COURSE SYLLABUS

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND FEMINIST APPROACHES

1	Course Title:	INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND FEMINIST APPROACHES
2	Course Code:	ULI5118
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Yrd.Doç.Dr. Çiğdem Aydın Koyuncu
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Yrd. Doç. Dr. Çiğdem AYDIN KOYUNCU Uludağ Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü Nilüfer/BURSA Tel: 0224 2941168 Email: cigdema@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	In this course, acquiring knowledge of students in Department of International Relations Graduate Program about basic arguments of feminist approaches in international relations which were began to acquire place in the discipline of international relations since the late 1980s, and aims to analyze the key views and criticism of feminist international relations approaches about security which is accepted as one of the most basic and sexist subjects of the field.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to assess concept of "security" in national and international context ;
2	To be able to understand the role of different actors in the provision of international security and peace in post-Cold War period;
3	To be able to find opportunity to analyze and interpret threats directed to international security ;
4	To be able to have knowledge about different feminist approaches in international relations;
5	To be able to learn contributions of feminist approaches to discipline of international relations ;
6	To be able to finds opportunity to analyze the relationship between the main security issues in international relations and feminism ;
7	To be able to knowledge about security-related discourses of different feminist approaches to international relations;
8	To be able to learn feminist approaches about war and peace;
9	To be able to knowledge about direct and structurel violence;
10	To be able to find opportunity to analyze feminist approaches on the examples like Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Theories of conventional Security
2	New Approaches to International Security
3	Debates in International Relations Theories, Investigating of Realism, and Development of Critical Approaches
4	Development of Feminist Approaches in International Relations
5	Different Feminist Approaches in International Relations (liberal, radical, Marxist, postmodern, constructivist feminism, et al.)
6	Contributions of Feminist Approaches to the Discipline of International Relations and the Problems
7	Entry of Feminist Approaches to the Security Debates in International Relations
8	Security, Realism and Feminist Criticisms
9	Feminist Criticisms to Definition and content of security
10	Feminist Approaches Based on War and Peace
11	Terrorism and Women
12	Political Conflicts , Social Issues and Women in the Middle East
13	Political Conflicts , Social Issues and Women in the Middle Asia and Caucasus
14	Analysis of International Security Treaties and Organizations Based on Feminist Approaches

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Ann J. Tickner, Gender in International Relations, Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security, New York, Columbia University Press, 1992. 2. Christine Sylvester, Feminist International Relations-An Unfinished Journey, Cambridge University Press, 2002. 3. V. Spike Peterson and Anne Sisson Runyan, Global Gender Issues, Boulder, Westview Press, 1993 4. Özlem Tür, Ç. Aydın Koyuncu, “Feminist Uluslararası İlişkiler Yaklaşımı: Temelleri, Gelişimi, Katkı ve Sorunları”, Uluslararası İlişkiler, Cilt 7, Sayı 26, Yaz 2010, ss. 3-24, ISSN:1304-7310. 5. Ç. Aydın Koyuncu, “Dış Politika Karar Verme Mekanizmalarında Kadının Yeri”, Amme İdaresi Dergisi, Cilt 44, Sayı 1, ss. 99-120, ISSN: 1300-1795. 6. Ç. Aydın Koyuncu, “Feminist Uluslararası İlişkiler Yaklaşımları Açısından Güvenlik Konusunun Analizi”, Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt 67, Sayı 1, ss. 111-139, ISNN:0378-2921. 7. Walt, Stephen M. (1991), “The Renaissance of Security Studies”, International Studies Quarterly, 35 (2): 211–239. 8. Wadley, Jonathan D. (2010), “Gendering the State-Performativity and Protection in International Security”, Sjoberg, Laura (ed.), Gender and International Security-Feminist Perspectives, (London: Routledge): 38-58.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High