PSIR429 INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF OIL
| Course Code: | 3540429 |
| 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: | Assist.Prof.Dr HAYRİYE KAHVECİ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course is composed of three main sections.
Part I: World Oil Market
The first part aims to familiarize the student with the main concepts of the world oil market. Aims to provide detailed information on the main concepts that most of the time become confusing elements of politics and economics of states both internally and internationally. Furthermore this section aims to provide information of the main dynamics of world petroleum market and contributing factors during the cold war era.
Part II: Post Cold War Dynamics
The purpose of this section is to look at changes in the world petroleum market in the post Cold War era. This section will provide an emphasis on introduction of new actors and changing dynamics as well as pipeline options for the export of the Caspian region oil and gas.
Part III: Political Economy of Oil Producing States
The purpose of the third section is to look at the role of boom and bust effects of the oil proices on oil producing states states. The aim is to provide an analysis of socioeconomic and political effects of oil on oil-exporting states and discusses the rentier state/rentier economy model, employing extensive case studies.
Course Content
For course details, see https://catalog2.metu.edu.tr.Course Learning Outcomes
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