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ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
EUR3211 Justice Freedom and Security in the EU I Fall 3 0 3 6
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Hybrid
Course Coordinator : Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU
Course Lecturer(s): Assoc. Prof. SELCEN ÖNER
Assoc. Prof. SEMİHA ÖZGÜR ÜNAL ERİŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: This course is designed to analyse historical background and development process of justice freedom and security policy in the EU, evolution process of its institutional framework and decision-making system particularly since the Maastricht Treaty (1993). In addition to these, Schengen rules, visa issues, immigration and asylum policy of the EU, the changes which were introduced by the Lisbon Treaty (2009) are evaluated. In addition to these, migration and asylum policy of Turkey, increasing collaboration between Turkey and the EU in the field of migration especially after the migration crisis and recent issues such as the refugee deal between Turkey and the EU (2016) and visa issues will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course;

1. Assess historical background and institutional framework of justice freedom and security policy of the EU,
2. Evaluate external border controls in the EU and Schengen regulations,
3. Explain legal migration and irregular migration in the EU,
4. Analyse asylum policy in the EU,
5. Discuss Turkey-EU collaboration in the field of migration and asylum policy.

Course Content

In this course historical background of justice, freedom and security policy, visa issues, Schengen rules, legal migration and asylum policy are analysed.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction of the course.
2) Historical background and institutional framework of Justice Freedom and Security Policy in the EU. Bache, Ian; Stephen George, Simon Bulmer, Politics in the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2011.pp.466-487. UNHCR refugee statistics *http://www.unhcr.org/figures-at-a-glance.html *How the Schengen Area was Created https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPNLgZ8RMYI *History of the Schengen Area https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xffvPWmoWsQ *Schengen Treaty historical background-EPP group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UXjsajT_EU     
3) Historical background and institutional framework of Justice Freedom and Security Policy in the EU Bache, Ian; Stephen George, Simon Bulmer, Politics in the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2011, pp.466-487. *World migration IOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVvsKx7R73M
4) Legal Migration and Asylum Policy of the EU “Migration and Asylum”, Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2013. *EURODAC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1drxATimqGw *Migration from Libya to EU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92iEL6k5E6o
5) Legal Migration and Asylum Policy of the EU Erika Feller, “Asylum, Migration and Refugee Protection: Realities, Myths and the Promise of Things to Come”, 2006. *EUROPOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzh-hDyY1uA *Frontex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju0rI-yevP4
6) Schengen Regulations Elspeth Guild, et.al., “What is Happening to Schengen Borders?”, CEPS Paper in Liberty and Security in Europe, No. 86, December 2015. * Schengen Information System II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Hhy_enZmU *Schengen Information System II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pv4STLFiI8
7) Visa issues in the EU. Steve Peers, EU Justice and Home Affairs Law, Oxford Unv. Press, 2011.
8) Mid-term Above readings in the previous weeks
9) Asylum and Migration Policy in Turkey İçduygu, Ahmet, “Europe, Turkey and International Migration: An Uneasy Negotiation”, http://www.eui.eu/Documents/RSCAS/Research/MWG/201011/01-26-Icduygu.pdf, 2011.
10) Visa-free Travel for Turkish Citizens Seçil Paçacı Elitok, “ A Step Backward for Turkey?: The Readmission Agreement and the Hope of Visa Free Europe”, IPC Mercator Policy Brief, December 2015.     
11) EU ve The Refugee Crisis Sergio Carrera, et.al., “EU’s Response to the Refugee Crisis”, CEPS Essay, No.20/ 16 December 2015. *Europe`s migrant crisis Wall Street Journal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12FT7cOLaZ4 * Europe`s Migrant Crisis-Five Years on-Deutsche Welle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKjE6hKaLsI *Refugees in Europe- The Guardian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ooecJWPcAY *Dublin Regulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQqmRkhuMWU *EU`s new Migration Pact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBeVdy7bU-M
12) Turkey and the EU Cooperation in the Field of Migration Benvenuti, Bianca, “The Migration Paradox and EU-Turkey Relations”, IAI Working Papers, 2017. *EU-Turkey refugee deal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE3XgedX-hs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U2bAFzATN0
13) Refugee Crisis and Turkey-EU Relations Öner, S., “Turkey as a Strategic Partner of the EU during the Refugee Crisis: The Challenges and Prospects”, Timofey Agarin and Nevena Nancheva (Eds.), A European Crisis: Perspectives on Refugees, Solidarity and Europe, Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag Pub., 2018. Öner, Selcen, “The Influence of the Economic Crisis and Refugee Crisis on EU Politics: The Challenges and Prospects for Turkey-EU Relations”, Marmara Journal of European Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2016.
14) General evaluation of the course and presentation of students.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Weekly readings will be uploaded on ItsLearning. Please note that all book chapters and articles listed on the syllabus are also accessible through the BAU Library.
The articles or book chapters related with the topics of each week are mentioned in the weekly programme.

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Haftalık ders okumaları ItsLearning’e yüklenir. Ders izlencesinde yer alan tüm kitap bölümleri ve makalelere BAU Kütüphanesi’nden de erişilebilir.
Her hafta için ilgili kaynak programda belirtilmiştir.

References: Youtube videos on related subjects:
*World migration IOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVvsKx7R73M
* Schengen Information System II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Hhy_enZmU
*Schengen Information System II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pv4STLFiI8
*EUROPOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzh-hDyY1uA
*Frontex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju0rI-yevP4
*Europe`s migrant crisis Wall Street Journal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12FT7cOLaZ4
* Europe`s Migrant Crisis-Five Years on-Deutsche Welle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKjE6hKaLsI
*Refugees in Europe- The Guardian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ooecJWPcAY
*Dublin Regulation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQqmRkhuMWU
*EURODAC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1drxATimqGw
*Migration from Libya to EU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92iEL6k5E6o
*EU-Turkey refugee deal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE3XgedX-hs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U2bAFzATN0
*EU`s new Migration Pact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBeVdy7bU-M

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 13 % 15
Presentation 1 % 25
Midterms 1 % 20
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 13 39
Study Hours Out of Class 13 95
Presentations / Seminar 1 8
Midterms 1 1.5
Final 1 1.5
Total Workload 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. 3
2) Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. 2
3) Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. 1
4) Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. 3
5) Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. 2
6) Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. 2
7) Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. 3
8) Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. 2
9) Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. 2
10) Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. 3