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| ULS5210 | Turkey and South Caucasus | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Coşkun TOPAL | | Co-Lecturer | Prof.Dr. Süleyman Erkan | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Students will be able to acquire Social, economic and cultural structure and the Diplomatic history of South Caucasus Countries. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | acquire basic informations about South Caucasus Countries.. | 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | tell the Diplomatic history of South Caucasus Countries. | 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | interpret of the profile of country. | 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | make the analyse of Turkish and South Caucasus Countries foreign policies. | 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 | 1, | | PO - 5 : | evaluate of Turkish and South Caucasus Countries foreign policies. | 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Social, economic and cultural structure and the Diplomatichistory of South Caucasus Countries. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | General Approach to Caucasus
| | | Week 2 | Geopolitical importance of the region
| | | Week 3 | Important elements of the region history
| | | Week 4 | The importance of the Caucasus for Europe and Asia
| | | Week 5 | Turkey's Caucasus policy with its historical way
| | | Week 6 | Caucasus in the Ottoman Empire Era
| | | Week 7 | Energy strategies in Caucasus
| | | Week 8 | Cooperation and regional conflicts | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam
| | | Week 10 | Conflict of Azerbaijan and Armenia | | | Week 11 | The geopolitic of Georgia
| | | Week 12 | USA's Caucasus Policy
| | | Week 13 | Russia's Caucasus Policy
| | | Week 14 | The Regimes in Caucasus
| | | Week 15 | Conclusion and Evaluation
| | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | ArI, Tayyar, 2010, Orta Asya ve Kafkasya, MKM YayIncIlIk, BURSA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 19/11/2025 | 2 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 16/12/2025 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06/01/2026 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 5 | 30 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 5 | 6 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 8 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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