| Course Name |
European Politics
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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PSIR 514
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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7.5
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
-
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | |
| Course Description |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses |
X
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| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction | Overview History of EU: http://europa.eu/about-eu/eu-history/index_en.htm |
| 2 | History I: Paris Treaty, Rome Treaties, Luxemburg Compromise | Bache/George: Politics in the European Union, Chapters 6, 7, 9. |
| 3 | History II: Single European Act, Maastricht Treaty | Bache/George: Politics in the European Union, Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13. |
| 4 | History III: Amsterdam and Nice Treaty, Constitutional and Lisbon Treaty | Bache/George, chapters 14, 15, 16; for Treaty of Lisbon: Treaty of Lisbon, http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/index_en.htm |
| 5 | Overview of European Integration Theories | Hoyland and Schieritz (2004) Theories of European Integration; Jensen (2010) Neofunctionalism, in M. Cini et. al., European Union Politics, ch. 5, Cini (2010) Intergovernmentalism, in Cini et al. European Union Politics, ch. 6, Bache/Bulmer (2006), chapter 2 |
| 6 | The institutions of the European Union | Michelle Cini (2005): European Union Politics, ch. 9, 10,11 |
| 7 | European Commission: autonomous actor or agent of the member states? The Council: dominated by the big member states? | - Bocquillon, P. and Dobbels, M. (2014) An elephant on the 13th floor of the Berlaymont: European Council and Commission relations in legislative agenda-setting, Journal of European Public Policy, 21(1), - Bürgin, A. (2013) Salience, path dependency and the coalition between the European Commission and the Danish Council Presidency: why the EU opened a visa liberalization process with Turkey, European Integration Online Papers, 17(9), 1-19. - Tallberg (2008) Bargaining Power in the Council, Journal of Common Market Studies, 46 (3), 685-708. |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | The European Union: Success or failure | Zimmermann and Dür (2016) chapters 1, 2. |
| 10 | How Democratic is the EU | Zimmermann and Dür (2016) chapters 4, 6. |
| 11 | Does the EU Act as Normative Power | Zimmermann and Dür (2016) chapters 12, 13. |
| 12 | The transformative power of the EU | Schimmelfennig, F. And Sedelmeier, F. (2004) Governance by conditionality: EU rule transfer to the candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Journal of European Public Policy 11(4), 661-679, Bürgin (2016) Why the EU still matters in Turkish domestic politics: Insights from recent reforms in migration policy, South European Society and Politics 21(1), 105-118. |
| 13 | Presentations | |
| 14 | Review of the Semester | Reflection on the future of the European Integration Process |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | A reading pack will be provided in the begining of the course |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Websites of the EU institutions |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
|
10
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
|
50
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
|
10
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| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
|
30
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| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 |
100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
|
3
|
48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
13
|
7
|
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| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
|
40
|
|
| Presentation / Jury |
1
|
15
|
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| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms |
1
|
30
|
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| Final Exam | |||
| Total |
224
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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| 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 | |||||
| 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 | X | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 7 | To use confidently the terms and concepts of Political Science and International Relations | |||||
| 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 | X | ||||
| 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 | X | ||||
| 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 | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
