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INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
POL101 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1 3 3 7

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Reading the related subject in the coursebook General introduction and information on course requirements Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
2 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Actors, levels of analysis, and the evolving international system Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
3 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Realism (I): Power, anarchy, balance of power, hegemony Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
4 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Realism (II): Alliances, NATO, collective defense, rationality Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
5 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Liberalism: democratic peace theory, economic interdependence, international institutions Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
6 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Decision making, domestic sources of foreign policy Documentary Screening - Discussion
7 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Theories of the causes of war Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
8 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Conventional forces, weapons of mass destruction, and arms control Documentary Screening - Discussion
9 Reading the related subject in the coursebook United Nations (UN), collective security, humanitarian intervention Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
10 - MID-TERM EXAM -
11 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Political Economy and theories of trade Documentary Screening - Discussion
12 Reading the related subject in the coursebook European Union (EU) and integration theory Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
13 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Global South, development gap, the world-system theory Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
14 Reading the related subject in the coursebook International Development, IMF Conditionality and Foreign Assistance Documentary Screening - Discussion
15 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Wrap-up discussion and final exam review Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -