COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EU'S ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AVB 6080 EU'S ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

European Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEVGI ÇILINGIR

Offered to

European Studies

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to focus on the conceptual and theoretical framework of enlargement. Membership conditionality and the enlargement process will be analysed through various theories. Europeanization concept, the impact of past enlargements and the economic and cultural and identity dimensions of the enlargement process will also be covered.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain EU enlargement policy in its historical process
2   Being able to analyze the effect of enlargement over institutional process of the EU.
3   Being able to analyze the relationship between enlargement and Europeanization

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 History of the EU and enlargement
3 Enlargement Theories
4 Europeanization: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework
5 First Enlargement (Britain, Ireland, Denmark)
6 Mediterranean enlargement (Greece, Spain, Portugal)
7 Fourth Enlargement (Austria, Finland, Sweden)
8 Central and Eastern European Enlargement
9 Eastern European Enlargement (Bulgaria, Romania and Cyprus)
10 Turkey-EU relations
11 European Neighborhood Policy
12 Brexit
13 General Review

Recomended or Required Reading

Schimmelfennig, Frank and Ulrich Sedelmeier (eds), The Politics of European Union Enlargement, Routledge, London and New York, 2005.
Nugent, Neill (ed), European Union Enlargement, Palgrave-Macmillan, Hampshire, 2004.
Featherstone, Kevin and Claudio M. Radaelli (eds), The Politics of Europeanization, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Orbie, Jan (ed) (2008) Europe s Global Role: External Policies of the European Union, Aldershot: Ashgate.
Avery, Graham, The Enlargement Negotiations , Fraser Cameron (ed.), The Future of Europe Integration and Enlargement, Routledge, London, 2004.
Brücker, Herbert; Philipp J. H. Schröder & Christian Weise (2004). Doorkeepers and Gatecrashers: EU Enlargement and Negotiation Strategies , European Integration, 26(1), 3 23.
Cameron, Fraser, Widening and Deepening , Fraser Cameron (ed.), The Future of Europe Integration and Enlargement, Routledge, London, 2004.
--Further resources will be annonced

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, in-class discussions, term project and presentation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Explain enlargement waves and policy of the EU.
2. Relate enlargement to other areas of EU integration
3. Develop criticism and arguments about the current situation and the future, based on acquired knowledge on EU enlargement
4. Derse ilişkin veri bulma, kullanma ve analiz etme.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1.Attendance and plagiarism are subject to university policies and rules.
2.Participation is necessary. The student should inform the lecturer beforehand in case he or she will not be able to attend.
3. All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sevgi.cilingir@deu.edu.tr
Office: Işletme Fakültesi Oda 222b
Tel: +90 232 - 3018238

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing Individual/Group Assignments 1 25 25
Preparing Presentations 1 5 5
Preparation before/After Weekly Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for Midterm Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Final Exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final exam 1 3 3
Mid-term exam 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 136

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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