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| IR5104 | American Foreign Policy | 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 | Doç. Dr. Murat ÜLGÜL | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Alper Tolga Bulut | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The objective is to help the students to understand the theoretical, instituional, historical and contemporary aspects of American foreign policy and to analyze the contemporary developments through these information. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn the critical milestones of American foreign policy | 1,2 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | compare different theoretical explanations | 1,2 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | idetify the characteristics and important actors of the decision-making process | 1,2 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | analyze the contemporary developments of American foreign policy | 1,2 | 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 | | |
| The course content includes American foreign policy history, theoretical discussions, institutional decision-making process and contemporary analysis. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Theories of American Foreign Policy | | | Week 2 | Decision-making process | | | Week 3 | Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy | | | Week 4 | Grand strategy | | | Week 5 | The military and foreign policy | | | Week 6 | Güç kullanımı | | | Week 7 | Moral in foreign policy | | | Week 8 | Lobbies and foreign policy | | | Week 9 | mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Religion and foreign policy | | | Week 11 | USA and Europe | | | Week 12 | Great power competition | | | Week 13 | USA and the Middle East | | | Week 14 | USA and Turkey | | | Week 15 | The future of American foreign policy | | | Week 16 | final exam | | | |
| 1 | Walt, Stephen, 2018; The Hell of Good Intentions, New York. | | | 2 | Callahan, Patrick, 2004; Logics of American Foreign Policy, New York. | | | 3 | Nye, Joseph, 2020; Do Morals Matter?, New York. | | | 4 | McCormick, James, 2018; The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy, Lanham. | | | 5 | Brands, Hall, 2014; What Good is Grand Strategy?, Ithaca. | | | 6 | Mearsheimer, John and Stephen Walt, 2007; The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, New York. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 25/11/2023 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 13 | 25/12/2023 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 15/01/2024 | 1 | 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 | 7 | 7 | 49 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 7 | 49 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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