GRADUATE SCHOOL
Political Science and International Relations (With Thesis)
PSIR 555 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Foreign Policy Analysis
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
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Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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PSIR 555
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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7.5
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
Second Cycle
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| Course Objectives | The main objective of this advanced course is to critically analyze various theoretical perspectives which focus on foreign policy formulation and implementation processes, actors that play a role in these processes and foreign policy instruments. The course focuses on political, economic, institutional, social and psychological/ psychoanalytical dimensions of foreign policy by considering domestic and international factors. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This advanced course examines the capacity of states to meet their economic and political foreign policy goals. Furthermore, it critically evaluates the relationship between human rights, foreign policy, and diplomacy. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses |
X
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| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introducing foreign policy analysis: Differences between domestic and foreign policy, Why and how do we do foreign policy analysis? | Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 1 |
| 2 | External and Internal Sources of Foreign Policy: Structure and Agency debate, Levels of Analysis problem | Walter Carlsnaes (1992) “The Agency-Structure Problem in Foreign Policy Analysis”, International Studies Quarterly 36(3): 245-270. |
| 3 | International System and National Power | Seckin Baris Gulmez (2016): Turkish foreign policy as an anomaly: revisionism and irredentism through diplomacy in the 1930s, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 44, no.1, p. 30-44 |
| 4 | Rational decision-making models | Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 14 |
| 5 | Cognitive, Psychological and Behavioral approaches | Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 7 |
| 6 | Realism and foreign policy | Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 2 |
| 7 | Liberalism and foreign policy | Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 3 |
| 8 | Social theories I: Constructivism & Marxism | Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 4; Immanuel Wallerstein, World-Systems Analysis, Duke Uni. Press. |
| 9 | Midterm Exam | |
| 10 | Social theories II: English School | Barry Buzan (2014) An introduction to the English school of international relations: the societal approach. Polity Press, Cambridge. |
| 11 | Ethical foreign policy | Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 22 |
| 12 | Diplomacy | Berridge, Chapters 7, 9 & 10 by Kissinger, H. (1994) Diplomacy: Theory and Practice, Second Edition by. New York: Simon & Schuster, Chapters 1,2,3 |
| 13 | Public Diplomacy | Ho, E.L.E.; McConnell, F.. Progress in Human Geography, 1 April 2019, 43(2):235-255 |
| 14 | Concluding Remarks | |
| 15 | Review | |
| 16 | Review |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield, Timothy Dunne (eds.) Foreign policy: theories, actors, cases. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Morton H. Halperin, Priscilla A. Clapp and Arnold Kanter. Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy, 2nd edition. G. R. Berridge. Diplomacy: Theory and Practice, Second Edition |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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40
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| Final Exam |
1
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60
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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40
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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60
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
13
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7
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91
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
0
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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36
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36
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| Final Exam |
1
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50
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50
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| Total |
225
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 | To be able to improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and use them competently. |
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| 2 | To be able to evaluate critically the relationships between various factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture. |
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| 3 | To be able to determine and question the theoretical and empirical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature. |
X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to identify the political and cultural conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnicity, gender and religion at national and international levels. |
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| 5 | To be able to gather and analyze data by using scientific research methods. |
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| 6 | To be able to analyze and evaluate the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics. |
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| 7 | To be able to present individual research and contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations in written, oral, and visual forms. |
X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to take responsibility in generating solutions to the problems that arise in relation to the politics in daily life. |
X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to determine the institutional and political instruments for conflict resolution in domestic and international politics. |
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| 10 | To be able to prepare a thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations based on scientific criteria. |
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| 11 | To be able to follow new research and developments in Political Science and International Relations and participate the debates in academic meetings through a foreign language. |
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| 12 | To be able to have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of gathering, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations. |
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