COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RISING POWERS IN WORLD POLITICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IRE 4123 RISING POWERS IN WORLD POLITICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

International Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IREM AŞKAR KARAKIR

Offered to

International Relations

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to explain domestic and international factors that are behind the rise of five major rising powers (Brazil, Russia, India China and South Africa) known as the BRICS and their approaches to leading issues (security, economics and environment) in world politics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Grasping the domestic and international factors that are behind the rise of five major rising powers (Brazil, Russia, India China and South Africa).
2   Understanding rising powers' approaches to leading issues (security, economics and environment) in world politics.
3   Acquiring the skill of conducting research via library and internet.
4   Working independently and with peers to design and run presentations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Major power transitions in the international system and rising powers
3 Brazil as a rising power
4 Russia as a rising power
5 India as a rising power
6 China as a rising power
7 South Africa as a rising power
8 Rising powers approaches to security issues
9 Rising powers approaches to economic issues
10 Rising powers approaches to environmental issues
11 Student Presentations
12 Student Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Jamie Gaskarth (ed.), Rising powers, global governance and global ethics, New York: Rouledge, 2015.
2. Nadkarni, Vidya and Norma C. Noonan (eds.), Emerging Powers in a Comparative
Perspective: The Political and Economic Rise of BRIC Countries, New York: Bloomsbury, 2013.
3.Chales A. Kupchan, No one s world: the West, the rising rest and the coming global turn, New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Participation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 PRS Presentation
3 FN Final
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 + PRS * 0.20 + FN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.40 + PRS * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm Exam
2. Final Exam
3. Presentation

Assessment Criteria

1. To identify the domestic and international factors that are behind the rise of major rising powers.
2. To identify rising powers approaches to leading issues (security, economics and environment) in world politics.
3. To work independently and with peers to design and run presentations.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 % of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

irem.askar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 12 12
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.34
LO.455

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