Program tanımları
The doctoral program at Bilkent IR is a highly specialized program. Its purpose is to develop the skills of doctoral candidates in international political analysis and to increase their capacity to conduct research on theoretical issues, international security studies, strategic studies, comparative foreign policy, international political economy, regional integration, global environmental problems, international law, peacekeeping and conflict resolution as well as area studies such as the European Union, the Balkans, Russia, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus. The program is reserved for a limited number of students who are qualified and committed to spend several years conducting intensive research. The program is particularly suitable for students who wish to pursue an academic career.
Degree Requirements:
Students accepted to this program must complete at least 26 credit hours of course work (students who have not taken IR 501 International Relations Theory and IR 519 Research Methods, required courses at the M.A. level, must also complete these two courses for graduation as well as 12 credits of language study, for a total of 38 required course credits). The course work requirement can be met by taking graduate level International Relations courses and, if necessary, courses from other departments approved by BIR. A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.00 must be maintained for the totality of Ph.D. coursework. The doctoral program must be completed in at most 8 semesters.
Fall Semester
IR 501 International Relations Theory (if not taken previously)
IR 621 Current Debates in International Relations Theory
IR 699 Ph.D. Dissertation (no credit)
Three of the following electives:
IR 529 Arms Control and Disarmament
IR 567 Contemporary Russia
IR 578 History of the Cold War
IR 617 Eurasian-Atlantic Security I
IR 619 Strategic Studies
IR 624 European Union Studies I
IR 626 International Political Economy
IR 629 Global Political Economy
IR 631 Political Economy of Development
IR 634 Peace Operations
IR 638 Accession Process to the EU
IR 649 The USSR and the Second World War
IR 651 Russian Historiography
IR 652 New World Orders 1945-2000
Spring Semester
IR 519 Research Methods (if not taken previously)
IR 625 Advanced Diplomatic History
IR 699 Ph.D. Dissertation (no credit)
Three of the following electives:
IR 572 European Union Integration: EU and OECD Economies
IR 573 Readings in Russian History, Civilization & Culture
IR 598 Turkish Political Economy
IR 616 Individual, National and Global Security
IR 618 Eurasian-Atlantic Security II
IR 628 European Union Studies II
IR 647 Nuclear Weapons and US Foreign Policy
IR 654 Russia in the Age of Reform & Reaction (1855-1894): The Reigns of Alexander II and Alexander III
IR 656 Russia, Turkey and the First World War
IR 658 The World Transformed (1975-2001)
IR 659 American Security Policy: Current Issues
Language Requirement:
Every Ph.D. candidate must demonstrate reading and writing proficiency in a language appropriate to the candidate's area of research, preferably before beginning to work on the dissertation.
The language requirement may be satisfied in two ways: 1) by obtaining an average grade of at least B (3.00) for 12 units of language course credits (These cannot be substituted for the minimum 26 credits required for the degree); or 2) by being a native speaker of the language which is appropriate to the candidate's area of research.
Foreign language courses offered at Bilkent University :
Arabic, German, Spanish, Japanese, French, Italian, Russian.
