Industrial Product Design
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

General course introduction information

Course Code:

IRL440

Course Name:

Politics and Society in Eurasia

Course Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
3	0	3	6

Language of instruction:

Course Requisites:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

University / Foreign Language

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator :

Dr.Öğr.Üyesi HABİBE ÖZDAL

Course Lecturer(s):

Dr.Öğr.Üyesi HABİBE ÖZDAL

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

Bu ders, Sovyetler Birliği'nin çöküşünü ve sonuçlarını Sovyet Sonrası alana odaklanarak anlamak ve analiz etmek için bir çerçeve sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır.1991 yılından bu yana gerçekleşen yeni politikalar, geçişler ve dönüşümler ders boyunca incelenecektir. Rusya ve eski Sovyet alanındaki stratejik, politik, ekonomik, etnik, küresel ve bölgesel değişiklikler ele alınacaktır. Ayrıca, klanların, ağların ve yeni bağımsız devletlerdeki yolsuzluğun etkisi de araştırılacaktır. Rusya'nın bölgesel politikaları, özellikle enerji ve entegrasyon politikaları ile uluslararası aktörlerin (NATO ve AB gibi) Avrasya'ya yönelik politikaları incelenecektir.

Course Content:

Mapping Eurasia; From Communism to Western Democracy: Global Balances from the Cold War to European Union; Hard and Soft Security Issues; Civil Society in Eurasia.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;

Learning Outcomes

1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) Describes the new politics, transitions and transformations that have taken place since 1991
2) Identifies strategic, political, economic, ethnic, global and regional changes in the Russia and the former Soviet space
3) Explains Russian regional politics, particularly concerning energy and integration policies as well as the policies of international actors (such as NATO and the EU) toward Eurasia
4) Describes the energy politics of Russia
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Lesson Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Identifying Main Issues in Eurasian Politics	None
2)	Dissolution of the Soviet Union	Stephen F. Cohen, “Was the Soviet System Reformable?”, Slavic Review, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2004, pp. 459-488 Astrid S. Tuminez, “Nationalism, Ethnic Pressures, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union”, Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol. 5, No. 4, Fall 2003, pp. 81-136
3)	Political Transformation Process of the Russian Federation and the Newly Independent States	Brown, 2001, ss. 17-96
4)	Economic Transformation Process of the Russian Federation and the Newly Independent States	* Anders Aslund, “Why Has Russia’s Economic Transformation Been So Arduous?”, Carnegie Endowment For International Peace, 1999. * Sergei Guriev & Andrei Rachinsky, “The Role of Oligarchs in Russian Capitalism,” The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2005, pp. 131-150
5)	Economic and Political Developments in Russia During Putin Terms	* Angela E. Stent, “Restoration and Revolution in Putin’s Foreign Policy”, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.63, No. 6, 2008, pp. 1089-1106 * Natalia Morozova, “Geopolitics, Eurasianism and Russian Foreign Policy under Putin”, Geopolitics, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2009, pp.667-686 * Andrei Tsygankov, “Vladimir Putin’s Vision of Russia as a Normal Great Power”, Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2005, pp. 132-158
6)	Dynamics of the Color Revolutions in Post-Soviet Space	* David Lane, “‘Colored Revolution’ as a Political Phenomenon,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 25, No. 2-3, 2009, pp. 113-135. * Donnacha Ó Beacháin, “Roses and Tulips: Dynamics of Regime Change in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 2, No. 2-3, 2009, pp. 199-226. * Paul D’Anieri, “What Has Changed in Ukrainian Politics?: Assessing the Implications of the Orange Revolution”, Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 52, No. 5, 2005, pp. 82-91
7)	Midterm Exam	None
8)	Politics, Conflicts, and ‘Frozen’ Conflicts in Eurasia	* Stephen Blank, “Russia and Black Sea’s Frozen Conflicts in Strategic Perspective”, Mediterranean Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 23-54 * Stefan Wolf, “A Resolvable Frozen Conflict? Designing a Settlement for Transnistria”, Nationality Papers, Vol. 39, No. 6, 2001, pp. 863-870 * William H. Hill, “Reflections on Negotiation and Mediation: The Frozen Conflicts and European Security”, Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 18, No. 3, (Summer 2010, pp. 219-227
9)	Integration Policies of the International Actors Toward Post-Soviet Space	* Mark Kramer, “Russian Foreign Policy Toward the Commonwealth of Independent States: Recent Trends and Future Prospects”, Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 55, No. 6, 2008, pp. 3-19 * Marcin Lapczynski, “The European Union’s Eastern Partnership: Chances and Perspectives”, Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2009, pp. 143-155 * George Christou, “European Union Security Logics to the East: The European Neighborhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership”, European Security, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2010, pp. 413-430
10)	The Evolution of the Russia-NATO Relations Since 1991	* Dmitry Polikanov, “NATO-Russia Relations: Present and Future”, Contemporary Security Policy, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2004, pp. 479-497 * Oksana Antonenko & Bastian Giegerich, “Rebooting NATO-Russia Relations”, Survival, Vol. 51, No. 2, 2009, pp. 13-21
11)	Russia-EU Relations in the Context of Eurasia	* Hiski Haukkala, “From Cooperative to Contested Europe? The Conflict in Ukraine as a Culmination of a Long-Term Crisis in EU–Russia Relations”, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2015, pp. 25-40 * Fyodor Lukyanov, “Russia–EU: The Partnership That Went Astray”, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.60, No. 6, 2008, pp. 1107-1119
12)	Energy Politics in the Eurasia: Energy as a Foreign Policy Tool	* F. Stephen Larrabee, “Russia, Ukraine, and Central Europe: The Return of Geopolitics”, Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 63, No. 2, 2010, pp. 33-52 * Dmitri Trenin, “The Ukraine Crisis and the Resumption of Great-Power Rivalry”, Carnegie Moscow Center, 2014. * David A. Deese, “Energy: Economics, Politics, and Security”, International Security, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 140-153 * Bertil Nygren, “Putin’s Use of Natural Gas to Reintegrate the CIS Region,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 55, July/August 2008, pp. 3-15
13)	Turkey-Russia Relations after the Cold War	* Şener Aktürk, Turkis-Russian relations after the Cold War (1992-2002), Turkish Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2006, pp. 337-364 * Ziya Öniş and Şuhnaz Yılmaz, “Turkey and Russia in a Shifting Global Order: Co-operation, Conflict and Asymmetric Interdependence in a Turbulent Region”, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2016, pp. 71-95
14)	Overall Assessment of Eurasian Politics	None
15)	Final Exam	None

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Archie Brown, ed., Contemporary Russian Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001
References:	Yok-None

Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4
Program Outcomes
1) Ability to think creatively and innovatively in industrial design discipline.
2) Ability to master professional material and production technologies and follow up developments and to effectively apply acquired knowledge in the projects
3) Ability to reflect cultural values to professional approaches
4) Ability to reach to original design solutions through critical approach to complex design problems and also foresee potential user needs.
5) Having the knowledge and ability to effectively use two and three dimensional design tools and technologies in industrial design
6) Ability to participate in teamwork in companies and to effectively participate in industrial design project management
7) Ability to have professional and ethical sense of responsibility
8) To work independently, to take responsiblity and to develop designerly sensitivities towards global problems

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Ability to think creatively and innovatively in industrial design discipline.
2)	Ability to master professional material and production technologies and follow up developments and to effectively apply acquired knowledge in the projects
3)	Ability to reflect cultural values to professional approaches
4)	Ability to reach to original design solutions through critical approach to complex design problems and also foresee potential user needs.
5)	Having the knowledge and ability to effectively use two and three dimensional design tools and technologies in industrial design
6)	Ability to participate in teamwork in companies and to effectively participate in industrial design project management
7)	Ability to have professional and ethical sense of responsibility
8)	To work independently, to take responsiblity and to develop designerly sensitivities towards global problems

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Expression
Lesson
Reading
Q&A / Discussion

Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria

Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing)

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 40
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Grading

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	15	45
Study Hours Out of Class	14	42
Midterms	14	42
Final	14	42
Total Workload		171