| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Compulsory Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Bachelor's Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | 3 |
| SEMESTER | Sixth Term (Spring) |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 5 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Associate Professor Süleyman Sezgin Mercan
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) have knowledge about developments in political history from the end of the I. World War till today.
2) analyse developments in political history via international relations theories.
3) comment on current developments based on historical events.
4) establish the relations between domestic-foreign politics historically and to analyse them.
5) establish linkages among political, societal and economic phenomena.
6) make comparative analysis about historical events.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | No recommended optional programme components. |
| COURSE DEFINITION | It is a complementary of POLI 303 Political History I course. The aim of the course is to convey the developments of the world history beginning from the First World War until 1990 to the students by focusing on inter-state relations. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Introduction | | 2nd Week | Effects and results of the I. World War and Paris Peace Treaty | | 3rd Week | Civil war in Russia and establishment of the USSR | | 4th Week | 1920s in Western world. Illusionary peace and Locarno Spirit. Developments in Asia. World economic crisis | | 5th Week | Rise of fascism and process leading to the II World War. | | 6th Week | II. World War | | 7th Week | Bipolar era: Beginning of Cold War. Korean War. Developments in Western Europe. | | 8th Week | Midterm Week | | 9th Week | European integration process. Developments in socialist countries | | 10th Week | Decolonization period. Developments in Middle East | | 11th Week | Cuban misilse crisis and era of Detente. Vietnam War. Changes in global economic system. Reagan era and new era in Cold War. Deng era in China | | 12th Week | End of Cold War | | 13th Week | International politics after the end of Cold War. 9/11 attacks. | | 14th Week | General evaluation |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | R. R. Palmer, Joel Colton, and Lloyd Kramer, A History of the Modern World, 10th Edition, Boston, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia, Mariner Books, 1980.
Eric Hobsbawm, The Age Of Extremes: 1914-1991, Abacus, 1995. |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Other |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 20 | | Assignment | 4 | 20 | | Project | 1 | 20 | | Total(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 40 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 1,5 | 1,5 | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 25 | 25 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 16 | 16 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 1,5 | 1,5 | | Homework | 4 | 5 | 20 | | Project | 1 | 17 | 17 | | Total Workload | | | 151 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 5,03 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 5 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | English |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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