GIA103 WORLD HISTORY
| Course Code: | 3150103 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Global and International Affairs (International Joint Program) |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
The course examines the rise and fall of great powers as political, military, and economic entities, with reference to political and economic relations of large states like the Ottoman Empire, France, Great Britain, Austrian-Hungarian Empire, Prussia, as well as two great powers, the United States and Russia, within the framework of ‘European Balance of Power’ and the traditional ‘isolationist foreign policy’ of the US in the last century. The course includes the analysis of World War I.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Academic formation in the disciplines of International Relations and Political Science, | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Establishing linkages among different disciplines of social sciences, | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Having a holistic understanding on social and international events, | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Written and oral communication capabilities, | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Skills for independent research, critique and the production of original thought, | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Having social sensibility and ethical responsibility, | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Contributing positively to political developments in the world and in Turkey, | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Capability to adapt themselves to different conditions easily - this is particularly true for international circles. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution