COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISS 7008 TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

International Security Studies Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZEHRA NILÜFER KARACASULU

Offered to

International Security Studies Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Main aim of this course is to comprehend historical and contemporary debates on transatlantic security

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand concept of security
2   To understand concept of transatlantic security
3   To comprehend US-EU-NATO security relations
4   To comprehend IR theories
5   To understand concept of regional security
6   To get comparativeanalysis skills

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduduction
2 Classical security debates
3 Non classical security debates
4 Regional security and alliances
5 US Security policy after the Cold war 1: Bush and Clinton
6 US Security policy after the Cold War 2: Sept 11 and Bush doctrine
7 Midterm
8 US Security policy after the Cold War 3: Obama and Clinton
9 European Security after the Cold War 1: New Security problems
10 Development of European Security Policy
11 European Security after the Cold War 2: New NATO
12 NATO Strategic concept
13 NATO versus ESP
14 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussions and presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 13 156
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 243

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.655