Course Detail
Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSIAN and EURASIAN POLTICS | INT3114608 | Fall Semester | 3+0 | 3 | 6 |
| Course Program | Çarşamba 15:30-16:15 Çarşamba 16:30-17:15 Çarşamba 17:30-18:15 |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | English |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Coordinator | Assist.Prof. Osman Zeki GÖKÇE |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | Assist.Prof. Habibe ÖZDAL |
| Assistant(s) | |
| Aim | This course aims to provide a framework for understanding and analyzing the collapse of the Soviet Union and its outcomes with special focus on Post-Soviet space. The new politics, transitions and transformations that have taken place since 1991 will be examined during the class. Strategic, political, economic, ethnic, global and regional changes in the Russia and the former Soviet space will be addressed. Moreover, influence of clans, networks and corruption in the new independent states will also be explored. Russian regional politics, particularly concerning energy and integration policies as well as the policies of international actors (such as NATO and the EU) toward Eurasia will be examined. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Week 1: Identifying Main Issues in Eurasian Politics ,Week 2: Dissolution of the Soviet Union ,Week 3: Political & Economic Transformation Process of the Russian Federation and the Newly Independent States,Week 4: Economic and Political Developments in Russia During Putin Terms ,Week 5: Dynamics of the Color Revolutions in Post-Soviet Space ,Week 6: Politics, Conflicts, and ‘Frozen’ Conflicts in Eurasia ,Week 7: Integration Policies of the International Actors toward Post-Soviet Space ,Week 8: From Crisis to a War: Multi Level Analysis of Developments in Ukraine,Week 9: The Evolution of the Russia-NATO Relations Since 1991 ,Week 10: Russia-EU Relations in the Context of Eurasia,Week 11: Energy Politics in the Eurasia: Energy as a Foreign Policy Tool ,Week 12: Turkey-Russia Relations after the Cold War,Week 13: Overall Assessment of Eurasian Politics . |
| Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| - Students will gain an understanding of Russia's foreign policy objectives and the strategies it employs to achieve them. | 10, 13, 16, 19, 9 | A |
| - Students will examine the dynamics of power, competition, and cooperation in this strategic area. | 10, 16, 19, 6, 9 | A |
| -Students will study Russia's interactions with key global actors. | 10, 16, 19, 6, 9 | A |
| - Students will examine how energy diplomacy influences Russia's relationships with other countries and regions, as well as the geopolitical implications of its resource-rich status. | 10, 16, 6, 9 | A |
| - Students will explore Russia's approach to crisis management and conflict resolution in various regional contexts, including conflicts in Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. | 10, 16, 6, 9 | A |
| Teaching Methods: | 10: Discussion Method, 13: Case Study Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 19: Brainstorming Technique, 6: Experiential Learning, 9: Lecture Method |
| Assessment Methods: | A: Traditional Written Exam |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Week 1: Identifying Main Issues in Eurasian Politics | |
| 2 | Week 2: Dissolution of the Soviet Union | *Stephen F. Cohen, “Was the Soviet System Reformable?”, Slavic Review, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2004, pp. 459-488 *Archie Brown, “The Soviet Union: Reform of the System or Systemic Transformation?”, Slavic Review, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2004, pp. 489-504 *Astrid S. Tuminez, “Nationalism, Ethnic Pressures, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union”, Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol. 5, No. 4, Fall 2003, pp. 81-136 |
| 3 | Week 3: Political & Economic Transformation Process of the Russian Federation and the Newly Independent States | * Anders Aslund, “Why Has Russia’s Economic Transformation Been So Arduous?”, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1999. * Michael McFaul, “Transitions from Postcommunism”, Journal of Democracy, Vol.16, No. 3, 2005, pp. 5-19 * Sergei Guriev & Andrei Rachinsky, “The Role of Oligarchs in Russian Capitalism,” The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2005, pp. 131-150 |
| 4 | Week 4: Economic and Political Developments in Russia During Putin Terms | * Angela E. Stent, “Restoration and Revolution in Putin’s Foreign Policy”, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.63, No. 6, 2008, pp. 1089-1106 * Natalia Morozova, “Geopolitics, Eurasianism and Russian Foreign Policy under Putin”, Geopolitics, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2009, pp.667-686 * Andrei Tsygankov, “Vladimir Putin’s Vision of Russia as a Normal Great Power”, Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2005, pp. 132-158 *Samuel P. Huntington, “Clash of Civilizations?”, Foreign Affairs, Summer 1993 |
| 5 | Week 5: Dynamics of the Color Revolutions in Post-Soviet Space | * David Lane, “‘Colored Revolution’ as a Political Phenomenon,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 25, No. 2-3, 2009, pp. 113-135. * Donnacha Ó Beacháin, “Roses and Tulips: Dynamics of Regime Change in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 2, No. 2-3, 2009, pp. 199-226. * Paul D’Anieri, “What Has Changed in Ukrainian Politics?: Assessing the Implications of the Orange Revolution”, Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 52, No. 5, 2005, pp. 82-91 |
| 6 | Week 6: Politics, Conflicts, and ‘Frozen’ Conflicts in Eurasia | * Stephen Blank, “Russia and Black Sea’s Frozen Conflicts in Strategic Perspective”, Mediterranean Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 23-54 * Stefan Wolf, “A Resolvable Frozen Conflict? Designing a Settlement for Transnistria”, Nationality Papers, Vol. 39, No. 6, 2001, pp. 863-870 * William H. Hill, “Reflections on Negotiation and Mediation: The Frozen Conflicts and European Security”, Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 18, No. 3, (Summer 2010, pp. 219-227) |
| 7 | Week 7: Integration Policies of the International Actors toward Post-Soviet Space | * Mark Kramer, “Russian Foreign Policy Toward the Commonwealth of Independent States: Recent Trends and Future Prospects”, Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 55, No. 6, 2008, pp. 3-19 * Marcin Lapczynski, “The European Union’s Eastern Partnership: Chances and Perspectives”, Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2009, pp. 143-155 * George Christou, “European Union Security Logics to the East: The European Neighborhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership”, European Security, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2010, pp. 413-430 |
| 8 | Week 8: From Crisis to a War: Multi Level Analysis of Developments in Ukraine | * Volodymyr Kulyk, “National Identity in Ukraine: Impact of Euromaidan and the War”, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68, No. 4, 2016, pp. 588-608 *Taras Kuzio, “Euromaidan Revolution, Crimea and Russia-Ukraine War: Why it is time for a review of Ukraine-Russia Studies”, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Vol. 59, No. 3-4, pp. 529-553 |
| 9 | Week 9: The Evolution of the Russia-NATO Relations Since 1991 | * Dmitry Polikanov, “NATO-Russia Relations: Present and Future”, Contemporary Security Policy, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2004, pp. 479-497 * Oksana Antonenko & Bastian Giegerich, “Rebooting NATO-Russia Relations”, Survival, Vol. 51, No. 2, 2009, pp. 13-21 |
| 10 | Week 10: Russia-EU Relations in the Context of Eurasia | * Hiski Haukkala, “From Cooperative to Contested Europe? The Conflict in Ukraine as a Culmination of a Long-Term Crisis in EU–Russia Relations”, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2015, pp. 25-40 * Fyodor Lukyanov, “Russia–EU: The Partnership That Went Astray”, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.60, No. 6, 2008, pp. 1107-1119 |
| 11 | Week 11: Energy Politics in the Eurasia: Energy as a Foreign Policy Tool | * F. Stephen Larrabee, “Russia, Ukraine, and Central Europe: The Return of Geopolitics”, Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 63, No. 2, 2010, pp. 33-52 * Vera Tolz, “Rethinking Russian-Ukrainian Relations: A New Trend in Nation-Building in Post-Communist Russia?”, Nations and Nationalism, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2002, pp. 235-253 * Dmitri Trenin, “The Ukraine Crisis and the Resumption of Great-Power Rivalry”, Carnegie Moscow Center, 2014. * David A. Deese, “Energy: Economics, Politics, and Security”, International Security, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 140-153 * Bertil Nygren, “Putin’s Use of Natural Gas to Reintegrate the CIS Region,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 55, July/August 2008, pp. 3-15 |
| 12 | Week 12: Turkey-Russia Relations after the Cold War | * Şener Aktürk, Turkis-Russian relations after the Cold War (1992-2002), Turkish Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2006, pp. 337-364 * Ziya Öniş and Şuhnaz Yılmaz, “Turkey and Russia in a Shifting Global Order: Co-operation, Conflict and Asymmetric Interdependence in a Turbulent Region”, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2016, pp. 71-95 |
| 13 | Week 13: Overall Assessment of Eurasian Politics |
| Resources |
| Archie Brown, ed., Contemporary Russian Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PC1. Students know the fundamental concepts, theories, research methods and analysis techniques used in the fields and sub-fields of Political Science and International relations. | X | |||||
| 2 | PC2. Students understand the political, economic, social, and cultural relations among political systems, international actors, states and non-state actors; analyzes the reasons for the issues and problems in these fields, develop skills for systematic and critical thinking for alternative solutions. | X | |||||
| 3 | PC3. Students of the program will be able to work at public and private institutions, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations. They will be able to involve in the foreign policy making, analysis, and implementation processes; manage project implementations, and shoulder responsibilities at different positions of decision-making processes. The multi-disciplinary perspective they have developed in the program facilitates following solution-oriented perspective at times of crisis, evaluating existing resolutions and developing new alternatives. | X | |||||
| 4 | PC4. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and report the findings to stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 5 | PC5. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and make scientific publications. | X | |||||
| 6 | PC6. Students will be able to work as group leader in public and private institutions, plan and administer events and activities. | X | |||||
| 7 | PC7. As a result of development of critical thinking, students stay open to change and development; adopt never-ending learning principle to their life. | X | |||||
| 8 | PC8. Students use the appropriate oral and written language skills and adopt professional ethics in their communication while sharing results, analyses, and solution suggestions with colleagues and stakeholders | X | |||||
| 9 | PC9. Students use English language skills in research and fields of expertise; easily follow international developments and communicates with international stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 10 | PC10. Students use fundamental computer skills in communication with colleagues and stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 11 | PC11. Students will be able to lead decision-making mechanisms, involve in policy making and analysis processes, and manage negotiation processes in public and private institutions. | X | |||||
| 12 | PC12. Students will be able to develop original and scientific solutions and knowledge in their fields of expertise, create projects and act as a consultant to decision-making mechanisms. | X | |||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| ECTS / Workload Table | ||||||
| Activities | Number of | Duration(Hour) | Total Workload(Hour) | |||
| Course Hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Guided Problem Solving | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Resolution of Homework Problems and Submission as a Report | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Term Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Presentation of Project / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Midterm Exam | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| General Exam | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Performance Task, Maintenance Plan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total Workload(Hour) | 0 | |||||
| Dersin AKTS Kredisi = Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)/30*=(0/30) | 0 | |||||
| ECTS of the course: 30 hours of work is counted as 1 ECTS credit. | ||||||
Detail Informations of the Course
Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSIAN and EURASIAN POLTICS | INT3114608 | Fall Semester | 3+0 | 3 | 6 |
| Course Program | Çarşamba 15:30-16:15 Çarşamba 16:30-17:15 Çarşamba 17:30-18:15 |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | English |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Coordinator | Assist.Prof. Osman Zeki GÖKÇE |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | Assist.Prof. Habibe ÖZDAL |
| Assistant(s) | |
| Aim | This course aims to provide a framework for understanding and analyzing the collapse of the Soviet Union and its outcomes with special focus on Post-Soviet space. The new politics, transitions and transformations that have taken place since 1991 will be examined during the class. Strategic, political, economic, ethnic, global and regional changes in the Russia and the former Soviet space will be addressed. Moreover, influence of clans, networks and corruption in the new independent states will also be explored. Russian regional politics, particularly concerning energy and integration policies as well as the policies of international actors (such as NATO and the EU) toward Eurasia will be examined. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Week 1: Identifying Main Issues in Eurasian Politics ,Week 2: Dissolution of the Soviet Union ,Week 3: Political & Economic Transformation Process of the Russian Federation and the Newly Independent States,Week 4: Economic and Political Developments in Russia During Putin Terms ,Week 5: Dynamics of the Color Revolutions in Post-Soviet Space ,Week 6: Politics, Conflicts, and ‘Frozen’ Conflicts in Eurasia ,Week 7: Integration Policies of the International Actors toward Post-Soviet Space ,Week 8: From Crisis to a War: Multi Level Analysis of Developments in Ukraine,Week 9: The Evolution of the Russia-NATO Relations Since 1991 ,Week 10: Russia-EU Relations in the Context of Eurasia,Week 11: Energy Politics in the Eurasia: Energy as a Foreign Policy Tool ,Week 12: Turkey-Russia Relations after the Cold War,Week 13: Overall Assessment of Eurasian Politics . |
| Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| - Students will gain an understanding of Russia's foreign policy objectives and the strategies it employs to achieve them. | 10, 13, 16, 19, 9 | A |
| - Students will examine the dynamics of power, competition, and cooperation in this strategic area. | 10, 16, 19, 6, 9 | A |
| -Students will study Russia's interactions with key global actors. | 10, 16, 19, 6, 9 | A |
| - Students will examine how energy diplomacy influences Russia's relationships with other countries and regions, as well as the geopolitical implications of its resource-rich status. | 10, 16, 6, 9 | A |
| - Students will explore Russia's approach to crisis management and conflict resolution in various regional contexts, including conflicts in Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. | 10, 16, 6, 9 | A |
| Teaching Methods: | 10: Discussion Method, 13: Case Study Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 19: Brainstorming Technique, 6: Experiential Learning, 9: Lecture Method |
| Assessment Methods: | A: Traditional Written Exam |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Week 1: Identifying Main Issues in Eurasian Politics | |
| 2 | Week 2: Dissolution of the Soviet Union | *Stephen F. Cohen, “Was the Soviet System Reformable?”, Slavic Review, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2004, pp. 459-488 *Archie Brown, “The Soviet Union: Reform of the System or Systemic Transformation?”, Slavic Review, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2004, pp. 489-504 *Astrid S. Tuminez, “Nationalism, Ethnic Pressures, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union”, Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol. 5, No. 4, Fall 2003, pp. 81-136 |
| 3 | Week 3: Political & Economic Transformation Process of the Russian Federation and the Newly Independent States | * Anders Aslund, “Why Has Russia’s Economic Transformation Been So Arduous?”, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1999. * Michael McFaul, “Transitions from Postcommunism”, Journal of Democracy, Vol.16, No. 3, 2005, pp. 5-19 * Sergei Guriev & Andrei Rachinsky, “The Role of Oligarchs in Russian Capitalism,” The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2005, pp. 131-150 |
| 4 | Week 4: Economic and Political Developments in Russia During Putin Terms | * Angela E. Stent, “Restoration and Revolution in Putin’s Foreign Policy”, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.63, No. 6, 2008, pp. 1089-1106 * Natalia Morozova, “Geopolitics, Eurasianism and Russian Foreign Policy under Putin”, Geopolitics, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2009, pp.667-686 * Andrei Tsygankov, “Vladimir Putin’s Vision of Russia as a Normal Great Power”, Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2005, pp. 132-158 *Samuel P. Huntington, “Clash of Civilizations?”, Foreign Affairs, Summer 1993 |
| 5 | Week 5: Dynamics of the Color Revolutions in Post-Soviet Space | * David Lane, “‘Colored Revolution’ as a Political Phenomenon,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 25, No. 2-3, 2009, pp. 113-135. * Donnacha Ó Beacháin, “Roses and Tulips: Dynamics of Regime Change in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 2, No. 2-3, 2009, pp. 199-226. * Paul D’Anieri, “What Has Changed in Ukrainian Politics?: Assessing the Implications of the Orange Revolution”, Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 52, No. 5, 2005, pp. 82-91 |
| 6 | Week 6: Politics, Conflicts, and ‘Frozen’ Conflicts in Eurasia | * Stephen Blank, “Russia and Black Sea’s Frozen Conflicts in Strategic Perspective”, Mediterranean Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 23-54 * Stefan Wolf, “A Resolvable Frozen Conflict? Designing a Settlement for Transnistria”, Nationality Papers, Vol. 39, No. 6, 2001, pp. 863-870 * William H. Hill, “Reflections on Negotiation and Mediation: The Frozen Conflicts and European Security”, Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 18, No. 3, (Summer 2010, pp. 219-227) |
| 7 | Week 7: Integration Policies of the International Actors toward Post-Soviet Space | * Mark Kramer, “Russian Foreign Policy Toward the Commonwealth of Independent States: Recent Trends and Future Prospects”, Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 55, No. 6, 2008, pp. 3-19 * Marcin Lapczynski, “The European Union’s Eastern Partnership: Chances and Perspectives”, Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2009, pp. 143-155 * George Christou, “European Union Security Logics to the East: The European Neighborhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership”, European Security, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2010, pp. 413-430 |
| 8 | Week 8: From Crisis to a War: Multi Level Analysis of Developments in Ukraine | * Volodymyr Kulyk, “National Identity in Ukraine: Impact of Euromaidan and the War”, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68, No. 4, 2016, pp. 588-608 *Taras Kuzio, “Euromaidan Revolution, Crimea and Russia-Ukraine War: Why it is time for a review of Ukraine-Russia Studies”, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Vol. 59, No. 3-4, pp. 529-553 |
| 9 | Week 9: The Evolution of the Russia-NATO Relations Since 1991 | * Dmitry Polikanov, “NATO-Russia Relations: Present and Future”, Contemporary Security Policy, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2004, pp. 479-497 * Oksana Antonenko & Bastian Giegerich, “Rebooting NATO-Russia Relations”, Survival, Vol. 51, No. 2, 2009, pp. 13-21 |
| 10 | Week 10: Russia-EU Relations in the Context of Eurasia | * Hiski Haukkala, “From Cooperative to Contested Europe? The Conflict in Ukraine as a Culmination of a Long-Term Crisis in EU–Russia Relations”, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2015, pp. 25-40 * Fyodor Lukyanov, “Russia–EU: The Partnership That Went Astray”, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.60, No. 6, 2008, pp. 1107-1119 |
| 11 | Week 11: Energy Politics in the Eurasia: Energy as a Foreign Policy Tool | * F. Stephen Larrabee, “Russia, Ukraine, and Central Europe: The Return of Geopolitics”, Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 63, No. 2, 2010, pp. 33-52 * Vera Tolz, “Rethinking Russian-Ukrainian Relations: A New Trend in Nation-Building in Post-Communist Russia?”, Nations and Nationalism, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2002, pp. 235-253 * Dmitri Trenin, “The Ukraine Crisis and the Resumption of Great-Power Rivalry”, Carnegie Moscow Center, 2014. * David A. Deese, “Energy: Economics, Politics, and Security”, International Security, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 140-153 * Bertil Nygren, “Putin’s Use of Natural Gas to Reintegrate the CIS Region,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 55, July/August 2008, pp. 3-15 |
| 12 | Week 12: Turkey-Russia Relations after the Cold War | * Şener Aktürk, Turkis-Russian relations after the Cold War (1992-2002), Turkish Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2006, pp. 337-364 * Ziya Öniş and Şuhnaz Yılmaz, “Turkey and Russia in a Shifting Global Order: Co-operation, Conflict and Asymmetric Interdependence in a Turbulent Region”, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2016, pp. 71-95 |
| 13 | Week 13: Overall Assessment of Eurasian Politics |
| Resources |
| Archie Brown, ed., Contemporary Russian Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PC1. Students know the fundamental concepts, theories, research methods and analysis techniques used in the fields and sub-fields of Political Science and International relations. | X | |||||
| 2 | PC2. Students understand the political, economic, social, and cultural relations among political systems, international actors, states and non-state actors; analyzes the reasons for the issues and problems in these fields, develop skills for systematic and critical thinking for alternative solutions. | X | |||||
| 3 | PC3. Students of the program will be able to work at public and private institutions, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations. They will be able to involve in the foreign policy making, analysis, and implementation processes; manage project implementations, and shoulder responsibilities at different positions of decision-making processes. The multi-disciplinary perspective they have developed in the program facilitates following solution-oriented perspective at times of crisis, evaluating existing resolutions and developing new alternatives. | X | |||||
| 4 | PC4. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and report the findings to stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 5 | PC5. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and make scientific publications. | X | |||||
| 6 | PC6. Students will be able to work as group leader in public and private institutions, plan and administer events and activities. | X | |||||
| 7 | PC7. As a result of development of critical thinking, students stay open to change and development; adopt never-ending learning principle to their life. | X | |||||
| 8 | PC8. Students use the appropriate oral and written language skills and adopt professional ethics in their communication while sharing results, analyses, and solution suggestions with colleagues and stakeholders | X | |||||
| 9 | PC9. Students use English language skills in research and fields of expertise; easily follow international developments and communicates with international stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 10 | PC10. Students use fundamental computer skills in communication with colleagues and stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 11 | PC11. Students will be able to lead decision-making mechanisms, involve in policy making and analysis processes, and manage negotiation processes in public and private institutions. | X | |||||
| 12 | PC12. Students will be able to develop original and scientific solutions and knowledge in their fields of expertise, create projects and act as a consultant to decision-making mechanisms. | X | |||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |