PSIR404 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN WAR AND PEACE
| Course Code: | 3540404 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and International Relations |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. HANDE SÖZER |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course will introduce the major concepts, approaches, actors and issues in peace and conflict studies in a multidisciplinary framework (political, social and psychological realms). The aim of the course is to develop the necessary analytical and critical skills and tools in analyzing conflicts, their root causes, and how to transform and manage them in a peaceful way.
By the end of the semester, students willdevelop the knowledge and practical skills necessary to effectively analyze and evaluate:
-the theories of peace and conflict,
-the theoretical and practical approaches to conflict transformation and management with a focus on the role of states, IOs and non-state actors.
Course Content
This course is a capstone course for the war, peace and security studies courses in the PSIR programme, bringing together the theories, concepts, methods, historiographical debates and techniques developed in earlier courses and now brought to bear in the analysis of current expressions of war and peace. Current and recent examples of war and of peace negotiations and settlements, including post-war reconstruction, will be examined. The course will select, on a case study basis, current or recent examples for examination
Course Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to distinguish between different generations of peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations.
- Students will be able to assess the nature of post-conflict peacebuilding efforts.
- Students will be able to assess different approaches to post-conflict justice (tribunals, truth commissions) and be aware of their contribution to the wider peacebuilding efforts of particular cases.
- Students will possess knowledge of particular cases of conflict and conflict resolution.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Having academic knowledge in Political Science and International relations disciplines | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Developing an interdisciplinary perspective incorporating other areas of the social sciences as well | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Being capable of evaluating political, economic and social matters at local, national and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Being capable of making sense of, follow and analyze political, economic and social events | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being sensitive to global, environmental and social problems | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Developing a critical mind capable of making constructive criticisms, open to lifelong learning, researching, inquiring, questioning and problems solving | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Being capable of individual work, entrepreneur, good time management and able to actively take part in group work for common purposes | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Having effective communication skills in Turkish and English languages | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Being capable of using communication technologies in reaching to information and organizing and presenting this information in a systematic way | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution