COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 4037 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FÜSUN ÇOBAN DÖŞKAYA

Offered to

American Culture and Literature (English)

Course Objective

In this course, American Foreign Policy is explained separately in each period since its establishment and ends with the September 11 Attack and Globalization policies. In particular, US relations with Türkiye are also within the scope of this course. In addition, for each different period of US foreign policy, the situation in the international environment is discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   American Foreign Policy and different periods of this policy are studied
2   Different periods of American Policy are evaluated considering the existing international relations, too
3   To understand the international relations, important topics of international relations are also studied
4   International relations is interpreted by decision makers differently because of perception
5   Students should be able to benefit from international relation theories from when they evaluate the American Foreign Policy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the course and the topics
2 Importance of Foreign Policy
3 History of the US foreign Policy
4 The American Power in the Global Era
5 The New International Relations after the Cold War
6 The American Power in 21st. century and US Ability To Affect Other Actors
7 How a foreign policy is formed
8 Midterm Exam
9 US Foreign Policy and Religion
10 Idealism versus realism
11 Foreign Policy Objectives
12 What is the balance of power and its examples historically
13 Balance of Power: Homogeneous and Heterogeneous systems
14 Unipolar, Bipolar, Multipower international systems
15 General Evaluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Jerel A. Rosati, The Politics of United States Foreign Policy, CA, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explaining the topic to students through interactive presentations and supporting it with visual materials, followed by in-depth analysis of the topic through student discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm
2. Homework
3. Active participation
4. Final

Assessment Criteria

1. Ability to understand and define basic concepts correctly
2. Relating related concepts to each other and using them in context.
3. Analyzing a given text or discourse and using the terminology in the course content effectively.
4. Using language correctly and effectively.
5. Relating and applying the knowledge learned to real in real world examples.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is compulsory.
2. It is important to attend classes and come to class by reading the subject beforehand.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fusun.doskaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 08:30-09:30
Tuesday 08.30-09:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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