COURSE SYLLABUS

FOREIGN POLICIY ANALYSIS

1	Course Title:	FOREIGN POLICIY ANALYSIS
2	Course Code:	ULU3105
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
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. Ö.GÖKSEL İŞYAR
16	Course Lecturers:	Yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	gokselis@uludag.edu.tr, 2941049, Bursa Uludağ Üni., İİBF, Uluslararası İlişkiler Böl., Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of the course is provide students basic methods with foreign policy models in order to analyze the foreign policy goals, strategies, and actions of one, two, or more countries.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	This course, which aims to teach the analysis methods of foreign policy strategies, contributes to the professional careers of both students who plan an academic career in the field of international relations and those who plan to be employed in the staff of various institutions in the public sector, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other related Ministries.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to identify the basic concepts, instruments and models for comparative study of foreign policies (model, typology and theory);
2	To be able to distinguish different approaches that is emerged in historical development of the method of comparative foreign policy analysis;
3	To be able to apply the four basic levels of analysis of foreign policy to sample case studies;
4	To be able to make comparative study of countries with a method of comparative foreign policy analysis;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Comparison as introduction
2	Historical outlook on comparative foreign policy models
3	Scientific research framework: introducing instruments such as model, typology and theory
4	Development of comparative foreign policy analysis method, the emergence of issue area approach
5	Comparative foreign policy analysis within the framework of decision-making theories (“Polyheuristic” decision-making theory will be examined)
6	Comparative foreign policy analyses within the framework of constructivist models
7	Comparative foreign policy analyses within the context of linkage policies (levels of models and theories)
8	Interactions between domestic factors and foreign policy and Comparative foreign policy analysis (domestic factors level)
9	Comparative foreign policy analysis from inter-state level
10	Comparative foreign policy analysis from individual decision-making level
11	Comparative foreign policy analyses from system level I (alliances/balance of power and foreign policy comparisons within the context of realist approach)
12	Comparative foreign policy analyses from system level II (international cooperation forms and foreign policy comparison within the context of liberal approach)
13	Comparative cases between countries I
14	Ülkeler arası karşılaştırma örnekleri II

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Ömer Göksel İşyar, Karşılaştırmalı Dış Politikalar: Yöntemler, Modeller, Örnekler ve Karşılaştırmalı Türk Dış Politikası, Dora Yayınları, Bursa 2010.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	In this course, a midterm and a final exam are conducted.
Information	Both midterm and final exam of this course are in the format of multiple-choice exams.

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