COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORYOF WARS AND REVOLUTIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IRL 5078 HISTORYOF WARS AND REVOLUTIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

International Relations (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ILKIM ÖZDIKMENLI ÇELIKOĞLU

Offered to

International Relations (English)

Course Objective

This course aims to analyze the political, economic, ideological and cultural elements of major wars and revolutions. Rather than focusing on the well known reasons and consequences of individual wars and revolutions, the course aims to develop a theoretical and critical way of thinking by focusing on the theoretical work on the phenomena in question. The British Civil War, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, The First World War, Russian Revolution, the Second World War, wars and revolutions in the third world are amongst the topics to examine during this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Acquire advanced knowledge on major wars and revolutions in order to be able to develop a historical approach to contemporary problems of international relations
2   Identify the relationship between regional/global wars and big scale changes in the world system
3   Acquire advanced knowledge on different approaches to revolutions, in terms of the making of revolutions and their effects on broader politics
4   Deliver elaborate and well articulated presentations of academic material to demonstrate a proficiency in presentation skills
5   Write a well-designed academic paper to demonstrate a proficiency in academic writing skills

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Political change in the modern world
2 Civil war and revolution in England
3 French Revolution
4 Wars and revolutions in the 19th cc
5 World War I
6 Russian Revolution
7 World War II
8 Chinese Revolution
9 Postcolonial wars and revolutions-I
10 Postcolonial wars and revolutions-II
11 Collapse of the Soviet Union Color Revolutions
12 Paper presentations
13 Paper presentations
14 Paper presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Full list will be announced later.
Goldstone, J. The Comparative and Historical Study of Revolutions, Annual Review of Sociology, 8, 1982, pp.187-207.
Goldstone, J. Revolutions: Theoretical, Comparative, and Historical Studies (ed.)
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson, 1986.
Hobsbawm, Eric. The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848, VINTAGE BOOKS, A Division of Random House, 1962.
Greenfeld, Liah. Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992.
Barrington Moore, Jr.Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World, Boston: Beacon Press, 1966.
Skocpol, Theda. States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Class discussions
Presentations
Reading reports

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

Students will:
1. Explain the basic concepts, assumptions and ideas of theoretical approaches examined during the course, in a clear and consistent manner.
2. Compare and contrast different wars and revolutions examined during the course.
3. Present and discuss learning material in an elaborate and well organized manner.
4. Submit a well-designed research paper.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students must read the learning material and participate in the discussions.
4. All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise they will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced later

Office Hours

To be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparing assignments 1 80 80
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 181

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55