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POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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| Name of the Course Unit
| Code
| Year
| Semester
| In-Class Hours (T+P)
| Credit
| ECTS Credit
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| INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE II |
INR106 |
1 |
2 |
3+0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
| Objectives and Contents |
| Objectives of the Course Unit |
Definition of the Content of the Syllabus and Course Targets: There have existed several important conceptualizations at the beginning of Political Science and Public Administration such as power, role of the state, culture, violence, terrorism, political participation, globalization
and so on. Within the framework of this course, such concepts and more on them that are crucial for the clear understanding of Political Science and Public Administration will be discussed in detail. This will be done firstly with the introduction of important concepts in related fields and then it will be examined through theoretical frameworks. By the practice of this method, it is aimed that the beginner students of Political Science and Public Administration Department will become familiarized with the fundamental concepts within the context of political science in the contemporary world. Moreover, it is similarly aimed to enable students to advance their research skills by practicing case studies. |
| Contents of the Course Unit |
Introduction of the Course
2 Why Do We Study Comparative Politics?
3 Power
4 Role of the State
5 Politics, Culture, and Social Processes
6 Midterm
7 The Politics of Everyday Life: Political Economy
8The Politics of Everyday Life: Social Institutions and Social
Relations
9 Political Participation
10 Elections and Voting
11 Social Movements
12 Violence and Terrorism
13 Second Assessment: Submission and Presentation of An Academic
Paper
14 Globalization
15 General Revision of the Course |
| Contribution of the Course Intending to Provide the Professional Education |
Course Objectives:
1. To familiarize students to the major concepts in terms of the political science and public
administration within the modern world.
2. To empower students to develop their study capabilities by practicing case studies.
3. To comprehend the fundamental issues within the framework of modern political science and
public administration.
4. To realize the fundamental ingredients of each discussed political science and public
administration concept
5. To analyze in-depth the fundamental theoretical frameworks in the political science and how
they are approaching to each one of discussed political science and public administration
concepts.
Learning Objectives:
1. Fundamental concepts in terms of studying political Science and public administration – Power,
Role of the State, Politics, Culture, and Social Processes, Political Participation and so on.
2. Politics, Culture, and Social Processes, The Politics of Everyday Life: Social Institutions and Social
Relations, Political Participation, Elections and Voting, Social Movements, Violence and Terrorism,
Globalization. The definitions and major issues for these concepts.
3. Analyse the most noteworthy theoretical frameworks and intellectual precursors in the political
science and public administration while discussing each concept.
4. Examine in-depth crucially important concepts and questions that have been coming into the
forefront in the modern political science, public administration and international relations.
5. Identify the major components of each of the discussed subject through various case studies.
6. What are the fundamental causes and results of violence and terrorism?
7. How the process of globalization has been ongoing in the modern world?
8. Present the roots, reasons and consequences of social movements within the contemporary
world.
9. Examine the fundamental issues in terms of political participation, elections and voting.
10. The evolution of such noticeable concepts principally power, the role of state, politics, culture,
and social processes in terms of political science and public administration in modern life. |
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