Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SOCIOLOGY	Second cycle	ULS538		2	7.00	7.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Ass. Prof. Dr. Elif Şimsek Özkan
Lecturer(s)	Ass. Prof. Dr. Elif Şimsek Özkan
Teaching assitant(s)	None
Mode of delivery	face to face
Course objective	Explore the sociological derivations of the study of international relations, as well as the sociological history and sociology of International Relations in order to uncover its sociological foundations.
Course description	The course responds to the need for a more sociological approach to International Relations. It is especially concerned with challenges arising from contemporary transformations of social, political, and global orders. The course addresses the different understandings of international society.

Course contents

1	An introduction to Sociology of International Relations: Sociology’s Relevance to International Relations: Legacies and Prospects
2	Bringing Historical Sociology back into International Relations
3	The Historical Sociology of the State and International Relations ( J. M. Hobson)
4	Vision and Method of Historical Sociology ( C. Tilly, M. Mann, T. Skocpol)
5	Principles of Historical Sociology and Problems with Historical Sociology
6	The Social Theory of International Relations
7	Understanding Constructivist Turn in International Relations
8	New Debates: Identity, Inter-subjectivity (Agent-Structure, the Anarchy: What States Make of It), Ideas Matter (Rules and Norms, Us and Other) and discourse
9	Promises of Constructivism in International Relations Theory: Understandings of “Via Media”, Interpretative Methodology (A. Wendt, T. Hopf, C. Reus-Smit-R. Price, F. Kratochwill, P. Katzenstein) and Criticism of Constructivism
10	International Political Sociology: Security, Insecurity and Securitization
11	Reassembling International with Bourdieu and Practice
12	Post-structuralist accounts of biopower, genealogy and governmentality,
13	Binary oppositions and criticism of post-structuralism
14	The Sociology of not So International Discipline
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Addressing sociological evolution, it is aimed to understand main meta-theoretical issues to be able to enlarge critical perspective.
2	Demonstrate the explicit engagement between International Relations and Sociology.
3	Explore sociological approaches critically deployed to illuminate International Relations concerns including concepts, debates and issues
4	Critically evaluate and identify core concepts and theoretical perspectives examining the intersection between sociology and international politics
5	At the end of the course, it is aimed to illuminate the state (historical sociology), the structure-agency debates and identity formation (constructivism), bio-power, genealogy and governmentality (post-structuration ).
6	The course is also engaged in other many of sociology’s most fundamental concerns illuminating core features of international theory.
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*Contribution level of the course unit to the key learning outcomes

1	Using knowledge of obstetrics and gynecology at high level for building hypothesis, solving and developing them.
2	Creating an innovative way of thinking in the field of obstetrics and gynecology for scientific methods, designs or applications or implementing /applying a known idea for the methodsand designsin the field of obstetrics and gynecology
3	Designing, applying and finalizing an obstetrics and gynecology study using suitable Technologies
4	Accessing the latest information in the field of obstetrics and gynecology and evaluating them in a systematic manner
5	Presenting and publishing the results of his academic studies in national and international academic platforms.
6	Knowing the importance of ethical principles and ethics committees for individuals and for the society.
7	Evaluating the obstetrics and gynecology -related information in a criticizing manner
8	Having the skills of oral and written communication, collaboration, defending his opinions; for working at his own field, the other fields of veterinary medicine, scientific and social communities
9	Leadership ability to resolve the problems in novel and interdisciplinary environments when necessary
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	2	28
Homework	14	2	28
Presentation / seminar	2	3	6
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	12	12
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	12	12
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	14	1	14
Total work load			146
ECTS			6.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	20
Quiz	0	0
Homework	2	20
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Merle, Marcel, 1992, Sociology of International Relations, D. Parkin (Trans.), Oxford: Berg Publishers
Additional references	Hobden, Stephen, John M. Hobson, 2002, Historical Sociology of International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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