COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Conflict Resolution (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IBRAHIM SAYLAN

Offered to

Conflict Resolution (English)

Course Objective

The course aims at providing students with the knowledge and skill of analysis regarding a variety of conflict types and the political strategies to manage, transform and, if possible, to prevent them. In line with the basic purpose of the course, its content consists of theoretical approaches relating the typology of conflicts and political solutions in diplomatic or constructivist terms as well as contemporary examples. It is expected from students to forge logical parallels with the disagreements and conflicts in their around, in working place, in school or in family environment and put into practice the theoretical acknowledge in managing such conflicts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Bercovitch, Jacob and Richard Jackson (2009), Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, Chapters 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,10,11,12
Wallensteen Peter (2002) Understanding Conflict Resolution, London: Sage Publications, Chapter 3.
Ramsbotham, Oliver, Tom Woodhouse and Hugh Miall (2014), Contemporary Conflict Resolution (3r.ed.), Cambridge&Malden: Polity Press, Chapter 9.
Kriesberg, Louis. 2009. The Evolution of Conflict Resolution , in The Sage Handbook of Conflict Resolution, Jacob Bercovitch et al (eds.), Sage Publications: London, pp.15-32.
Beriker, Nimet. Spring/Summer 2015. The Conflict Resolution Field- Reflections on Multiple Realities, Challenges, and Geographical Divides , The Brown Journal of World Affairs 21 (2), pp. 7-22.
Jönsson, Christer and Karin Aggestam. 2009. Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution , in The Sage Handbook of Conflict Resolution, Jacob Bercovitch et al (eds.), Sage Publications: London, pp.33-51.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Class discussions
Assignments
Exams

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Students are expected to come to class prepared to the discussion around the topic mentioned in the syllabus of the course.
2. The papers to be prepared would be assessed in terms of the appropriatness of the chosen theoretical framework, the quality of research; i.e. the sources that were utilized while preparing the papers, applicability of the theoretical framework to the case and so forth; and finally, academic ethics.
3. In exams, students will be responsible from all relating material and issues that had been handled along the season, and give clear, appropriate and coherent answers.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The course will be based on seminars by the instructor who will transmit the theoretical discussions, and the discussions in the class on the cases predetermined by the instructor. Students are expected to prepare papers on the topics/examples that would be confirmed in advance by the instructor within the theoretical perspectives they found appropriate to employ. The course requires reading the volumes cited in the curriculum along with the recommended/supplamentary resources and out-of-class time research under the scrutiny of the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.saylan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes