Information Package / Course Catalogue
International Contemporary Issues
Course Code: INR405
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: 8
Objectives of the Course

The main purpose of this course is to engage the upper undergrade students in critical discussions on those topics that are currently on the international agenda.

Course Content

Further improve their comprehension and familiarity with various issues on the agenda of international relations to develop multi-perspectival as well as global approach to IR studies.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Further improve their comprehension and familiarity with various issues on the agenda of international relations to develop multi-perspectival as well as global approach to IR studies.
2.Examine those issues from a critical and analytical point of view in order to grasp their complex and multi-causal nature.
3.Develop the skill to make critical and reasoned argument.
4. Follow the political, social, and economic processes in the world in detail.
5. Analyse Turkey’s approach to certain international contemporary issues
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Various book chapters and articles
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Causes of war and just war doctrine
Week 3 - Theoretical
International norms and human rights
Week 4 - Theoretical
Proliferation of weapons and terrorism
Week 5 - Theoretical
Environmental issues
Week 6 - Theoretical
Global inequality and N-S Gap
Week 7 - Theoretical
The Great power conceptions of international order and justice (the US)
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Mid Term Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Mid Term Exam
Week 10 - Theoretical
Politics of international development
Week 11 - Theoretical
Economic globalization and international trade
Week 12 - Theoretical
Global finance and financial crisis
Week 13 - Theoretical
Competing visions of the 21th century: cultural issues
Week 14 - Theoretical
The Great power conceptions of international order and justice (the US, Russia, China)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1453112
Assignment140141
Midterm Examination115116
Final Examination124125
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)194
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
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4
OÇ-2
4
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4
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4
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3
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5
OÇ-5
3
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3
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3
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5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026