IR356 CRITICAL SECURITY STUDIES
| Course Code: | 3140356 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | International Relations |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ZERRİN TORUN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to provide the students with knowledge and awareness about theoretical debates in critical security studies. Critical approaches to security, new conceptual tools, new sources of insecurity and new referent objects of security will be introduced to students in this course.
Course Content
This course aims at studying contemporary scholarship concerning security with a focus on the transformation that took place particularly after the end of the Cold War. Critical approaches to international security and new conceptual tools will be explored. In addition, the wider security agenda which draws attention to new sources of insecurity and new referent objects of security will be critically interrogated.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students are expected 1- to be familiar with the new and critical theoretical approaches to security, 2- be able to analyse the new sources of insecurity through a critical leans by applying the theoretical approaches introduced previously.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To establish a firm basis of academic knowledge in the discipline of International Relations. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To draw connections among different social sciences disciplines. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To analyze social and international phenomenon in a holistic manner. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To communicate in oral and written ways. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To create original ideas through academic inquiry and research. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To have social sensitivity and moral responsibilities. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution