About the Undergraduate Program
METU Department of International Relations offers a wide range of compulsory and elective courses on theories of international relations, international politics, international political economy, world history and international law, which are regarded as major fields of International Relations and on subjects such as international security, international organizations, Turkish foreign policy, American foreign policy, German foreign policy, British foreign policy, non-state actors, foreign policy analysis, research methods, European Union institutions and law, Middle East politics, Balkan politics, Eurasian studies and peace and conflict studies. Apart from the departmental courses, students can take various elective courses from other departments. The department encourages students to take courses that align with their interests and to select subjects in which they wish to specialize. Owing to the elective language courses offered in METU, many of our students gain proficiency in a second foreign language by the time they graduate.
Our department, which was chosen as a pilot department when the Erasmus Programme was started in Turkey in 2005, has been one of the departments whose students have the most benefitted from this scheme. Apart from the Erasmus Programme, our students can also spend one or two semesters at prestigious universities abroad with which our university has exchange agreements. For their future professional development, the department supports students to undertake internships in different fields in the private and public sectors. Those students who fulfil the necessary academic requirements, can also do a minor or double major degrees in other departments at METU.
Undergraduate Curriculum
FIRST YEAR
First Semester
| Course Code | Course Name |
METU Credit |
Contact |
Laboratory |
ECTS |
| ADM1121 | INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS I |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6.0 |
| ECON101 | INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS I |
5 |
4 |
2 |
8.0 |
| IR101 | WORLD HISTORY I |
3 |
3 |
0 |
5.0 |
| ENG101 | ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES I |
4 |
4 |
1 |
6.0 |
| IS100 | INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.0 |
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| TURK101 | TURKISH I |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
| TURK105 | TURKISH I |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2.0 |
| TURK201 | ELEMENTARY TURKISH |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
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| MATH117 | CALCULUS I |
5 |
4 |
2 |
7.5 |
| IR104 | COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION |
3 |
3 |
0 |
5.0 |
Second Semester
| Course Code | Course Name |
METU Credit |
Contact |
Laboratory |
ECTS |
| ADM1122 | INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS II |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6.0 |
| ECON102 | INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS II |
5 |
4 |
2 |
8.0 |
| IR102 | WORLD HISTORY II |
3 |
3 |
0 |
5.0 |
| IR110 | HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL THEORY |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6.0 |
| ENG102 | ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES II |
4 |
4 |
1 |
6.0 |
| BA100 | CAREER PLANNING |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2.0 |
| Any 1 of the following set .. | |||||
| TURK102 | TURKISH II |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
| TURK106 | TURKISH II |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2.0 |
| TURK202 | INTERMEDIATE TURKISH |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
SECOND YEAR
Third Semester
| Course Code | Course Name |
METU Credit |
Contact |
Laboratory |
ECTS |
| IR215 | INTRODUCTION TO LAW FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6.0 |
| IR231 | INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS I |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6.0 |
| Any 1 of the following set .. | |||||
| HIST2201 | PRINCIPLES OF KEMAL ATATÜRK I |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
| HIST2205 | HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION I |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
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Fourth Semester
| Course Code | Course Name |
METU Credit |
Contact |
Laboratory |
ECTS |
| IR224 | RESEARCH METHODS IN INTERNATIONAL RELA |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| IR232 | INTRO. TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS II |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6.0 |
| ENG211 | ACADEMIC ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS |
3 |
3 |
1 |
4.0 |
| Any 1 of the following set .. | |||||
| HIST2202 | PRINCIPLES OF KEMAL ATATÜRK II |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
| HIST2206 | HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION II |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
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THIRD YEAR
Fifth Semester
| Course Code | Course Name |
METU Credit |
Contact |
Laboratory |
ECTS |
| IR305 | PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW I |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| IR345 | TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY I |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6.0 |
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| DEPARTMENTAL or NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE | |||||
| DEPARTMENTAL or NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE |
Sixth Semester
| Course Code | Course Name |
METU Credit |
Contact |
Laboratory |
ECTS |
| IR306 | PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW II |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| IR326 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| IR346 | TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY II |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6.0 |
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| DEPARTMENTAL or NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE |
FOURTH YEAR
Seventh Semester
| Course Code | Course Name |
METU Credit |
Contact |
Laboratory |
ECTS |
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| DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE | |||||
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| DEPARTMENTAL or NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE | |||||
| DEPARTMENTAL, NONDEPARTMENTAL or FREE ELECTIVE |
Eighth Semester
| Course Code | Course Name |
METU Credit |
Contact |
Laboratory |
ECTS |
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| DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE | |||||
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| DEPARTMENTAL or NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE | |||||
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