Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | ABDULLAH ÖZDAĞ (abdullahozdag@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | ABDULLAH ÖZDAĞ, | ||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| To teach to students what is political history and differences from other disciplines of history. To provide to develop a different perspective about current events. To win the skills to assess the political history as holistic and comprehensive | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | main concepts can be argued |
PO-1 Has knowledge of basic research methods and principles in Social Sciences at a level to conduct independent research. PO-2 Has sufficient knowledge and awareness about globalization and intercultural communication, human rights, social justice and respect for differences. PO-3 Has basic information about the main actors of international relations and the rules of the international system. PO-4 Has a command of the basic concepts in the fields of history, sociology, economics and law at a level to do interdisciplinary work. |
Examination Presentation |
| LO-2 | To analyze current political events. |
PO-1 Has knowledge of basic research methods and principles in Social Sciences at a level to conduct independent research. PO-4 Has a command of the basic concepts in the fields of history, sociology, economics and law at a level to do interdisciplinary work. |
Examination Presentation |
| LO-3 | Comparing current events with historical events. |
PO-9 Has acquired the skills to examine Turkey's position in world politics in a historical perspective and to define current problems. PO-10 Has a command of the basic conceptual and theoretical framework in the field of International Relations at a level to make analysis. PO-11 Can determine needs for learning and direct the learning process by critically evaluating the knowledge and skills acquired in the field of International Relations. |
Examination Presentation |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Background of recent events with historical perspective, its evaluation and effects | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Introduction of the course | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 2 | The process leading up to World War I, the causes of war, the general state of the world before the war | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 3 | The start of World War I, the parties of the war, process and destruction of the war, and the end of war | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 4 | Wilson and Lenin, arrangements of the post-war peace treaties, and weaknesses of the treatie | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 5 | Mandate system, Turkish war of independence and similar examples, the post-war situation in Europe, USA, Japan, China and Russia | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 6 | Communism, Fascism and Nazism, the state of Capitalism, the economic crisis of in 1929 , Hitlers rise to power in Germany, and other crises in the interwar period | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 7 | The process leading up to World War II, causes of war, the similarities and differences with World War I, the situation of the non-western before Second World War | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Conferences and Agreements during the war, the end of the War and the establishment of the UN | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 10 | End of war regulations, the start of the cold war, the Soviet Union, NATO and Warsaw Pact, invasions of the Soviet Union and its containment | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 11 | Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Arab-Israeli wars and other crises and wars of the cold war era | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 12 | Armaments and disarmament, of nuclear weapons, and the space race during the Cold War | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 13 | The ending of the Cold War, the new Russia, the American century, the debates of End of History. | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 14 | Post-Cold War crises, the events of September 11, Human rights and democracy agenda, the legitimacy problem of the UN | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 15 | General Assessment | Face to face, verbal expression |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Jonathan Holslog, A Political History of the World, Pelican Book. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Textbook | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| c) Performance Project | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 150 | ||