Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
2PSIR597Seminar0+0+00922.07.2022
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Master's Degree
Department / Program Political Science and International Relations (English) (With Thesis)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course This seminar course, within the framework of the expectation and purpose of the faculty, is a forum for students and faculty members to examine current issues within the scope of the International Relations academic discipline, to disseminate advanced practices and to get ideas about them. To meet the expectation, the student must research a topic and make a presentation around the research findings. Each student is responsible for preparing and presenting a seminar presentation on a subject in one of the disciplinary areas of the department. Generally, the student is expected to create and present a Power Point presentation. The subject may be a subject of particular interest to the student (for example, a potential thesis topic) or it may be an area in which the student is unfamiliar. However, the presentation should report research on recent developments. This should not be in the form of a thesis proposal.
Course Content This course provides a forum for students to discuss and generate ideas on a variety of applied social research-related topics. Students delve into a chosen research topic and discuss selected topics with experts in research, discussion and problem solving. In the research seminar, students are given the opportunity to integrate the knowledge, skills and practical experience gained in the programme.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. Burçin Uluğ Eryılmaz
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Steve Chan, “On Different Types of International Relations Scholarship,” Journal of Peace Research 39:6 (November 2002), pp. 747-756. Peter J. Katzenstein et al., “International Organization and the Study of World Politics,” International Organization 52:4 (Autumn 1998), pp. 645-685. Brian Schmidt, The Political Discourse of Anarchy: A Disciplinary History of International Relations (State University of New York Press, 1998). John A. Vasquez, eds., Classics of International Relations (Prentice Hall, 1995). Michael W. Doyle and G. John Ikenberry, eds., New Thinking in International Relations Theory (Westview, 1997).
James E. Dougherty and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr., Contending Theories of International Relations (Addison-Wesley, 1996). Charles W. Kegley, Jr., Controversies in International Relations Theory : Realism and the Neoliberal Challenge (St. Martin’s, 1995). Ken Booth and Steve Smith, eds., International Relations Theory Today (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995). Steve Smith, Ken Booth and Maarysia Zalewski, eds., International Theory: Positivism and Beyond (Cambridge, 1996). Manus I. Midlarsky, ed., Handbook of War Studies II (University of Michigan, 2000). James Der Derian, ed., International Theory: Critical Investigations (New York University Press, 1995). Kal Holsti, The Dividing Discipline: Hegemony and Diversity in International Theory (Allen and Unwin, 1985). Heikki Patomäki and Colin Wight, “After Postpositivism? The Promises of Critical Realism,” International Studies Quarterly 44:2 (June 2000), pp. 213-237.
Course Notes Online-Online, Lecture, Question-Answer, On the Subject, Opinion-Evaluation-Discussion, Case Analysis. Observation, Team/Group Work, Brainstorming, Report Preparation and/or Presentation, Compliance with Ethical Rules, Environmental Awareness.
Assessment: Attendance, Participation, Presentation, Case Study, Written assignments, Written exams. Preliminary interview on topics related to the student's inclination and interest, Choosing a topic in the seminar program to be prepared, Guiding students; Resources, Research Methods, and Preparation of Auxiliary Materials Used in Presentation Preparation: Seminar poster, Audio devices, Slide machine, Screen; Presentation Stages: Written text, Visual materials, Seminar critique and evaluation.

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Mid-terms 1 1 1
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 1,5 45

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Determines the research topic.
2 The student determines the purpose of the research subject and the limits of the subject.
3 The student comes to a level that can use scientific research methods.
4 The student can create content and written text in line with his research. He/she learns to benefit from different sources while preparing a written text.
5 The student prepares the presentation of the written research report. Presents and defends his/her research orally using effective presentation techniques.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Examination of research samples, preliminary research and topic selection: Seminar program flow Mandatory reading J. David Singer, “The Level-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations,” World Politics 14:1 (October 1961), pp. 77-I05. Classical Realism Thucydides, “The Melian Dialogue,” excerpt from The History of the Peloponnesian War, in Richard K. Betts, ed., Conflict After the Cold War, 2nd edition (New York: Longman, 2002), pp. 37-41. Niccolo Machiavelli, “Doing Evil in Order to Do Good,” excerpt from The Prince, in Betts, pp. 42-46. Thomas Hobbes, “The State of Nature and the State of War,” excerpt from Leviathan, in Betts, pp. 47-50. E. H. Carr, “Realism and Idealism,” excerpt from The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919- 1939, in Betts, pp. 51-67. Hans Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations, brief edition (McGraw-Hill, 1992), pp. 1-268 and 359-90.
2 Determination of the subject headings by limiting the selected topics, Studies on resource scanning and use of resources Neo-Realism: Kenneth Waltz Kenneth N. Waltz, Man, the State and War: A Theoretical Analysis (Columbia University Press, 1954), chaps. 2, 4, and 6-8. Kenneth N. Waltz, Theory of International Politics (Addison-Wesley, 1979), pp. 1-128. Kenneth N. Waltz, “Structural Realism After the Cold War,” International Security 25:1 (Summer 2000), pp. 5-41.
3 Starting the written text studies, working on the contents of the research, defining and classifying the content, classifying the reference sources Different Realisms: Hegemonic Stability & Power Transfer Theories Robert Gilpin, War and Change in World Politics (Cambridge, 1981), pp. 1-210. Ronald L. Tammen et al., Power Transitions: Strategies for the 21st Century (Chatham House, 2000), pp. 3-60, 107-193.
4 Creation of written texts, examination of created written texts Neo-Liberalism I: Regimes & Institutions Robert Jervis, “Realism, Neoliberalism, and Cooperation: Understanding the Debate,” International Security 24:1 (Summer 1999), pp. 42-63
5 Continuation of written text studies, Studies on the use of other resources such as the internet, periodicals and thesis, and interviews with resource persons. Neo-Liberalism II: Interdependence & Liberal Theories of Peace Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Power and Interdependence, 3rd edition (Addison-Wesley, 2000), pp. 1-52, 145-190 and 215-263. John R. Oneal and Bruce M. Russett, Triangulating Peace: Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations (Norton, 2001), pp. 15-196 and 271-305.
6 Continuing text studies, researching visual materials to support the research, slide presentation design in computer environment Neo-Classical Realism Gideon Rose, “Neoclassical Realism and Theories of Foreign Policy,” World Politics 51:1 (October 1998), pp. 144-172. Stephen G. Brooks, “Dueling Realisms,” International Organization 51:3 (Summer 1997), pp. 445-477. William C. Wohlforth, “Realism and the End of the Cold War,” International Security 19:3 (Winter 1994-95), pp. 91-129.
7 Continuation of text studies, use of visual materials in research, completion of seminar poster and cd cover designs Intersections of National and International Policy Peter Gourevitch, "The Second Image Reversed: The International Sources of Domestic Politics," International Organization 32:4 (Autumn, 1978), pp. 881- 912. Robert D. Putnam, “Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games,” International Organization 42:3 (Summer 1988), pp. 426-460. David H. Lumsdaine, Moral Vision in International Politics: The Foreign Aid Regime, 1949-1989 (Princeton University Press, 1993), pp. 3-69. Andrew Moravcsik, “Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics,” International Organization 51:4 (Autumn 1997), pp. 513- 553. Jack Snyder, Myths of Empire: Domestic Politics and International Ambition (Cornell University Press, 1991), pp. 1-65 and 305-322. Judith Goldstein, “International Law and Domestic Institutions: Reconciling North American ‘Unfair’ Trade Laws,” International Organization 50:4 (Autumn 1996), pp. 541-564
8 Mid Term
9 Finalization of text studies, slide presentation in computer environment, seminar poster and cd cover designs Identification Constructivism Approach in International Relations John Gerard Ruggie, “What Makes the World Hang Together? NeoUtilitarianism and the Social Constructivist Challenge,” International Organization 54:4 (Autumn 1998), pp. 855-858. Alexander Wendt, Social Theory of International Politics (Cambridge University Press, 1999).
10 Presentations: Bulk display for submissions completion and revisions Approach in International Relations, Scope, Rhetoric and Communication John Mearsheimer, “The False Promise of International Institutions,” International Security 19:3 (Winter 1994/95), pp. 5-49; and responses: Robert O. Keohane and Lisa L. Martin, “The Promise of Institutionalist Theory,” International Security 20:1 (Summer 1995), pp. 39-51. John Gerard Ruggie, “The False Premise of Realism,” International Security 20:1 (Summer 1995), pp. 62-70. Alexander Wendt, “Constructing International Politics,” International Security 20:1 (Summer 1995), pp. 71-81.
11 Presentations Postmodern & Neo-Marxist Approaches “The Poverty of Neorealism,” in Robert O. Keohane, ed., Neorealism and Its Critics (Columbia University Press, 1986), pp. 255-300. Jutta Weldes and Diana Saco, “Making State Action Possible: The United States and the Discursive Construction of ‘The Cuban Problem,’ 1960-1994,” Millennium 25:2 (Summer 1996), pp. 361-395.
12 Presentations Rational Choice Approaches Bruce Beuno de Mesquita, “Pride of Place: The Origins of German Hegemony,” World Politics 43 (October 1990), pp. 28-52. James D. Fearon, “Bargaining, Enforcement, and International Cooperation,” International Organization 52:2 (Spring 1998), pp. 269-305.
13 In the Discipline of International Relations Current Developments and Evaluations Colin Elman and Meriam Fendius Elman, eds., Progress in International Relations Theory (MIT Press, 2003), read all except chapter 8.
14 FINAL EXAM (Submission of Research Reports and Evaluation)

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11
C1 5 5 5
C2 5 5
C3 5 5 5 5
C4 5 5
C5 5 5 5 5

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant