COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL EXTREMISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISS 7027 POLITICAL EXTREMISM 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 ALI ŞEVKET OVALI

Offered to

International Security Studies Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

This course is intended as an introduction into the political extremism and radicalism. Main objective of this course is to explain contemporary conceptualization of political extremism and radicalism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Examine the political extremism in the modern political ideologies in order to understand their impact on the social life of the main representatives of the basic concepts, assumptions and expression;
2   To analyze the causes and consequences of radicalism in order to understand in which ways terrorism, nationalism, conservatism and anarchy and their relations to current issues
3   Examine the societies regarding to their socio-economic, political, cultural, and legal structure to understand the effects of radical phenomena
4   To demonstrate the adequacy of the presentation skills course material to make a detailed and well-articulated presentations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Research of political extremism and radicalism
2 Theory of political extremism and radicalism
3 Right-wing political extremism and radicalism (nationalism-conservatism)
4 Right-wing political extremism and radicalism (neo-fascism- neo-nazism)
5 Right-wing political extremism and radicalism (new right radicalism)
6 Left-wing political extremism and radicalism (anarchism)
7 Midterm
8 Left-wing political extremism and radicalism (communism
9 Left-wing political extremism and radicalism (new left radicalism)
10 Environmental extremism and radicalism
11 Ethnic and regional extremism and radicalism
12 Religious extremism and radicalism
13 Politics against extremism and radicalism
14 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

To be anounced

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, term paper and presentation

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. 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.
4. Learners will make presentations on topics distributed by the instructor.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attending at least 70% of lectures is mandatory.
Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nazım.irem@deu.edu.tr

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 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 60 60
Preparing assignments 1 36 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 253

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.14
LO.24
LO.34
LO.44