CRITICAL SECURITY STUDIES

Course Description

This course aims to analyze security studies with a specific focus on the critical approaches to international security and new conceptual tools developed in the post- the Cold War era. The objectives of this course are to provide the students with awareness of key debates and knowledge of issues in the new security agenda in a theoretical perspective. The course also aims to develop analytical and critical skills of the undergraduate students to comprehend and discuss the specific cases in the changing conceptual/theoretical framework of International Security by referring to different sectors of security such as military, economy, society, politics, energy and environment

CRITICAL SECURITY STUDIES

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

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Course outcomes

1. 01 This course will provide students basic tools to evaluate cases within Security Perspectives. (5)
2. 02 Students will interpret the differences between Traditional and Critical Security Studies. (2)
3. 03 Student will identify post-positivist and positivist theoretical perspectives in Security Studies. (3)
4. 04 Solo Taxonomy: 5+3+2:3=3.33

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Mustafa Aydın v.d. (Der.), Uluslararası İlişkilerde Çatışmadan Güvenliğe, 2. Baskı, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul: 2015 (For Turkish Groups)
2. 02 Paul D. Williams (Ed.), 2008, Security Studies: An Introduction Abingdon: Routledge.
3. 03 Columba Peoples and Nick Vaughan-Williams, Critical Security Studies: An Introduction, Routledge, 2010.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 The course will provide students with basic tools for reading and analyzing primary issues in CSS SOLO 4
2. L02 Students will gain the ability to categorize the differences between traditional and critical security studies SOLO 4
3. L03 Students will understand and interpret the post-positivist approaches in social sciences. SOLO 3

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1- To have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks, application tools and other resources including current information in the field of Accounting and Finance.
2. P02 2- To be able to use advanced theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field of Accounting and Finance.
3. P03 3- To be able to interpret and evaluate data, identify problems, analyze and develop solutions based on research and evidence by using advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of Accounting and Finance.
4. P04 4- To be able to take responsibility as an individual and a team member in order to solve complex and unpredictable problems in accounting and finance applications.
5. P05 5- To be able to plan and manage activities for the development of employees under the responsibility of a project.
6. P06 6- To be able to determine the learning requirements in the field of Accounting and Finance and to direct their learning.
7. P07 7- To be able to inform people and institutions about issues related to the field of accounting and finance, and to be able to transfer their ideas and solution proposals in writing and orally.
8. P08 8- To be able to use information and communication technologies together with computer software at the European Computer Driving License Advanced Level required by the field of Accounting and Finance.
9. P09 9- To act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the results related to the field of accounting and finance.

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