Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Political Science and International Relations | |||||
| Bachelor | Length of the Programme: 4 | Number of Credits: 240 | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF: Level 6 |
Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri
| School/Faculty/Institute | Faculty of Econ., Admin. and Social Sciences | |||||
| Course Code | POLS 321 | |||||
| Course Title in English | Case Studies in Terrorism | |||||
| Course Title in Turkish | Case Studies in Terrorism | |||||
| Language of Instruction | EN | |||||
| Type of Course | Flipped Classroom | |||||
| Level of Course | Select | |||||
| Semester | Fall | |||||
| Contact Hours per Week |
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| Estimated Student Workload | 130 hours per semester | |||||
| Number of Credits | 5 ECTS | |||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | |||||
| Pre-requisites | None | |||||
| Expected Prior Knowledge | None | |||||
| Co-requisites | None | |||||
| Registration Restrictions | Undergraduate Students Only | |||||
| Overall Educational Objective | To learn the nuts and bolts of the nonstate political violence through case study analyses. | |||||
| Course Description | As a certain form of political violence terrorism is with us since the millennia. However, it has become a mainstay of International Relations after the September 11 attacks. As it is the case for most of the contested topics in the social sciences, no single analytical framework exists for such an interdisciplinary and complex subject. A useful method is to relate cases to economic, social, cultural and ideological contexts. Yet, the course alarms against singling out one dimension to the exclusion of others owing to the value-laden and moral dimensions of terrorism as a political label. Accordingly, one of the important learning objectives is to gain the educated awareness that enables to approach terrorism in a way that is devoid of ideological edges to the extent possible, and to approach it in a social scientifically meaningful and objective way. | |||||
| Course Description in Turkish |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to: 1. know the differences between different forms of unconventional violent attack modes such as guerilla warfare, civil war, and terrorism; 2) 2. understand the scales of violence-domestic, international and transnational; 3) 3. Belirli bir terör saldırısının hangi koşullar altında gerçekleştiğini analiz edebilecektir; 4) 4. understand typologies of terrorism and the definitional debate; 5) 5. appreciate the difficulties of interstate counterterrorism cooperation; 6) 6. analyze the impact of globalization upon terrorism. |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) Adequate knowledge of political history necessary to comprehend and effectively evaluate contemporary Political Science and International Relations issues. | ||||||
| 2) Understanding of the fundamental concepts that exist in the fields of social and behavioral sciences as well as the correlation between these concepts | ||||||
| 3) Ability to analyze the fundamental theories in the field Political Science and International Relations and to assess their reflections into practice | ||||||
| 4) Ability to critically discuss different aspects of theories and developments in Political Science and International Relations both individually and in the course of group work during classroom discussions. | ||||||
| 5) Ability to conduct research independently, or with a team, about the developments taking place in the international arena, make foreign policy analyses, develop research-based conflict resolution models, and prepare comprehensive reports using computers and relevant software | ||||||
| 6) Ability to take decisions as well as to implement these decisions by using the knowledge about the field and the skills that have been acquired during the undergraduate studies | ||||||
| 7) Ability to recognize the relations between scientific thought and ethical behavior; pay attention to being tolerant and properly defend different ideas, ideologies and belief systems | ||||||
| 8) Ability to work in international institutions and multicultural environments, with the help of the knowledge on different cultures, societies, political systems as well as linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate studies | ||||||
| 9) Ability to display language skills in English at minimum B2 level enough for debating with colleagues on issues of Political Science and International Relations, and also display language skills in a second foreign language at minimum A2 level enough for communicating in daily life | ||||||
| 10) Ability to pursue lifelong learning as well as perform advanced/graduate studies in the field Political Science and International Relations and other social sciences disciplines in academic institutions at home and abroad |
Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | Adequate knowledge of political history necessary to comprehend and effectively evaluate contemporary Political Science and International Relations issues. | N | |
| 2) | Understanding of the fundamental concepts that exist in the fields of social and behavioral sciences as well as the correlation between these concepts | N | |
| 3) | Ability to analyze the fundamental theories in the field Political Science and International Relations and to assess their reflections into practice | N | |
| 4) | Ability to critically discuss different aspects of theories and developments in Political Science and International Relations both individually and in the course of group work during classroom discussions. | N | |
| 5) | Ability to conduct research independently, or with a team, about the developments taking place in the international arena, make foreign policy analyses, develop research-based conflict resolution models, and prepare comprehensive reports using computers and relevant software | N | |
| 6) | Ability to take decisions as well as to implement these decisions by using the knowledge about the field and the skills that have been acquired during the undergraduate studies | N | |
| 7) | Ability to recognize the relations between scientific thought and ethical behavior; pay attention to being tolerant and properly defend different ideas, ideologies and belief systems | N | |
| 8) | Ability to work in international institutions and multicultural environments, with the help of the knowledge on different cultures, societies, political systems as well as linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate studies | N | |
| 9) | Ability to display language skills in English at minimum B2 level enough for debating with colleagues on issues of Political Science and International Relations, and also display language skills in a second foreign language at minimum A2 level enough for communicating in daily life | N | |
| 10) | Ability to pursue lifelong learning as well as perform advanced/graduate studies in the field Political Science and International Relations and other social sciences disciplines in academic institutions at home and abroad | N |
| Prepared by and Date | BARIŞ ÇAĞLAR , January 2024 |
| Course Coordinator | BARIŞ ÇAĞLAR |
| Semester | Fall |
| Name of Instructor | Asst. Prof. Dr. BARIŞ ÇAĞLAR |
Course Contents
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Definitional and Conceptual Debates |
| 2) | Context, Theory and Methodology |
| 3) | Terrorism Cases in Europe-19th Century |
| 4) | Terrorism Cases in Europe-20th Century |
| 5) | Left-Wing Terrorism in Italy |
| 6) | Left-Wing Terrorism in Germany |
| 7) | Case Study on the IRA |
| 8) | Case Study on the ETA |
| 9) | Case Study on the PKK |
| 10) | The September 11 2001 Terrorist Attacks |
| 11) | The London Bombings of 7 July 2005 |
| 12) | January 2015 Paris Hebdo Terrorist Attacks |
| 13) | The Beginning and Development of the Al-Qaeda |
| 14) | The Case Study of the ISIS |
| Required/Recommended Readings | -Alex Schmid, 'Terrorism – The Definitional Problem', Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 36(2-3), 2004, 375-419. -Alex Schmid, 'The response problem as a definition problem', in John Horgan & Kurt Braddock eds. Terrorism Studies-A Reader, New York: Routledge, 2012, pp. 91-97. -Leonard Weinberg and Ami Pedahzur and Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler, 'The Challenges of Conceptualizing Terrorism', Terrorism and Political Violence, 16(4), 2004, 777-94. -Max Weber, 'Science as a Vocation'. Daedalus, 87(1), 1958, 111-134. -Alexander L George and Andrew Bennett, Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences, London: MIT Press, 2004, chapters 1 and 2. -Martha Crenshaw, 'Thoughts on Relating Terrorism to Historical Contexts' in Terrorism in Context, ed. Martha Crenshaw, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. -Michel Wieviorka, 'Terrorism in the Context of Academic Research' in Terrorism in Context, ed. Martha Crenshaw, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. -Stepanova E., “Islamist terrorism as a threat to Europe: the scope and limits of the challenge,” in Demet Ulusoy (ed.), Political Violence, Organised Crime, Terrorism and Youth, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series: Human and Societal Dynamics, vol. 46 (Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2008), pp. 141–158. -Stepanova E., “Islamist terrorism today: global and regional levels,” in Security Index International edition; Geneva], vol. 13, no. 1(81) (Spring 2007), pp. 79–94. -Stepanova E., “The evolution of the al-Qaeda-type terrorism: networks and beyond,” in L.Bossi, C.Demetriou and S.Malthaner (eds), Dynamics of Political Violence: A Process-Oriented Perspective on Radicalization and the Escalation of Political Conflict (Farnham, VA: Ashgate, 2014), pp. 288–305. -Audrey Kurth Cronin, 'ISIS Is Not a Terrorist Group-Why Counterterrorism Won’t Stop the Latest Jihadist Threat', Foreign Affairs, [https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/middle-east/isis-not-terrorist-group]last accessed 5 May 2016. | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Lectures as well as the flipped classroom method related reading material assigned and posted on the Blackboard and accordingly the pre-class work by the students form the backbone. The in-class discussions and debate among groups is quintessential. | |||||||||||||||
| Homework and Projects | Term Paper | |||||||||||||||
| Laboratory Work | None | |||||||||||||||
| Computer Use | None | |||||||||||||||
| Other Activities | None | |||||||||||||||
| Assessment Methods |
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| Course Administration |
caglarb@mef.edu.tr None Instructor Office Location: 5th Floor - Room No. 529 Office hours: Any hour of the day (09:00-17:00) Email address: baris.caglar@mef.edu.tr Academic dishonesty and plagiarism: YÖK Disciplinary Regulation. |
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ECTS Student Workload Estimation
| Activity | No/Weeks | Calculation | |||
| No/Weeks per Semester | |||||
| Course Hours | 28 | 196 | |||
| Project | 2 | 36 | |||
| Final Examination | 2 | 28 | |||
| Total Workload | 260 | ||||
| Total Workload/25 | 10.4 | ||||
| ECTS | 5 | ||||