POLITICAL HISTORY

PSIR555

Course Code: PSIR555
Semester: First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

First Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Yelda Hatice Ongun

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

have knowledge about the important events in political history and to be able to make comparison between these events.
Analyse current developments from a historical perspective
Examine political history from a theoretical perspective

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme components.

Course Description

In this course, important developments that were experienced in political history during the period between the American War of Independence and the end of the Cold War will be covered. The local, regional and international conditions that resulted in the French Revolution, the effects of the revolution on other European countries, the wars caused by the revolution; the revolts occurred in Europe in the 19th century and their dynamics; the colonialism period; First World War; the problems caused by the Nazi Germany; Second World War; the emergence of the bipolar world order, the Korean War and Vietnam War; the Berlin Crisis and Cuban Crisis; the Detente Period, and the end of the bipolar world order after the collapse of the USSR are among the topics that will be covered in this course. During the course, a multi-disciplinary approach that considers political, economic and social factors of the developments in the world will be adopted, and both the domestic developments of the prominent countries of the period and the relations among the countries together with the general structure of the international politics will be discussed without disregarding the theoretical framework.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction
2^nd Week	The Way towards the French Revolution. Political, economic and cultural conditions that paved the way for the revolution. Pre-Revolution Europe.
3^rd Week	Events in France following the French Revolution, international reactions to the revolution.
4^th Week	The Age of Napoleon and Napoleonic Wars.
5^th Week	Nationalist movements in Europe. The Congress of Vienna,
6^th Week	Industrial Revolution; Emerging ideologies in Europe.
7^th Week	The Revolutions of 1848 in Europe.
8^th Week	Mid-term Exam
9^th Week	Unification of Italy and Germany
10^th Week	Reforms in Russia. American Civil War. Developments in Asia
11^th Week	Demographic and economic developments in Europe
12^th Week	Era of Wilhelm II in Germany. Emergence of imperialism
13^th Week	The World War I
14^th Week	The Bolshevik Revolution

Recommended or Required Reading

R. R. Palmer, Joel Colton, and Lloyd Kramer, A History of the Modern World, 10th Edition, Boston, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Taylor, A. J. P., The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848-1918, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988.
Hirschmann, E.Robert W.Strayer, R. B.Marks, The Making of the Modern World: 1500 to the Present, New York: St.Martin Press, 1989.
Stone, Norman. Europe Transformed: 1878-1919, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1999.
Chambers, Mortimer. The Western Experience, Boston, McGraw-Hill, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation
Other

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	6	84
Preparation for Final exam	1	90	90
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	80	80
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework
Total Work Load			300
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1			X
K2	X	X
K3	X
K4	X	X
K5	X
K6	X	X	X
K7		X	X
K8		X	X