between Russia and Caucasus
5   Have information about relations between Turkiye and Caucasus

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History of Caucasus in general
2 Geography of Caucasus
3 First governments in Caucasus
4 Caucasus in V-VII century
5 Caucasus in VII-IX century
6 midterm exam
7 Caucasus in IX-XV century
8 Caucasus in Russian occupation
9 Caucasus at the end of the XIX and at the begginnig of the XX century
10 Democratic Republics in Caucasus
11 Caucasus and SSR
12 Independent Caucasus states
13 Relations between Turkey and Caucasus
14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Eldar Ismailov, Vladimer Papava, Rethinking Central Eurasia, Central Asia-
Caucasus Institute, Silk Road Studies, Washington D.C., 2010.
Bertil Nygren, The Rebuilding of Greater Russia: Putin s Foreign Policy toward the CIS countries, Routledge, New York, 2007, s. 110-125.
Fiona Hill, The Caucasus and Central Asia , Policy Brief, No: 80, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., May 2001.
Marlene Laruelle, Sebastien Peyrouse, China as a Neighbor: Central Asian Perspectives and Strategies, Washington D.C.: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

midterm, presentation, final exam

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

midterm, final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

attendance is %70

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

turkmen.toreli@eu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Final 1 30 30
Midterm 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 12 168
Reading 10 5 50
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 326

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.13
LO.2333
LO.33333
LO.4333
LO.53

CONTACT INFORMATION
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