The European Union (UI515) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
The European Union	UI515	General Elective	3	0	0	3	5

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	Turkish
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Level	Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. Gözde Yılmaz
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	The objectives of the course are: • to introduce the historical evolution of the EU and the changes experienced in the EU; • to introduce the institutions of the EU; • to familiarize the students with the policies of the EU; • to make an introduction to the EU-Turkey relations
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; to learn EU’s institutions and policies; to understand the historical evolution of the EU to understand the changes in the operation of the EU after the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty to have information on EU-Turkey relations
Course Content	An introduction to the institutional structure of the EU considering the evolving nature of the EU and its institutions, the operation of the institutions and their role in policy-making focusing on specific policies of the EU, EU-Turkey relations focusing on EU policies and the role of institutions on policy-making.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	1. Week: Introduction 2. Week : The historical development of the European Integration 3. Week : EU institutions 4. Week: EU enlargement and neighborhood policy 5. Week: EU and democratization 6. Week : EU's economic integration and EU law 7. Week : Mid-term 8. Week : EU's Agricultural Policy and EU's Policy of Foreign Trade 9. Week : EU's Regional Policy and and EU's Competition Policy 10. Week : EU's Environment Policy and EU's social policy 11. Week : EU's Transportation Policy and EU's Education Policy 12. Week: European Security and Defense Policy and EU's Energy Policy 13. Week: Europeanization 14. Week: Conclusion

Sources

Course Book	1. Kaya, A., Aydın-Düzgit, S., Gürsoy, Y., Beşgül, Ö.O. (ed) (2011). Avrupa Birliği’ne Giriş Tarih, Kurumlar ve Politikalar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Yayınları.

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	1	40
Presentation	1	30
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	30
Final Exam/Final Jury	-	-
Toplam	3	100

Percentage of Semester Work	60
Percentage of Final Work	40
Total	100

Course Category

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

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	Conceptual, theoretical and methodological mastery over political science and public administration disciplines.
2	Acquiring a multidisciplinary perspective in political science and public administration disciplines.
3	Acquiring the necessary methodological understanding and skill in political science and public administration disciplines.
4	An ability to contribute to the political science and public administration literatures.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	16	2	32
Presentation/Seminar Prepration	1	10	10
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	1	10	10
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	25	25
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload			125