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Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Level of Course	Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery	Distance Learning
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
Course Coordinator
Instructor (s)	Assist. Prof. Dr. FİLİZ KATMAN
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	It aims to improve our understanding of how energy demand and supply shape international politics – and vice versa.
Course Content	The Geopolitics of Energy Project explores the intersection of energy, security, and international politics. It also endeavors to inform students about major challenges to global energy security and, where possible, to propose new ways of thinking about and addressing these issues. It focuses both on conventional and alternative energies, as both will influence and be influenced by geopolitical realities.

The aim of the course

It aims to improve our understanding of how energy demand and supply shape international politics – and vice versa.

Course Content

The Geopolitics of Energy Project explores the intersection of energy, security, and international politics. It also endeavors to inform students about major challenges to global energy security and, where possible, to propose new ways of thinking about and addressing these issues. It focuses both on conventional and alternative energies, as both will influence and be influenced by geopolitical realities.

Learning Outcomes

Comprehend the political science theories and practices.
Comprehend the theories and practices of international relations.
Identify the basic principles and concepts of management science.
Use basic legal knowledge within the discipline of political science and international relations.
Use general knowledge of economics and green economics within the discipline of political science and international relations.
Comprehend the political history of Turkey and of the world.
Relate the discipline of political science and international relations with sociology.
Analyze the structure and functioning of international organizations.
Analyze global and international issues.
Analyze the State structure of Turkey.
Prepare reports according to academic and professional expectations.
Relate the concepts of political science and international relations with the concepts of other disciplines.
Prepare a proper report within the discipline.
Prepare structured plans within the discipline.
Develop strategical solutions within the discipline.
Respond with an environmental conscience to the issues relating to the discipline.
Make time management in the issues relating to the discipline.
Take initiative in the problem solving.
Use the potential and competence of leadership.
Establish a causality between events and facts.
Follow the new theoretical approaches in the discipline.
Access to sources on the discipline.
Support the knowledge on the discipline with a lifelong learning competence.
Communicate in mother tongue and at least one foreign language.
Engage in teamwork and division of labor.
Apply scientific and social ethical values.
Use scientific research methods in an efficient manner and with respect to academic norms.
Apply statistical knowledge within software packages.
Use the methods of diplomatic correspondence.
Analyze the global and international environmental problems.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	Introduction
2	Energy as a parameter in politics
3	Sources of energy
4	Energy Supply-Energy Demand
5	Energy Security
6	Theories of Geopolitics QUIZ
7	Energy in the Middle East
8	Russia and Energy
9	MID-TERM EXAM
10	Energy in the Central Asia
11	Energy in South-East Asia
12	Energy in America HOMEWORK
13	Energy in Europe
14	Energy in Turkish Foreign Policy

Resources

Required Readings (Available at Amazon.com):

Judith Wright, Ph.D. and James Conca Ph.D., The GeoPolitics of Energy: Achieving a Just and Sustainable Energy Distribution by 2040, BookSurge Publishing.

https://www.iea.org/

https://www.eia.gov/

https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/business-sites/en/global/corporate/pdfs/energy-economics/energy-outlook/bp-energy-outlook-2020.pdf

https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/Energy-and-environment/Looking-forward/Outlook-for-Energy

https://about.bnef.com/new-energy-outlook/

http://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/the-energy-future/scenarios.html

http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/68/geopolitics_of_energy_project.html?page_id=359

http://csis.org/node/27598/publication

Recommended Reading:

Prof. Dr. Hasan Saygın ve Ceyhan Çelik, AB Bağlamında Enerji Politikalarında Jeo-Enerji Alanları, İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi Yayınları.

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