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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
• Recognize the syllabus
• Recognize the topics of course.
• Discuss Course Outline.
• Discuss the role of US foreign policy in international relations.
• Evaluate the study method. |
Homework: Hastedt, 2014, pp. 81-109 for next class session. |
2) |
• Explain domestic and foreign components in US which are effecting by shaping US foreign policy.
• Identify the role of Jackson, Hamilton and Wilson’s role on shaping US foreign policy traditions.
• Compare traditional approaches effects on US foreign policy.
• Evaluate which historical events are accepted as the milestones in US foreign policy.
• Discuss the roles of three traditions in US foreign policy.
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Homework: assigned readings, Hastedt, 2014, pp. 175-231 for next class session.
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3) |
• List the Presidents after WWI and discuss on their theoretical perspectives.
• Compare different doctrines and their focus point.
• Explain how bureaucracy involve the decision making process in US.
• State pros and cons of US foreign policy decision making process with considering specific crises.
• Discuss the role of bureaucracy in democratic and republican governments.
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Homework: assigned readings, Hastedt, 2014, pp. 143-175, and Maersheimer&Walt, 2008, pp. 200-306 for next class session. |
4) |
• Explain the distinctive qualifications of both parts of the congress.
• Compare historical eras in US Congress.
• Explain the decision making process in US Congress.
• Recognize the legal beckground of lobbies.
• Discuss the effects of lame duck situation in US Congress.
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Homework: assigned reading from Hastedt, 2014, pp. 109-143 for next class session |
5) |
• Compare the differences and similarities between different interest groups.
• Demonstrate the informal partitioning of political interest groups in US foreign policy.
• Determine the function of lobbies by connecting interest groups and decision makers.
• Discuss the success interest groups on effecting US foreign policy. |
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6) |
• Evaluate students’ comprehension of the material via midterm exam
• Identify the role of Jackson, Hamilton and Wilson’s role on shaping US foreign policy traditions.
• Compare different doctrines and their focus point.
• Discuss the effects of lame duck situation in US Congress.
• Determine the function of lobbies by connecting interest groups and decision makers.
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7) |
• Illustrate the different foreign policy implementations for first 150 years of US.
• Recognize the Monroe Doctrine.
• Explain the Wilson’s foreign policy understanding.
• Demonstrate the transformation from Monroe’s isolationism to Wilson’s isolationism.
• Discuss the role of Wilson by transforming US foreign policy.
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Homework: assigned reading from Hastedt, 2014, pp. 259-287 for next class session |
8) |
• Explain the different foreign policy implementations in interwar period.
• Recognize the Wilson Doctrine.
• List Wilson’s 14 principles.
• Illustrate the international environment throughout interwar period.
• Discuss the role of 14 principles by involvement of US foreign policy into the affairs of Europe.
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Homework: assigned reading from Hastedt, 2014, pp. 315-343 for next class session |
9) |
• Explain the different foreign policy implementations in Cold War period.
• Recognize the Truman, Eisenhower and Carter Doctrines.
• Examine the containment policy.
• Illustrate strategic balance between USSR and USA between 1945-1975.
• Discuss the role of Detante politics by ending of Cold War.
• Evaluate the role of SALT and START aggreements by ending of Cold War.
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Homework: assigned reading from Hastedt, 2014, pp. 287-315 for next class session |
10) |
• Evaluate students’ comprehension of the material via midterm exam
• Demonstrate the transformation from Monroe’s isolationism to Wilson’s isolationism.
• Recognize the Wilson Doctrine.
• List Wilson’s 14 principles.
• Recognize the Truman, Eisenhower and Carter Doctrines.
• Evaluate the role of SALT and START aggreements by ending of Cold War.
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11) |
• Discuss is there a stable foreign policy in post-Cold War period.
• Analyze the transformation from Bush to Obama administration.
• Describe the Bush Doctrine.
• Discuss the role of WMD’s by shaping US foreign policy.
• Compare foreign policy understandings of Wilson and Obama.
• Discuss the effect of global terrorism to US foreign policy.
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Homework: assigned reading from Hastedt, 2014, pp. 343-367 for next class session |
12) |
• Explain the effects of 9/11 attacks on US foreign policy.
• Compare Bush administration’s hard power politics with Clinton administration’s soft power politics.
• Discuss smart power politics of Obama Administration.
• Evaluate the politic and economic costs of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. |
Homework: assigned reading from Hastedt, 2014, pp. 301-367 for next class session |
13) |
• Explain NATO’s transformation in post-cold war period.
• Analyze how NATO functionalizes by implementation of US foreign policy.
• Discuss which international organizations are more effective for US as foreign policy channels.
• Compare neo-con and liberal perspectives on functions of international organizations.
• Compare the veto mechanisms which was used by US in Cold war and post-cold War periods.
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14) |
• Recognize the interests of US in Middle East.
• Explain the transformation of Central Asian foreign policy of US.
• Compare cold war perod and post-cold war period foreign policy implementations of US foreign policy.
• Discuss the reflections of US foreign policy toward China’s rise.
• Explain the US foreign policy implementations toward Cuba and Venezuela.
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15) |
• Evaluate students via final exam
• Compare foreign policy understandings of Wilson and Obama.
• Compare Bush administration’s hard power politics with Clinton administration’s soft power politics.
• Evaluate the politic and economic costs of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
• Compare neo-con and liberal perspectives on functions of international organizations.
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
1. Acquainting oneself with technologic developments which have effect on new media area.
2. Gaining the theoretical infrastructure controling the influence flow within social media, society and digital culture.
3. Implementing digital communication on productive and strategic projects by using the right applications.
4. Wining theoretical and factual infrastructure to use data which can reach the right information in an ethical way. |
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2) |
1.Designing, strategizing and managing related processes as an active actor of the new media at the center of all transformations and changes, especially production, marketing, journalism, social relations.
2.Being able to comprehend the interdisciplinary structure of the new media and the tendency to work with traditional media such as newspapers, radio and TV, and to produce interactive content in this direction.
3.Generating a new generation of news in the context of news gathering and writing transformations; to be a new media correspondent, editor or producer in newspapers, radio or TV institutions carrying publishing activities on the Internet and mobile media.
4.Designing, producing and implementing content for public and private organizations with disciplines as public relations, trade, advertising for effective reach to target audience, productivity and competitive advantage.
5. Solving the crisis based new media at the institutions and to produce parallel strategies to the new situation.
6.Portal management, learning and implementation of stages in web design areas. |
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3) |
1.Entrepreneurship that to be able to present thoughts and creativity in all new media platforms like web, newspaper, blog, e-commerce.
2.Informative, entertaining content production based on social existence, sharing and interaction in social media.
3.To be able to perform the profession as a team member and fulfill the responsibilities, while remaining committed to ethical values.
4.Paying attention to the fair representation of the views of all parties within the framework of accountability, equal approach to the parties and not misleading. |
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4) |
1. Comprehension of media literacy skills in the process of news gathering.
2. Learning how to effectively use and develop new media platforms.
3. Comprehension of conceptual connections between media and politics
4. To be able to understand and question the basic principles of mass communication and the place and importance of mass communication.
5. Developing a perspective of being able to analyze and tired of economic politics, social, political and cultural influences of mass communication. |
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5) |
1. communicating with digital agencies about new media projects in order to be a part of the solution.
2. Sharing the solution suggestions on communication area using qualitative and quantitative research.
3. Organizing and implementing projects and events for one'ssocial environment using the digital communication formats in a creative way. |
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6) |
1. Understanding the basic principles and doctrines of communication and foprming a point of view.
2. Understanding and evaluating theoritical approach on communication.
3. Comprehension of criticism on media theories.
4. In Turkey and in the world assessing industry 4.0 strategies, Making the analysis of the practices.
5. Solving possible crises in the institutions by evaluating all technological, political and economic developments that will affect the new media field and producing parallel strategies to the new situation |
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