INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

POLI428

Course Code: POLI428
Semester: Seventh Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Seventh Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Haluk Karadağ

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Knowledge of the major security events that shape the world.
Knowledge of major substantive themes in International Relations.
Basic understanding of the states, major international and regional institutions in world politics as well as significant developments in world politics.
Ability to analyze world politics from a variety of international organizations? perspectives.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

The objective of this course is to provide the students with a comprehensive understanding of the role and activities of international organizations (IO) in the early 21st century. The focus, therefore, is on the philosophy and principles of IO as well as issues that they try to deal. This course is consisted of two different parts. The first part tries to examine the rationale of IO by dealing with the origins, the nature, theory and methods of them. The second part is about global organizations and especially the United Nations (UN) system. In this part, after discussing the first global IO, the League of Nations, the United Nations, as one of the core issues of the course, will be investigated in detail. In this part, some functional and specialized institutions of the UN such as WHO, ILO, FAO in addition to NATO will also be explained.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to international organizations
2^nd Week	International Organizations in a period of globalization: New problems of legitimacy
3^rd Week	International Organizations in World Politics
4^th Week	International Organizations and International Law
5^th Week	International Organizations, 1945-present
6^th Week	Formal Intergovernmental Organizations, Supranational Organizations.
7^th Week	Midterm Exam
8^th Week	Peace Operations - Reflection Paper#1
9^th Week	Does the mainstream IOs work properly in today?s world?
10^th Week	Guest Speaker on International Organizations
11^th Week	International Organizations and Health
12^th Week	United Nations - Presentations
13^th Week	NATO -Reflection Paper#2- Presentations
14^th Week	US Hegemony and International Organizations - Presentations

Recommended or Required Reading

Katz, Jacob. Hurd, Cogan Ian and Johnstone, Ian (2016). The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations, Oxford University Press: London.
Koops, Joachim A. Macqueen, Norrie. Tardy, Thierry and Williams, Paul D. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, Oxford University Press: London.
Özerdem, Alpaslan and Whiting, Matthew (2019). Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics. Rotledge: NY.
Coicaud, Jean-Marc and Heiskanen, Veijo (2001). The Legitimacy of International Organizations, United Nations University Press: NY.
Foot, Rosemary. MacFarlane, S.Neil and Mastanduno (2003). Michael US Hegemony and Interna-tional Organizations. Oxford University Press: London.
United Nations webpage: https://www.un.org/en/
NATO webpage: https://www.nato.int/

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	20
Assignment	1	10
Attendance	1	10
Other	1	10
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz	1	20	20
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	15	15
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1.5	1.5
Homework	1	15	15
Total Work Load			152.5
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.08
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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