School/Faculty/Institute	Graduate School
Course Code	UGS 591
Course Title in English	Thesis
Course Title in Turkish	Tez Çalışması
Language of Instruction	TR
Type of Course	Project
Level of Course	Select
Semester	Fall
Contact Hours per Week	Lecture: 2 Recitation: Yok Lab: Yok Other: 1
Estimated Student Workload	hours per semester
Number of Credits	60 ECTS
Grading Mode	Pass / Fail
Pre-requisites	UGS 510 - Seminer II UGS 509 - Seminer I
Co-requisites	None
Expected Prior Knowledge	N&A
Registration Restrictions	N/A
Overall Educational Objective	Writing a successful graduate thesis
Course Description	Tez yazma sürecinin takibi

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to: 1) Learning the processes of writing a project with academic qualifications on a certain subject 2) Reinforcement of theoretical and conceptual approaches acquired in courses 3) Acquiring and developing the ability to work independently

Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3
1) Understanding the basic concepts of international security and strategy.
2) Ability to analyze the security and defense policies and strategies of particular states.
3) Awareness of ethical values that govern the making of foreign and security policies.
4) Extensive knowledge about global governance and international organizations that shape the world politics.
5) Ability to express opinion on the causes and consequences of world events.
6) Extensive knowledge about Turkey’s foreign and security policies.
7) Extensive knowledge about international terrorism
8) Extensive knowledge about the literature on the prominent thinkers and philosophers in the field of political science.
9) Ability to conduct research on specific cases in European security and to write papers.
10) Awareness of impact of environmental change and scarcity of natural resources on the conduct of international politics.

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None	S Supportive	H Highly Related

	Program Outcomes and Competences	Level	Assessed by
1)	Understanding the basic concepts of international security and strategy.	N
2)	Ability to analyze the security and defense policies and strategies of particular states.	N
3)	Awareness of ethical values that govern the making of foreign and security policies.	N
4)	Extensive knowledge about global governance and international organizations that shape the world politics.	N
5)	Ability to express opinion on the causes and consequences of world events.	N
6)	Extensive knowledge about Turkey’s foreign and security policies.	N
7)	Extensive knowledge about international terrorism	N
8)	Extensive knowledge about the literature on the prominent thinkers and philosophers in the field of political science.	N
9)	Ability to conduct research on specific cases in European security and to write papers.	N
10)	Awareness of impact of environmental change and scarcity of natural resources on the conduct of international politics.	N

Prepared by and Date	MUSTAFA KİBAROĞLU , October 2024
Course Coordinator	MUSTAFA KİBAROĞLU
Semester	Fall
Name of Instructor	Prof. Dr. MUSTAFA KİBAROĞLU

Course Contents

Week	Subject
1)	Determining the thesis topic
4)	Detailing the thesis topic and determining the content
9)	Submission of draft of contents
14)	Submission of drafts of the first chapters

Required/Recommended Readings	Relevant literature
Teaching Methods	Graduation thesis writing methodolgy
Homework and Projects	N/A
Laboratory Work	Yok
Computer Use	Yok
Other Activities	Yok
Assessment Methods	Assessment Tools Count Weight TOTAL %
Course Administration	kibaroglum@mef.edu.tr Rectorate Building Tez yazım sürecinde öğrencilerin tez yönetmenin tavsiyelerini ve direktiflerini dikkate alarak ilerlemeleri tezin belirlenen süreler dahilinde hedeflendiği gibi şekilde yazılmasını ve jüri önünde başarılı bir şekilde savunulmasını sağlamak açısından önemlidir.