COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GLOBAL CRISES AND EUROPE IN CRISIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IRE 4315 GLOBAL CRISES AND EUROPE IN CRISIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

International Relations (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIF UZGÖREN

Offered to

Political Science and International Relations (English)
International Relations (English)

Course Objective

Historical processes such as global economic crisis, Euro-zone crisis and political crisis of democracy with the rise of far-right politics, Brexit and stagnation of Türkiye-EU relations all resulted in a declining demand for and popularity of European studies. European integration is facing a crisis period under the current conjuncture. However, a glance to history of European integration reveals that integration has always progressed in a gradual manner with times of stagnation followed with integration. The module studies future contours of European integration taking global challenges and solutions at its centre.

This module has three objectives. First, it aims to enhance knowledge of students about different aspects of crises and challenges as well as reforms and future coordinates of European integration. Second, it aspires to increase popularity and visibility of the EU studies through focusing on the current conjuncture of economic and political crises. Third, it equally aims to increase students awareness on global problems, probable solutions and future dynamics of European integration to stimulate students resilience about global challenges.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will develop an understanding of causes and dynamics of economic and political crises at a global and European level
2   Students will develop their analytical skills to interpret crises through different theoretical lenses through the help of both mainstream and critical approaches
3   Students will familiarize themselves with some techniques of active education such as role simulations and case studies on recent examples such as Grexit and Brexit
4   Students will develop their skills to discuss through actively participating to class discussions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Global Crises and European crises
3 Constructing the Digital Single Market: future challenges and opportunities
4 Reforming global finance and future of Euro
5 Ending the trade war: reforming WTO
6 Future of development policies and EU s role
7 Inclusive growth: social and cohesion policies
8 Who is a populist Crisis of liberal democracy
9 Post-truth society and crisis of knowledge structure
10 European Security Challenges and future of NATO
11 Role simulation
12 Role simulation
13 Reconsidering Türkiye-EU relations within the context of political and economy crises
14 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Case Study
Role simulation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Role simulation
Term Project

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif.uzgoren@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Reading 12 2 24
Field study 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45

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