COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GREAT POWERS SINCE OTTOMANS TO MODERN ERA AND TüRKIYE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5039 GREAT POWERS SINCE OTTOMANS TO MODERN ERA AND TüRKIYE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DILŞEN INCE ERDOĞAN

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The course aims to explain factors of rapidly changing world system in 18th and 19th centuries and to review its effects in Türkiye, and to determine role and effects of Emperialism on Türkiye.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   know about changing position of the Ottoman Empire in 19th and 20th centuries
2   learn the concept of Great Power and understand its relation with emperialism
3   analyze policies and aims of Great Powers and to seek the position of Türkiye in it
4   analyze effects of Great Powers to Turkish social and political structure
5   evaluate dynamics between Türkiye and Great Powers in conjuncture of international relations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Debate Topics
2 Homework presentations
3 Ottoman Capitulations and their Effects to Ottoman State
4 Birth of Great Power Concept and Emperialism
5 Struggle for Domination between Great Powers
6 1st World War
7 2nd World War
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Changing World Conjuncture after 1980 and its effects to Türkiye
10 Position of Türkiye after Collapse of Soviet Union
11 Great Powers, Middle East and Türkiye
12 New Approaches in Turkish Foreign Policy
13 Presentation
14 Presentation
15 Presentation
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

paul Kennedy, Büyük Güçlerin Yükseliş ve Çöküşü.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Seminar Homework

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 * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

TBA

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-3: asked in mid-term exam
2. LO 1-5: asked in final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70 % of attendance in a subject for appearing in the examination is compulsory
2. Failure to attend a class will not be excused for overdue delivery of homework
3. Attendance, mid-term exam, homeworks and final exam will be taken into account in scoring

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

dilsen.inceerdogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 14:00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.123
LO.223
LO.323
LO.423
LO.523