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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
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| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| Fall |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
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| Course Type | Required | |||||
| Course Level | - | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description |
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| Core Courses | X |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Theory and European integration | - Pollack, M. A. (2015): Theorizing EU-Policy Making, in Wallace et.al Policy Making in the EU (2015), ch. 2, p. 13-26 |
| 3 | Explaining Historical Milestones: Functionalism, Supranationalism, Intergovernmentalism | - Jensen, C. S. (2010) ‘ Neo-functionalism’, in Cini, M. and Borragan PerezSolorzano, N. (2010) European Union Politics (Oxford University Press): 71/85. - Cini, M. (2010) ‘Intergovernmentalism’, in Cini, M. and Borragan PerezSolorzano, N. (2010) European Union Politics (Oxford University Press): 86/103. - Repetition History of the EU: http://europa.eu/about-eu/eu-history/index_en.htm |
| 4 | Explaining Historical Milestones: Role of the European Commission, Role of Norms | - Moravcsik, A. (1991) Negotiating the Single European Act: National Interests and Conventional Statecraft in the European Community, International Organization 45(1). - Christiansen, T. (2002) The role of supranational actors in EU treaty reforms, Journal of European Public Policy 9(1), 33-53. - Rittberger, Berthold (2003): The Creation and Empowerment of the European Parliament, Journal of Common Market Studies 41(2). - Schimmelfennig, F. (2008) Entrapped again: the way to EU membership negotiations with Turkey, UCD Dublin European Institute, working paper 8, http://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/WP_08-8_Schimmelfennig.pdf. |
| 5 | European Integration Theory Today: Euro Crisis and New Intergovernmentalism | - Bickerton et al. (2015) The New Intergovernmentalism and the Study of the European Integration, in Bickerton et al., The New Intergovernmentalism (Oxford University Press). - Christiansen, Thomas (2015) Institutionalist Dynamics behind the New Intergovernmentalism: The Continuos Process of EU Treaty Reform (Oxford University Press). |
| 6 | Exam I | |
| 7 | Theories of Policy Making: New Institutionalism, Policy Networks and Multi-level Governance | - Pollack, M. A. (2015) Theorising EU Policy-Making, in Wallace et al., Policy Making in the EU, 7th edition, p. 26-44 - Bache, I., George, S. and Bulmer, S. (2011) Politics in the European Union (Oxford University Press), Chapter 2: 21/39. |
| 8 | EU Policy Analysis in Practise: Agenda Setting and Decision Making | - Versluis, E., van Keulen, M. and Stephenson, P. (2011) Analyzing the European Union Policy Process (Palgrave Macmillan), Chapter 5: 107/131 and Chapter 7: 154/179. |
| 9 | EU Policy Analysis in Practise: Case Studies | - Bürgin, A. (2013) Salience, path dependency and the coalition between the European Commission and the Danish Council Presidency: Why the EU opened a visa liberalisation process with Turkey, European Integration Online Papers 17(1). - Bürgin (2015) National binding renewable energy targets for 2020, but not for 2030 anymore: why the European Commission developed from a supporter to a brakeman, Journal of European Public Policy 22(5), 690-707 - Bürgin (2014) Strategic Learning, Limited Europeanization: How the Turkish National Police Used Twinning to Prepare itself for the Planned New Border Agency, Turkish Studies 15(4), 458-475 |
| 10 | EU as External Actor: Europeanization and Foreign Policy | - Sedelmeier, U. (2015) Enlargement, in Wallace et al., Policy-Making in the EU, 7th edition, p.407-435 - Giegerich, B. (2015) Foreign and Security Policy, in Wallace et al., Policy Making in the EU, 7th edition, p. 436-463 |
| 11 | Guest Speakers on Challenges and Achievements of EU Governance | |
| 12 | Presentations | Details to be announced in class. |
| 13 | Presentations | Details to be announced in class. |
| 14 | Exam II | |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Book chapters and journal articles (see above), power point presentations. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Additionally, relevant articles published in the web of science will be distributed to students before classes in certain weeks. |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 10 |
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 15 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 15 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 2 | 50 |
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 6 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 2 | |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 15 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 5 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 2 | 20 | |
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 138 |
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to use the advanced theoretical and practical knowledge that the graduates have acquired in the areas of international relations | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to examine, interpret data and assess concepts and ideas with the scientific methods in the area of international relations/political science | X | ||||
| 3 | To take the responsibility as a group team member and as an individual to solve unforeseen and multidimensional problems that are unforeseen in practice | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to recognize regional and global issues/problems, and to be able to develop solutions based on research and scientific evidence | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the area of international relations/political science critically and to detect learning requirements and to guide learning. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of international relations; to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems verbally and in writing to experts and nonexperts. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to interpret theoretical debates regarding relations among factors in global politics such as structures, institutions and culture, to be able to pinpoint the continuities and changes of main dynamics of international relations, | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to distinguish the differences between the classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship, | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to make use of other disciplines that international relations are based upon (political science, law, economics, sociology, psychology, etc.) and to have the basic knowledge of these disciplines. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to keep abreast of current news on international relations, learn a foreign language and to communicate with one’s peers (European language portfolio global scale, level B1) | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
| 12 | To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to international relations. | X | ||||
| 13 | To be able to improve the acquired knowledge, skills and qualifications for personal and social reasons | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest