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| IR5055 | @Social and Security Aspects of Climate Change | 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 | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Göktuğ KIPRIZLI | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide students with a solid understanding of the linkages between climate change, ever-changing nature of security context, and social transformations. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | The student outlines the implications of climate change on the aspects of security and economy within the framework of spatial alternations. | 7,9 | 1,3, | | PO - 2 : | The student explains climate-related security risks and the impacts of climate change for social dynamics. | 7,9 | 1,3, | | PO - 3 : | The student evaluates and assesses the efforts for constructing a social-ecological governance system and security architecture in the contemporary world policy, politics, and international relations. | 7,9 | 1,3, | | PO - 4 : | The student uses critical reasoning to identify new potential areas of tension as a result of the outcomes of far-reaching climatic effects. | 7,9 | 1,3, | | 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 | | |
| It engages the topic of climate change by emphasizing its direct consequences for social changes and challenges in connection with the widening dimension of security perceptions and varying subjects in security conceptions. The first part of the course informs its audience about the broad spectrum of security implications caused and multiplied by the adverse impacts of climate change. The second part of the course expands its analytical framework and focuses on social justice, equality, transformation, ruling cadres, media, and civil society in connection with the applications of power politics and social dynamics. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Class: What Climate Change Is | | | Week 2 | Security Aspect of Climate Change | | | Week 3 | Climate Stress and Human Security | | | Week 4 | Climate Stress and Migration | | | Week 5 | Climate Stress and Civil Conflict | | | Week 6 | Climate Change and National Security | | | Week 7 | Climate Stress and the Securitization Dilemma | | | Week 8 | Mid-term Exam | | | Week 9 | Climate Change and Social Theory | | | Week 10 | Climate Change and Social Justice | | | Week 11 | Climate Change and Social Transform | | | Week 12 | Democracy in a World of Climate Change | | | Week 13 | Elite cues and Populism | | | Week 14 | Media effects ? Agenda Setting and Opinion Formation | | | Week 15 | The State of Civil Society | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | National Research Council. (2013). Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis. National Academies Press. | | | 2 | Trombetta, J. (2023). Handbook of Climate Change and International Security. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 11.2024 | 1 | 20 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 14 | 12.2024 | 1 | 30 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01.2025 | 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 | 4 | 7 | 28 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Kısa sınav | 4 | 10 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 7 | 42 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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