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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS STR 5041 MAKERS OF MODERN STRATEGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Strategic Research

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Strategic Research

Course Objective

To learn concept of "modern strategy" by looking at the philosophers in the history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the dialectic relationship between the concepts stategy and war 2   To learn the different factors that take place in war and its connection with political end 3   to learn the development of modern war in history 4   to learn the inevitable role of war and the settlement of disputes 5   To learn different approaches from the makers of modern strategy 6   To learn how the nuclear arms brought the difference to the concept of war

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Machiavelli: Renaissance and art of war 2 Murice of Nassau: Military Revolution of 17. Century 3 Vauban:The Impact of Science on War 4 Frederick the Great: From Dynastic to National War 5 Napoleon and War in French Revolution 6 Clausewitz and War 7 Adam Smith: The Economic Foundations of Military Power 8 Class Discussion 9 Revolution of Karl Marx and War 10 Moltke and Prussian Military Understanding 11 Russian Military Understanding and Suvorov Model 12 The Development of French Colonial War 13 American Strategy from Beginning through the First World War 14 Class Discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Peter Paret, Makers of Modern Strategy, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1986.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

If needed, other assessment methods can be added to the table given below.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assis.Prof.Dr. Bülent Uğrasız, Faculty of Letters, Department of American Culture and Literature, Room no: A-111, Phone: ext. 18652

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84 Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6 Preparation for final exam 1 6 6 Preparing assignments 1 31 31 Midterm 1 3 3 Final 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 LO.1 5 4 3 3 4 LO.2 5 4 3 3 4 LO.3 5 4 3 3 4 LO.4 5 4 3 3 4 LO.5 5 4 3 3 4 LO.6 5 4 3 3 4