IEAS 110 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (GROUP B)

SPRING 2017

Assistant Prof. Marella BODUR N

Department of International Relations
mbodur@cu.edu.tr; marbodur@gmail.com

Description and Objectives

This course introduces you to the structures and processes of international relations and surveys
the major global issues of our time. The focus of this class is both theoretical and topical. The
course will provide the factual details of important historical and contemporary events and
factual knowledge about central, contemporary issues surrounding international politics like
cooperation and conflict, international organizations, humanitarian intervention, globalization,
and development while introducing theories and approaches to explain/understand and analyze
these facts.
This course has three primary goals: 1) to provide you with basic introductory and historical
information, analytical tools and knowledge that will be useful in comprehending the complex
dynamics of international relations, 2) to inspire in you an informed interest in world affairs and
to prepare you to engage in debates about current developments in international politics, and 3)
to help you develop your own perspective on past and current global issues.

Course Material
Andrew Heywood, Global Politics, Palgrave. 2013.

Course Requirements and Evaluation: Students are expected to attend classes having completed
the assigned readings for that class session. Lectures and required readings will prove equally
important to your success in this course. There will be one mid-term and one final exam, unless
otherwise stated. They will cover materials from lectures and readings:

Mid-Term Exam 40%

Final Exam 60%

LECTURE TOPICS AND REQUIRED READINGS

Week Topic Readings

1 Overview

2 Introducing International Relations Heywood, Ch.1

(IR)
3 Historical Context Heywood, Ch.2

4 Historical Context II Heywood, Ch.2

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5 Theories of IR: Realism Heywood, Ch.3

6 Theories of IR: Liberalism Heywood, Ch.3

7 Theories of IR: Critical Approaches Heywood, Ch.3

8 Mid-Term Exam

9 International Security Heywood, Ch.10

10 Terrorism Heywood, Ch.12

11 International Organizations Heywood, Ch.18

12 Human Rights and Humanitarian Heywood, Ch.13

Intervention
13 Identity and Culture in IR Heywood, Ch.8

14 Global Problems: Poverty and Heywood, Ch.15

Development
15 Recap the semester