Non-Thesis Master Program in International Relations

Foreign Policy Analysis (RI-805)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
RI-805 Foreign Policy Analysis 2 3 0 0 3 8
Prerequisites
Admission Requirements
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Type Compulsory
Course Level Masters Degree
Course Instructor(s) HATİCE BERİL DEDEOĞLU bdedeoglu@gsu.edu.tr (Email)
Assistant
Objective The purpose of the course is to explain to students the decision making processes of states as to foreign policy.
Content The analysis of state behavior and their decision making processes.
Course Learning Outcomes A student who has taken this course,
1. Is able to understand the decision making processes in foreign policy
2. Have learnt the principal theories and approaches on foreign policy analysis
3. Is capable to analyse the decision making processes through the outputs.
Teaching and Learning Methods Presentations, Participative Discussion, Q & A
References Chris Alden, Foreign Policy Analysis, New York, Routledge, 2012
Ertan Efegil ve Rıdvan Kalaycı, Dış Politika Teorileri Bağlamında Türk Dış Politikasının Analizi, Ankara, Nobel, 2012.
Janice Stein, L'analyse de la politique étrangère, Etudes internationales, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2011.
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Theory Topics
Week Weekly Contents
1 Introduction
2 What is foreign policy analysis
3 Decision making approaches
4 Decision making approaches II
5 Decision making within groups and institutions
6 Leaders and their advisers
7 Decision units approach
8 Psychic study of decision makers
9 National caracteristics and foreign policy
10 Link between foreign and domestic policy
11 Link between foreign and domestic policy II
12 Culture and foreign policy
13 Tranformation of global politics and foreign policy
14 Transformation of global politics and foreign policy
Practice Topics
Week Weekly Contents
Contribution to Overall Grade
  Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 1 40
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 1 60
Toplam 2 100
In-Term Studies
  Number Contribution
Assignments 0 0
Presentation 1 40
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 0 0
Project 0 0
Laboratory 0 0
Other Applications 0 0
Quiz 0 0
Term Paper/ Project 0 0
Portfolio Study 0 0
Reports 0 0
Learning Diary 0 0
Thesis/ Project 0 0
Seminar 0 0
Other 0 0
Toplam 1 40
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 14 3 42
Working Hours out of Class 6 22 132
Assignments 1 22 22
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 27 27
Total Workload 223
Total Workload / 25 8,92
Credits ECTS 9
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