Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
4POLS 262History of Revolutions 3+0+03514.02.2024
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Political Science and Public Administration (English)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The course aims to learn and analyze various revolutions that have taken place in world history and have had important consequences.
Course Content In the course, the revolutions that took place in various countries and geographies in the history of the world will be explained to the students chronologically and thematically, with their causes, results and how they affect each other.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. AZİZ BALCI
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources - Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West 1560-1991 (David Parker)
- Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction (Jack A. Goldstone)
Course Notes - Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West 1560-1991 (David Parker)
- Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction (Jack A. Goldstone)

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 30
Assignment 1 % 20
Final examination 1 % 50
Total
3
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 6 84
Assignments 1 1 1
Mid-terms 1 14 14
Final examination 1 14 14
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5,16666666666667 155

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 To learn about the important revolutions in World History with their causes and consequences
2 Analyzing the processes by which various revolutions affect each other

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction
2 What is a revolution? What causes revolutions? Introduction: Approaches to revolution J. Goldstone (2014). Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction (Chapter 1) - D. Parker (2000). Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West 1560-1991 (Chapter 1)
3 - The English Revolution of 1649 - 1688: A political revolution -D. Parker (2000). Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West 1560-1991 (Chapter 3 -4)
4 - Constitutional revolutions: America, France, Europe (1830 and 1848) - The American Revolution 1763–91 - J. Goldstone (2014). Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction (Chapter 6) -D. Parker (2000). Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West 1560-1991 (Chapter 5)
5 The French Revolution 1789–99 -D. Parker (2000). Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West 1560-1991 (Chapter 6)
6 The revolutions of 1848 -D. Parker (2000). Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West 1560-1991 (Chapter 7)
7 The revolutionary tradition in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -D. Parker (2000). Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West 1560-1991 (Chapter 8)
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 - Communist revolutions: Russia, China, and Cuba - Russian Revolution J. Goldstone (2014). Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction (Chapter 7) -D. Parker (2000). Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West 1560-1991 (Chapter 9)
10 Communist revolutions: Russia, China, and Cuba - Russian Revolution Chinese Revolution (1949) J. Goldstone (2014). Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction (Chapter 7)
11 Communist revolutions: Russia, China, and Cuba 1959 Cuban Revolution J. Goldstone (2014). Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction (Chapter 7)
12 1979 Iran Islamic Revolution J. Goldstone (2014). Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction (Chapter 8)
13 The anti-Communist revolutions in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989 to 1991 -D. Parker (2000). Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West 1560-1991 (Chapter 12)
14 The Arab Revolutions of 2011: Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria?? J. Goldstone (2014). Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction (Chapter 10)
15 Final Exam

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
C1
C2

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant