The goals of this course for each student is to a) get comprehensive information about the key concepts of Political Science b) be able to interpret regional and global daily political events.
The course aims at introducing basic concepts of Political Science to students. It is designed to introduce principle notions and categories in political science as practical and theoretical tools to understand better how politics has been perceived in contemporary world.
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Course Learning Outcomes
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Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
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1 ,2 | 1,2,3,12 | A,B,C |
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1, 2, 4 | 1,2,3,12 | A,B,C |
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1, 3, 7 | 1,2,3,12 | A,B,C |
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4, 6, 7, 12 | 1,2,3,12 | A,B,C |
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4, 6, 10 | 1,2,3,12 | A,B,C |
Course Flow
| Course Content | |||
| Topics | |||
| Introduction | General view of the syllabus | ||
| What is politics? | Shively Chapter 1-Heywood 2012 | ||
| Modern Ideologies and Political Philosophy | Shively Chapter 2-Wolff 2006 - Leon 1979 | ||
| Modern State | Shively Chapter 3-Cudworth 2007 | ||
| State Policies | Shively Chapter 4-Cudworth 2007 | ||
| Economy policies of the State | Shively Chapter 5 | ||
| Democracies and Authoritarian Systems | Shively Chapter 6-Dahl 1998 | ||
| Midterm | - | ||
| Political Culture and Socialization | Shively Chapter 7-Almond& Verba 1963 | ||
| Constitutions and Government Types | Shively Chapter 8-Duverger 1959 | ||
| Interest Groups | Shively Chapter 9-Roberts 2016 | ||
| Political Parties and Elections | Shively Chapter 10-Roberts 2016 | ||
| Bureaucracy | Shively Chapter 11-Goodsell 1983 | ||
| Social Movements | Shively Chapter 12 -Heywood 2012 | ||
| Final Exam | |||
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |||
| Textbook | Shively, Philips. 2019. Power & Choice: An Introduction to Political Science. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. | ||
| Additional Resources |
Baradat, Leon P.1979. Political Ideologies: Their origins and Impacts. London: Pearson Prentice Hall Cudworth, Erika & Timothy Hall & John Mcgovern.2007. The Modern State: Theories and Dahl, Robert.1998. On Democracy. London: Yale University Press Duverger, Maurice 1959. Political Parties: Their Organization and Activity in Modern State. New Jersey: Wiley Goodsell, Charles. 1983. The Case for Bureaucracy. London: Chatham House Publishers Heywood, Andrey .2012. Political Ideologies: An Introduction. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 5th edition Heywood, Andrey .2013.Global Politics. London: Macmillan International Higher Education Ideologies. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Marshall, Tim. 2015. Prisoners of Geography: Ten maps that telleverything you need to know about global politics. London: Elliott & Thompson Ltd. Roberts, Michael. 2016. Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy. London: Martino Fine Books Snyder, Timothy. 2017. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from Twentieth Century. Phoenix: Crown Press Tilly, Charles.2005. Social Movements: 1768-2004. London: Routledge Verba, Sidney & Gabriel Almond. 1963. The Civic Culture or The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations, Princeton: Princeton University Press
Wolff, Jonathan. 2006. An Introduction to Political Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press |
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Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | |
| Assignments | - |
| Exams | Midterm, Final |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 40 |
| Participation | 2 | 10 |
| Final | 3 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 1 | 50 |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 50 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | To demonstrate the ability to specialize and expand knowledge in the fields of political science, international relations, comparative politics, Turkish politics and foreign policy. | x | |||||
| 2 | The ability to comprehend the interdisciplinary quality of the political science and international relations discipline. | x | |||||
| 3 | A command of basic research models and approaches of political science and international relations discipline and the ability to apply them in academic research and project design. | x | |||||
| 4 | Having the ability to assess and interpret the different political and societal systems with an interdisciplinary approach. | x | |||||
| 5 | Having a command of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods and abiding by the highest levels of academic and research ethics. | x | |||||
| 6 | The ability to present and debate an issue that requires specialization in the field of political science and international relations. The ability to discuss this issue within an intellectual framework, and the ability to express oneself in a professional and academic manner. | x | |||||
| 7 | The ability to analyze and critically evaluate basic research models, approaches and intellectual traditions in the field of political science, international relations. | x | |||||
| 8 | The ability to utilize academic writing and presentation skills to projects, dissertations and articles. | X | |||||
| 9 | Having advanced reading, writing, comprehension and speaking skills in the English language. | x | |||||
| 10 | Having the ability to apply knowledge of political science and international relations discipline to information technologies and traditional tools so as to produce sound solutions to problems. | x | |||||
| 11 | Possessing experience and social skills necessary for employment in the public and private sectors and/or being admitted to a competitive Ph.D. program. | x | |||||
| 12 | Having empathy towards diverse and differing communities, which will facilitate conducing teamwork at local as well as global platforms. | x | |||||
| 13 | Having competency of comprehending and interpreting local and global issues through information exchange with international academics and students. | x | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORK LOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 5 | 80 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Homework | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Final examination | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 200 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 8 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 8 | ||