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. Gained the necessary skills to learn and adopt a spirit of continuous learning in their professional life.
2. P02 2. Developed various skills by working independently via specific learned techniques that both triggered individual efforts and encouraged collaborative work.
3. P03 3. Acquired the essential knowledge and skills to apply key theories, models and applications within the global business context.
4. P04 4. Adopted and applied critical and strategic thinking together with research capabilities for efficient and effective business decisions.
5. P05 5. Utilized and managed ethically information technologies required for contemporary business world.
6. P06 6. Been equipped with conceptual and analytical skills necessary for team work within global organizations.
7. P07 7. Displayed their learnt communication skills that are required to effectively interact in a cross cultural and diverse international work environment.
8. P08 8. Applied their acquired knowledge within the changing work environment.
9. P09 9. Developed an understanding of ethical perspectives and social responsibilities to be used at work and in personal life.

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