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    GRADUATE SCHOOL

    Political Science and International Relations (Without thesis)

    PSIR 509 | Course Introduction and Application Information

    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)
    Assistant(s)
    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

    The students who succeeded in this course;

    • Will be able to classify integration theories in general and specifically European Integration theories
    • Will be able to identify the two fundamental enlargement theories – rational choice and constructivism
    • Will be able to analyze the institutional structure of the EU policy making in foreign policy
    • Will be able to define the technical details, stages and phases of the accession process
    • Will be able to analyze the security and identity dimensions of EU integration process
    • 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.
    Related Sustainable Development Goals

     



    Course Category

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

     

    WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

    Week Subjects Related Preparation
    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

     

    EVALUATION SYSTEM

    Semester Activities Number Weigthing
    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

    ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

    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

     

    COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

    #
    		 Program Competencies/Outcomes
    * Contribution Level
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    1 To improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and to ultimately deepen and develop intellectual interest
    -
    -
    -
    -
    X
    2 To evaluate the relationships between factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture in a critical perspective
    -
    -
    X
    -
    -
    3 To provide advanced competences to determine and question the theoretical and emprical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature
    -
    -
    X
    -
    -
    4 To identify the political and cultual conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnic groups, gender and religion at national and international levels
    -
    -
    X
    -
    -
    5 To provide competences to develop original arguments in order to fill the gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    6 To determine, collect, resolve, and interpret the data that would measure the theories and concepts as variables by using scientific research methods in Political Science and International Relations field
    -
    -
    -
    -
    X
    7 To use confidently the terms and concepts of Political Science and International Relations
    -
    -
    -
    -
    X
    8 To communicate systematically, in written, oral, and visual forms, contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations to groups inside and outside the said discipline
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    9 To take responsibility in an individual capacity and as part of a team in generating solutions to unexpected problems that arise in relation to politics in daily life
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    10 To develop projects determining the institutional and political instruments for management of domestic and international conflicts
    -
    -
    -
    X
    -
    11 To prepare an orginal thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations in accordance with scentific criteria
    -
    -
    -
    -
    X
    12 To design and carry out a scientific research project in the field of Political Science and International Relations
    -
    -
    -
    -
    X
    13 To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations
    -
    -
    X
    -
    -

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