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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Political History II ULI114 Compulsory Bachelor's degree 1 Spring 5

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Buket ÖNAL

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Comment on the important developments in Europe and World History after World War I.
2) Comment on the developments between two world wars.
3) Evaluate World War II and its causes.
4) Comment on the developments took place after World War II.
5) Comment on the developments in Cold War.
6) Evaluate the attempts of detente during Cold War.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6
Learning Outcomes
1 Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle
2 Middle High Middle High Middle Middle
3 Middle High Middle High Middle Middle
4 Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle
5 High High High Middle High High
6 Middle High Middle Middle High High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Reform in the late Ottoman Empire, Turkish modernization, World Wars, change and continuity in the international order, international treaties, the Cold War and its aftermath.

Weekly Schedule

1) Developments in period between 1919-1924
2) Developments in period between 1919-1924 II
3) Developments in period between 1925-1930
4) Developments in period between 1925-1930 II
5) Developments in period between 1930-1939
6) Developments in period between 1930-1939 II
7) II. World War and its causes
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) II. World War and its results
10) The term of Cold War and the developments in this period
11) The term of Cold War and the developments in this period II
12) The term of Cold War and the developments in this period III
13) The term of Cold War and the developments in this period IV
14) The detente attempts that happened in the Cold War period
15) The detente attempts that happened in the Cold War period II
16) Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Group Study
5) Self Study


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

50%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

50%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required