PSIR 509 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Political Science and International Relations (With Thesis)

Course Name

Foreign Relations of the EU

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
PSIR 509	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	7.5

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	Second Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	-
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Doç. Dr. Alexander BUERGIN
Assistant(s)	Araş. Gör. Funda SARICI

Course Objectives

This advanced seminar is designed to give graduate students a broad perspective of the EU’s relations with third parties and its role in the international arena. It draws on European Integration theories to analyze the institutional mechanisms of EU’s external relations. The course particularly aims to identify and systematically assess the nature of EU influence across issue areas. The seminar will highlight two broad questions: “What kind of a global actor is the EU?” and “How does the EU act in the international arena?” Therefore seminar starts with a brief overview of theories of European Integration. Following a brief examination of how the EU institutions formulate and execute their policies towards the world outside its borders the seminar will continue with the analysis of a wide range of policy processes, policies and policy instruments of the EU.

Learning Outcomes

#	Content	PC Sub	* Contribution Level
#	Content	PC Sub	1	2	3	4	5
1	Will be able to classify integration theories in general and specifically European Integration theories
2	Will be able to identify the two fundamental enlargement theories – rational choice and constructivism
3	Will be able to analyze the institutional structure of the EU policy making in foreign policy
4	Will be able to define the technical details, stages and phases of the accession process
5	Will be able to analyze the security and identity dimensions of EU integration process
6	Will be able to evaluate the empirical information with regard to the history of EU institutional framework

Course Description

This course will focus on the EU's relations with third countries from security, social and economic perspectives. Each perspective will emphasize the historical and instutional aspects of foreign policy making.

Course Category	Core Courses	X
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation	Learning Outcome
1	Introduction
2	Understanding European Integration	1) Moravcsik, Andrew “Preferences and Power in the European Community: A Liberal Intergovernmentalist Approach,” Journal of Common Market Studies 31 (1993), pp: 473-524. 2) Pierson, Paul “The Path to European Integration; A Historical Institutionalist Analysis, Comparative Political Studies 29:2 (1996), pp: 123-163.
3	Institutional Structure of the EU Policy Making: Three Pillars I	1) Wallace, Hellen An Institutional Anatomy and Five Policy Modes in Helen Wallace, William Wallace and Mark Pollack, (eds.), PolicyMaking in the European Union, 5th ed. (Oxford, 2000), pp: 49-90. 2) Hill, Christopher and William Wallace Actors and Actions in Christopher Hill, (ed.), The Actors in Europe’s Foreign Policy (Routledge, 1996), pp: 116 and 288-304.
4	Institutional Structure of the EU Policy Making: Three Pillars II	1) Smith, Karen E. EU External Relations in Michelle Cini (ed.), European Union Politics (Oxford, 2005), pp: 229-245. 2) Bretherton, Charlotte and John Vogler. The European Union as a Global Actor (London, 1999), pp: 15-45.
5	EU Enlargement I	1) Schimmelfennig, Frank and Ulrich Sedelmeier, “Theorizing EU enlargement: research focus, hypotheses, and the state of research,” Journal of European Public Policy 9:4 (August 2002), pp: 500-528. 2) Bieler, Andreas. “The struggle over EU enlargement: a historical materialist analysis of European integration,” Journal of European Public Policy 9:4 (August 2002), pp: 575-597.
6	EU Enlargement II	1) Schimmelfennig, Frank “The Community trap: liberal norms, rhetorical action, and the eastern enlargement of the European Union,” International Organization 55:1 (Winter 2002), pp: 47–80. 2) Glenn, John. EU Enlargement in Michelle Cini (ed.), European Union Politics (Oxford, 2005), pp:211-228
7	Midterm Exam
8	European Common Foreign and Security Policy	1) Wallace, William. Foreign and Security Policy in Helen Wallace, William Wallace and Mark Pollack, (eds.), PolicyMaking in the European Union, 5th ed. (Oxford, 2000), pp:429-456. 2) Gordon, Philip, “Europe’s Uncommon Foreign Policy,” International Security 22:3 (Winter 1997/98), pp: 74-100.
9	Transatlantic Relations	1) Kagan, Robert “Power and Weakness,” Policy Review 113 (June/July 2002), pp: 328. 2) Kupchan, Charles “The Rise of Europe, America's Changing Internationalism, and the End of U.S. Primacy,” Political Science Quarterly 118 (Summer 2003), pp: 205-231.
10	European Trade Policy	1) Woolcock, Stephen Trade Policy in Helen Wallace, William Wallace and Mark Pollack, (eds.), PolicyMaking in the European Union, 5th ed. (Oxford, 2000), pp: 377-400. 2)Young, Alasdair R. “The Adaptation of European Foreign Economic Policy: From Rome to Seattle,” Journal of Common Market Studies 38:1 (March 2000), pp: 93-116.
11	Development Aid Policy	1) Elgström, Ole “Norm negotiations: The construction of new norms regarding gender and development in EU foreign aid policy,” Journal of European Public Policy 7:3 (September 2000), pp: 457-476. 2)Forwood, Genevra. “The Road to Cotonou: Negotiating a Successor to Lomé,” Journal of Common Market Studies 39:3 (September 2001), pp: 423-442
12	EU’s Neighborhood Policy	1) FerreroWaldner, Benita “The European Neighbourhood Policy:The EU’s Newest Foreign Policy Instrument” European Foreign Affairs Review 11: (2006) pp:139–142. 2)Berg, Eiki and Piret Ehin “What Kind of Border Regime is in the Making?: Towards a Differentiated and Uneven Border Strategy” Cooperation and Conflict, 41:3 (2006) pp. 53-71.
13	Human Rights as the Bases of EU’s Identity	1) Youngs, Richard “Normative Dynamics and Strategic Interests in the EU’s External Identity,” Journal of Common Market Studies 42:2 (June 2004), pp:415-436. 2) Clapham, Andrew Where is the EU’s Human Rights Common Foreign Policy and How is it Manifested in Multilateral Fora? in Philip Alston (ed.), The EU and Human Rights (Oxford, 1999) pp: 627-683.
14	Concluding Remarks
15	Review of the Semester
16	Review of the Semester

Course Notes/Textbooks

Reading Material and power point presentations.

All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources.

Suggested Readings/Materials

Semester Activities	Number	Weighting	LO 1	LO 2	LO 3	LO 4	LO 5	LO 6
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	5	20
Presentation / Jury	1	20
Project	1	30
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	20
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade		70
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade		30
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	5	6	30
Presentation / Jury	1		0
Project	1	65	65
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	40	40
Final Exam			0
		Total	225

#	PC Sub	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	PC Sub	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and use them competently.		X	-	-	-	-
2	To be able to evaluate critically the relationships between various factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture.		-	-	X	-	-
3	To be able to determine and question the theoretical and empirical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature.		-	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to identify the political and cultural conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnicity, gender and religion at national and international levels.		-	-	-	-	-
5	To be able to gather and analyze data by using scientific research methods.		-	X	-	-	-
6	To be able to analyze and evaluate the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics.		-	-	X	-	-
7	To be able to present individual research and contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations in written, oral, and visual forms.		-	-	X	-	-
8	To be able to take responsibility in generating solutions to the problems that arise in relation to the politics in daily life.		-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to determine the institutional and political instruments for conflict resolution in domestic and international politics.		-	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to prepare a thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations based on scientific criteria.		-	-	X	-	-
11	To be able to follow new research and developments in Political Science and International Relations and participate the debates in academic meetings through a foreign language.		-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of gathering, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations.		-	X	-	-	-

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