Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Buket ÖNAL

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) To explain security policies
2) To discuss security issues at the regional level
3) To explain the EU's approach to current security problems
4) To discuss the EU's security policies

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3
Learning Outcomes
	1	Middle	Middle	Middle
	2	Middle	Middle	Low
	3	High	Middle	Middle
	4	Middle	High	Middle

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

The security policies of the EU will be examined. The reflections of security problems such as international terrorism, ethnic nationalism and international migration in Europe will be examined.

Weekly Schedule

1) Conceptual framework 1: security
2) Conceptual framework 2: international security
3) Theoretical debates about security 1:Positivist period
4) Theoretical debates about security 2:Post-positivist period
5) Tools, rhetoric, and policies of security
6) New security issues after the Cold War
7) The changing aspect of security: civil / ethnic conflicts, terrorism
8) Midterm exam
9) The development of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the EU
10) The European Security and Defence Identity
11) The European Security Strategy
12) Reflections of current security issues to Europe
13) Case study
14) Case study
15) Case study
16) Final

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Quiz to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)