COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMH 6059 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Law

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR UĞUR SAMANCI

Offered to

Public Law

Course Objective

Examination of international institutions whose number has increased as a result of an intensified need for international co-operation and their features, structure and activities from a legal point of view.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the terms, concepts and theories related to international institutions
2   To be able to specify and evaluate the operation and activities of international institutions
3   To be able to identify and evaluate Turkey's relations with international organizations
4   To be able to interpret responses of the international community to the problems arising in a globalizing world and to propose new solutions
5   To be able to analyze and criticise the effectiveness of international institutions in solving problems that arise with globalization
6   To be able to discuss the international political order in the context of the interaction and cooperation between members of the international community

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Overview and classification of international organizations
2 Global organizations: The League of Nations
3 The UN, its creation and its principles
4 The bodies of the UN
5 The activities of the UN
6 Action in case of international aggression
7 Mid-term exam
8 Peacekeeping operations
9 Humanitarian Intervention
10 Financial specialized agencies, IMF, World Bank and WTO
11 Specialized agencies in the social field , ILO
12 European regional organizations
13 NATO
14 African organizations

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana kaynaklar: Seyersted Finn, Common Law of International Organizations, 2008; Amerasinghe C. F., Principles of the Institutional Law of International Organizations, 2005; Klabbers Jan, An Introduction to International Institutional Law, 2009; Schermers Henry G./Blokker Niels M., International Institutional Law, 2011.
Supplementary Book(s): GÜNDÜZ Aslan, Milletlerarası Hukuk Temel Belgeler Örnek Kararlar, Istanbul 2009
References:
Materials: Internet

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussions, seminar presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced during the semester.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced during the semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ugur.samanci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 15:30 - 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 26 26
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 127

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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