1	Course Title:	CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN IR THEORIES
2	Course Code:	ULI5102
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	7
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. TAYYAR ARI
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-posta: atayyar@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 02242941052 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi İ.İ.B.F Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course is to describe and analyze newly put forward international relations theories and their contributions to the field.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Political economy from the perspective of realism, liberalism and marxism; 2 Defensive, offensive and neo-classical realism; 3 Debate on soft power – hard power; 4 Feminist approaches in international relations; 5 Critical theories in international relations and Frankfurt school ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Political economy from the perspective of realism, liberalism and marxism
2	Defensive, offensive and neo-classical realism
3	Debate on soft power – hard power
4	Feminist approaches in international relations
5	Critical theories in international relations and Frankfurt school
6	Epistemological and ontological debates from positivism to post-positivism
7	The relation between structure, interest and foreign policy in realism and constructivism
8	Social constructivist theories and the relationship between identity and scurity
9	Gramscian and Neo-Gramscian Approaches
10	Copenhagen School and Securitization Theories
11	Analysis of European Integration with Social Constructivist Approaches
12	Post-modernism and international relations
13	Theories of international community
14	Hegemony Theories: Gramsci, Cox, Wallerstein, Gilpin

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkiler ve Dış Politika, Bursa: MKM Yay.,2011. Almond, Gabriel A. and James S. Coleman. The Politics of the Developing Areas. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press., 1960. Bergsten, C. Fred., Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye Jr. "International Economics and International Politics: a framework for analysis," C. Fred Bergsten and Lawrence B. Krause ed. World Politics and International Economics. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1975. Kaplan, Morton A. New Approaches to International Relations. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1968. Eralp, Atila, Devlet, Sistem ve Kimlik: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Yaklaşımlar, İstanbul: İletişim Yay., 1996
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	2	50
Final Exam	1	50
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	6	84
Homeworks, Performances	2	25	50
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	35	35
Total WorkLoad			211
Total workload/ 30 hr			7,03
ECTS Credit of the Course			7

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 LO1 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 LO2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 0 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 3 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High