Information Package / Course Catalogue
Theories of International Relations - I
Course Code: INR209
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The course aims to enable students to assess the contributions and shortcomings of both mainstream and critical IR theories and to present how theory provides a road map, toolset or lens by which to examine international events and processes.

Course Content

The course studies how mainstream and critical theories conceptualize ‘the international relations’ as a field of study. Also the course studies the co-constitutive relationship between the theory and practice of international relations.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.The student can compare the different IR theories and analyzes them critically.
2.The student can analyze current or historical events by IR theories.
3.Think and write about key debates in contemporary IR theories.
4. To be able to compare international events by using different approaches.
5. To be able to assess the future in the light of international theories.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, MKM, 2013. Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007. Colin Elman ve Miriam Fendius Elman (eds), Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field, MIT Press, 2003. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, MKM, 2013. Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007. Colin Elman ve Miriam Fendius Elman (eds), Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field, MIT Press, 2003. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, MKM, 2013. Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007. Colin Elman ve Miriam Fendius Elman (eds), Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field, MIT Press, 2003. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, MKM, 2013. Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007. Colin Elman ve Miriam Fendius Elman (eds), Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field, MIT Press, 2003. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, MKM, 2013. Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007. Colin Elman ve Miriam Fendius Elman (eds), Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field, MIT Press, 2003. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, MKM, 2013. Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007. Colin Elman ve Miriam Fendius Elman (eds), Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field, MIT Press, 2003. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, MKM, 2013. Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007. Colin Elman ve Miriam Fendius Elman (eds), Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field, MIT Press, 2003. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Week 7 - Intermediate Exam
mid-term
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
mid-term
Week 9 - Theoretical
Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, MKM, 2013. Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007. Colin Elman ve Miriam Fendius Elman (eds), Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field, MIT Press, 2003. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, MKM, 2013. Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007. Colin Elman ve Miriam Fendius Elman (eds), Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field, MIT Press, 2003. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, MKM, 2013. Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007. Colin Elman ve Miriam Fendius Elman (eds), Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field, MIT Press, 2003. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Tayyar Arı, Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, MKM, 2013. Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007. Colin Elman ve Miriam Fendius Elman (eds), Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field, MIT Press, 2003. Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Week 13 - Final Exam
final exam
Week 14 - Final Exam
final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144398
Reading141128
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)153
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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