IR367 REVOLUTIONS IN MODERN WORLD HISTORY
| Course Code: | 3140367 |
| 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 |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This seminar aims to provide students with a critical understanding of revolutions and popular uprisings in modern world history in order to help them grasp their importance in the making of states, societies and political forms/norms. To this end, the seminar will firstly overview of some selected revolutions in world history from the 17th century to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 by focusing on their historically specific domestic as well as global reasons and implications. Later, the rise and development of popular upheavals in different parts of the globe since 1989 will be problematized in an attempt to question their importance in contemporary world history.
Course Content
This course aims to provide students with a critical understanding of revolutions in modern world history in order to evaluate their importance in the making of states, societies and modern political forms and norms in different parts of the world. The first part of the course aims to make a historical overview of some selected revolutions in world history from the 17th century to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 by problematizing their historically specific domestic as well as global reasons and implications. The second part of the course problematize the revolutionary popular uprisings in different countries/regions since 1989.
Course Learning Outcomes
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