COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EUROPEAN UNION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YÖN 4116 EUROPEAN UNION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SULTAN KAVILI ARAP

Offered to

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS (Evening)
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Course Objective

To monitor the development of local government within the framework of the European Union and also to evaluate the effects of this process on the local government units in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to identify constitution of European Union
2   Being able to identify institutions of European Union
3   Being able to express perspective of local governments in EU.
4   Being able to evaluate EU- Turkey relations
5   Being able to evaluate effects of local governments in EU in Turkey.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History of European Union
2 Institutions of European Union
3 Legislative process in European Union
4 European Union Member Countries
5 European Union enlargement process
6 European Agreements
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 EU and public administration
10 Local governments in EU; The European Charter of Local Self-Government
11 EU Turkey relations
12 The basic documents within the framework of the EU-Turkey relations
13 The EU accession period and legislative amendments in Turkey.
14 The EU membership prosess effects of local governments in Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading

TEXTBOOK(S): Beril Dedeoğlu, Adım Adım Avrupa Birliği, Okumuş Adam Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2006.
SUPPLEMENTARY BOOK(S): AB Ilerleme Raporları, Ulusal Programlar, Katılım Ortaklığı Belgeleri, Avrupa Parlamentosu Ilerleme Raporları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Questions & Answers
3. Discussion and case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes will be assessed by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to attend 70% of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232- 3012563 elif.yucebas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 68

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