COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IBRAHIM SAYLAN

Offered to

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)
Political Science and International Relations (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Course Objective

The primary objective of the course is to introduce the students an extensive literature on the causes of war and post-war peace building efforts. Survey of theoretical approaches to problems of conflict, together with concepts such as stability, change and order, techniques of conflict management and possible means of conflict resolution will be amongst the major topics covered.

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

Peter Wallensteen, Understanding Conflict Resolution: War, Peace and the Global System,
SAGE Publications, London, 2002.
Oliver Ramsbotham, Tom Woodhouse, Hugh Miall, Contemporary Conflict Resolution, Polity
Press, Cambridge&Malden, 2014 (3rd Ed).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Case study
Class discussions

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will define the concept of conflict, outline the resolution of conflicts
between international and intra-national actors, comprehend the complexities in
conflict resolution and delineate humanitarian intervention, peace keeping,
international mediation and post-conflict processes.
2. The learner will conduct a case study that reflects the theoretical and empirical
knowledge in the field and present this study effectively.
3. The learner will offer consistent and aforethought participations, which demonstrate
knowledge and understanding of course reading.
The rubric that will be used in the evaluation of the term paper and term paper
presentations:
a) Poor (0%) b) Fair (40%) c) Good (60%) d) Very good (80%) e) Excellent (100%)
Assignment / term project evaluation criteria (Total Points 100):
1)Justification of the subject choice - 10 Points a) Justification of the subject
choice not provided b) Justification of the subject choice insufficiently provided c)
Justification of the subject choice provided but without reference to the Course
Objectives d) Justification of the subject choice concerning the Course Objectives
sufficiently provided e) Significance and relevance of the subject concerning the
Course Objectives explained in a detailed way
2)Definition of the research question - 10 Points a) Research question not specified b)
Research question vaguely defined c) Research question not fully defined d) Research
question fully defined but without specifying the context e) Research question fully
defined in the specific context of the subject
3)Theoretical framework - 20 Points a) The essay lacks a theoretical framework b)
Theoretical framework weak and poorly connected to the research question c) Theoretical
framework provided but without the necessary connections to the research question d)
Theoretical framework sufficiently elaborated and used to answer the research question
e) Theoretical framework competently used to answer the research question
4)Empirical evidence - 20 points a) No empirical evidence for responding to the
research question provided b) Empirical evidence insufficiently provided to develop
and support arguments c) Empirical evidence provided but in a disorganized way d)
Empirical evidence sufficiently provided and connected to the arguments of the essay e)
Empirical evidence sufficiently provided and elegantly employed to describe the
conditions and developments that characterize the context and to substantiate the
arguments of the essay
5)Argumentation - 30 Points a) No arguments to respond to the research question
developed b) Arguments to explain the research question insufficiently and
inconsistently made c) Arguments to explain the research question sufficiently made
but in a disorganized way d) Arguments to explain the research question made in an
analytical and systematic way e) Arguments to explain the research question developed
coherently and analytically, supported by a well-knit combination of theory and
empirical evidence
6)Standard citation style and bibliography - 10 Points a) No bibliography provided b)
Standard citation style not used c) Standard citation style not regularly used
throughout the text d) Standard citation style regularly used throughout the text e)
Standard citation style regularly used throughout the text and a bibliography included
at the end of the essay

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)

ibrahim.saylan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes