COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORLD HISTORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IRL 5021 WORLD HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

International Relations (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI ŞEVKET OVALI

Offered to

International Relations (English)

Course Objective

1. Understanding the development of international system in the 19th and 20th Centuries with a strong knowledge on political, economic and social issues in 1870-1990
2. Knowing and analyzing current political issues' historical backgrounds for the aim of working on solutions of political problems
3. Determining the link between political, socio-economic, and cultural factors for the aim of analyzing past and future integrally

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will clarify main actors, issues, tendencies and political eras
2   Students will explain effects and impacts of religious, cultural, and intellectual transformations in modern and pre-modern Europe for the aim of interpreting cultural map of Europe
3   Students will determine the link between political, socio-economic, and cultural factors for the aim of analyzing past and future integrally
4   Students will understand the development of international system in the 19th and 20th Centuries with a strong knowledge on political, economic and social issues in 1870-1990

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Rapid Industrialization and its Challenges (1870-1914) p. 814-858
2 Political and Cultural Responses to a Rapidly Changing World p. 858-897
3 The Age of European Imperialism p. 898-943
4 World War I. p. 943-1017
5 Revolutionary Russia and Soviet Union p. 1017-1055
6 The Elusive Search for Stability in the 1920s p. 1056-1104
7 Midterm
8 Rise of Totalitarian Regimes p. 1104-1157
9 World War II. p. 1157-1212
10 Reconstruction of Divided Europe p. 1213-1251
11 Decolonization and a new Prosperity p. 1251-1288
12 Rise of Modern Europe and Collapse of Communism p. 1288-1342
13 Global Challenges, European Cooperation and the Uncertainties of a new Age p. 1342-1364
14 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

1. John Merriman, A History of Modern Europe - From the French Revolution to the Present, W.W. Norton & Company, New York & London, 2004, 2nd Ed., Volume II.
2. Walter Laqueur, Europe in our Time, Penguin Books, New York, 1993.
3. Sina Akşin, Kısa 20. Yüzyıl Tarihi, Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Istanbul, 2014 (recommended reading)
4. Mark Mazower, Karanlık Kıta Avrupa'nın 20. Yüzyılı, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Çev. Mehmet Moralı, Istanbul, 2003 (recommended reading)
5. Fahir Armaoğlu, 20. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi, Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Istanbul, 1993 (recommended reading)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Weekly readings

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Students will clarify main actors, issues, tendencies and political eras
2. Students will situate specific events into the history of European states system between 1870 and 1990
3. Students will distinguish economic, political, cultural and religious factors' roles on the historical development

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.
3. Learners should complete course readings before the class for which they are assigned.

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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 9 108
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 181

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.25
LO.34
LO.44

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