GRADUATE SCHOOL
Political Science and International Relations (Without thesis)
PSIR 504 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Contemporary Debates in Global Politics
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
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Application/Lab
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Local Credits
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ECTS
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PSIR 504
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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 | This seminar course is designed to introduce graduate students to debates in global politics. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course aims to explore key debates and a wide range of topics in global politics. Among the themes to be investigated are the question of revolution in politics, the political theory of civil disobedience, the concept of state sovereignty, conceptions of genocide, theories of cosmopolitanism, secularism, and political ecology. |
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WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Tocqueville on the theory and practice of French Revolution | Tocqueville, The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2011), 1-27; 76-124. |
| 3 | Tocqueville on the theory and practice of French Revolution | Tocqueville, The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2011), 127-185. |
| 4 | Arendt on Revolution I: Constitutio Libertatis | Arendt, On Revolution, (Penguin Books, 1963), 141-178, 179-214. |
| 5 | Arendt on Revolution II: The Revolutionary Tradition and Its Lost Treasure | Arendt, On Revolution, (Penguin Books, 1963), 215-281. |
| 6 | Paper Submission I | TAKE-HOME |
| 7 | The Meaning and Justification of Civil Disobedience: Thoreau and Rawls | 1. Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience”, in Hugo Adam Bodau, Civil Disobedience in Focus (Routledge, 1991), 28-48. 2. John Rawls, “Definiton and Justification of Civil Disobedience”, in Hugo Adam Bodau, Civil Disobedience in Focus (Routledge, 1991), 103-121. |
| 8 | Civil Disobedience as Public Freedom: Hannah Arendt | “Civil Disobedience” Crises of the Republic (Harcourt & Brace, 1969), 49-102. |
| 9 | State Sovereignty: Carl Schmitt | Carl Schmitt, The Concept of the Political (The University of Chicago Press, 1996), 19-79. |
| 10 | Genocide as a Crime Against Humanity: Raphael Lemkin | 1. Raphael Lemkin, “Genocide” Axis Rule in Occupied Europe (The Lawbook Exchange, 2008), 79-95. 2. William Schabas and Samantha Power, “Introduction to the First and Second Editions” Axis Rule in Occupied Europe (The Lawbook Exchange, 2008), vii-xxiii. 3. Seyla Benhabib, “International Law and Human Plurality in the Shadow of Totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt and Raphael Lemkin” Seyla Benhabib (ed), Politics in Dark Times (Cambridge University Press, 2010), 219-246. 4. The United Nation’s Genocide Convention, 1948. |
| 11 | Cosmopolitanism | Seyla Benhabib, Another Cosmopolitanism (Oxford University Press, 2006), 13-80. |
| 12 | Secularism and Constitutional Democracy | 1. Jürgen Habermas, “Pre-political Foundations of the Democratic Constitutional State” The Dialectics of Secularization: On Reason and Religion (Ignatius Press, 2006), 19-52. 2. Jürgen Habermas, “What is meant by a ‘Post-Secular Society’?: A Discussion on Islam in Europe” Europe: The Faltering Project (Polity, 2009), 59-77. |
| 13 | Political Ecology | 1) Jane Bennett “Political Ecologies”, Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things (Duke University Press, 2010), 94-109. 2) Christophe Bonneuil and Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, The Shock of the Anthroposcene (Verso, 2016), 1-30. |
| 14 | Documentary Film & Discussion | Documentary: The Watchers of the Sky |
| 15 | Paper Submission II and Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
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EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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20
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
2
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30
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| Presentation / Jury |
2
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30
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| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam |
1
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20
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
4
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70
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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30
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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 |
12
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8
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96
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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 |
2
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15
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30
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| Presentation / Jury |
2
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15
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30
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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 |
0
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| Final Exam |
1
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21
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21
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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 improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and to ultimately deepen and develop intellectual interest | |||||
| 2 | To evaluate the relationships between factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture in a critical perspective | |||||
| 3 | To provide advanced competences to determine and question the theoretical and emprical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | |||||
| 4 | To identify the political and cultual conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnic groups, gender and religion at national and international levels | |||||
| 5 | To provide competences to develop original arguments in order to fill the gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | |||||
| 6 | To determine, collect, resolve, and interpret the data that would measure the theories and concepts as variables by using scientific research methods in Political Science and International Relations field | |||||
| 7 | To use confidently the terms and concepts of Political Science and International Relations | |||||
| 8 | To communicate systematically, in written, oral, and visual forms, contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations to groups inside and outside the said discipline | |||||
| 9 | To take responsibility in an individual capacity and as part of a team in generating solutions to unexpected problems that arise in relation to politics in daily life | |||||
| 10 | To develop projects determining the institutional and political instruments for management of domestic and international conflicts | |||||
| 11 | To prepare an orginal thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations in accordance with scentific criteria | |||||
| 12 | To design and carry out a scientific research project in the field of Political Science and International Relations | |||||
| 13 | To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations | |||||
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