| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Bachelor's Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 5 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Associate Professor Haluk Karadağ
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) understand and assess the issues with regard to the protection and promotion of national interest in international relations as well as its methods.
2) comprehend the global communications and interactions with their theoretical, institutional, political and juridical dimensions and implementations as a whole.
3) gain expertise on Public Diplomacy as a new discipline with its tools, methods and institutions. Assess how these tools and methods are utilized in the practice of foreign policy making through the examples of best practices.
4) evaluate the institutions of public diplomacy process as well as their roles and places in the foreign policy processes through analyzing specific examples.
5) learn how current diplomatic methods can be used as Public Diplomacy tools.
6) discuss the Public Diplomacy issues and prospects in Turkey as well as the question of what should be done in this respect.
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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 | Public Diplomacy has been emerged to support traditional diplomacy during the inter-state relations today. In addition to that, it tries to affect public opinion of the target communities as a foreign policy technique in favor of the national interests. It aims teaching to the students of Political Science and International Relations of the international system together with all of the actors. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Historical Background and the Basis of Public Diplomacy
| | 2nd Week | Formation and the Applications of the Public Diplomacy
| | 3rd Week | Public Diplomacy vs. Soft Power, and Differences of PD from Other Related Terms.
| | 4th Week | Relationship Between Concepts of National Interest and Public Diplomacy
| | 5th Week | Phases of Public Diplomacy and Its Place in IR Theories
| | 6th Week | Tools of Public Diplomacy
| | 7th Week | Public Diplomacy and Decision Makers
| | 8th Week | Mid-term Exam
| | 9th Week | Past Practices of Public Diplomacy in the World
| | 10th Week | Public Diplomacy Practices of Turkey in the Past
| | 11th Week | New Practices of Public Diplomacy
| | 12th Week | International Relations and the Future of Public Diplomacy
| | 13th Week | Presentations
| | 14th Week | Presentations |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | DIZARD, Jr., Wilson P., (2004): Inventing public diplomacy: The story of the US Information Agency. Boulder: Lynne Rienner
Karadağ Haluk. Forcing the Common Good: The Significance of Public Diplomacy in Military Affairs. Armed Forces and Society, 2017; 43(1):72-91
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Other |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 25 | | Assignment | 1 | 15 | | Attendance | 1 | 10 | | Total(%) | | 50 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 40 | 40 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 30 | 30 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Homework | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Total Workload | | | 150 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 5 |
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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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