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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
POL1351 | Introduction to Political Science | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
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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. ZEYNEP HANDE PAKER UNCU Dr. Öğr. Üyesi YÜKSEL ALPER ECEVİT Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ARDA CAN KUMBARACIBAŞI Instructor YASEMİN BİLGEL |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course provides an introduction to basic concepts and theories of political science. It adopts a holistic approach which combines a variety of theories, conceptual frameworks and paradigms with political practice. It starts from human nature, elaborates on state and society and focuses on systems and structures emerging from the political. It finally addresses political economy, political violence and international relations to clarify how these three areas intersect with the discipline of political science. Some of the central themes that the course will cover are society and state, justice, legitimacy, sovereignty, authority, government, constitution, regimes, leadership, political culture, public opinion, interest groups, parties, elections, electoral systems, legislatures, executives, judiciaries, political economy, poverty, development, political violence, terrorism and international relations. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Grasp the general concepts relating to political science; 2. Recognize multilateral processes in between individual, state, civil society, institutions and organizations; 3. Distinguish the basic theories, methodologies and applications of Political Science; 4. Find out important contributors to political thought with the reasons which make them essential; 5. Identify strengths and weaknesses of political systems and regimes; 6. Compare similarities, dissimilarities and contrasts of political structures; 7. Examine and implement political theories to analyze past and contemporary issues. |
Theories of Political Science, Ideologies, States, Constitutions and Rights, Societies and Regimes, Political Culture, Public Opinion, Political Communication and the Media, Interest Groups and Parties, Elections and Electoral Processes, Representation, Legislatures, Executives, Bureaucracies, Judiciaries, Institutions and Democracy. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to Politics and Political Science | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan,2013 4th edition. Ch.1 |
2) | Theories of Political Science | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan,2013 4th edition. Ch.2 |
3) | Political Ideas and Ideologies | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan,2013 4th edition. Ch.3 |
4) | Governments, Systems, and Regimes | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan,2013 4th edition. Ch.12 |
5) | Democracy and Legitimacy | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan,2013 4th edition. Ch.4 |
6) | Politics, The State and Sub-National Politics | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan,2013 4th edition. Ch.5 |
7) | MIDTERM EXAM | |
8) | Nations and Nationalism | |
9) | Globalization, Political Culture and the Media | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan,2013 4th edition. Ch.9 |
10) | Representation, Elections and Voting | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan,2013 4th edition. Ch.10 |
11) | Parties and Party Systems | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan,2013 4th edition. Ch.11 |
12) | Legislatures, Executives and Judiciaries | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan,2013 4th edition. Ch.13, 14, 15 |
13) | Interest Groups, Civil Society and Social Movements | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan,2013 4th edition. Ch.16 |
14) | Revision and Summary |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Andrew Heywood, Politics. Macmillan, 2013 4th edition. Michael G. Roskin, Robert L. Cord, James A. Medeiros, and Walter S. Jones, Political Science: An Introduction, Perason, 12th edition, 2012William Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy since 1774, 3rd Ed., London: Routledge, 2012. |
References: | Articles in Course Package |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 13 | 39 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 157 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 |
Total Workload | 200 |
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 |