COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL SCIENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 2025 POLITICAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LEVENT YILMAZ

Offered to

Economics (Evening)
Economics

Course Objective

Its aimed to give theoretical knowledge about political science. To have knowledge for assess and explain to extent of political area.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain the political and social life with scientific perspective.
2   Being able to use the fundamental concepts of political science while explain the political events
3   Being able to analyze the relation between economics and politics.
4   Being able to describe the fundamental concepts of political science.
5   Being able to make a connection between political area and other social areas.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Advertisement of Course
2 Concepts of politics. Political Science: its issue and its extent.
3 Power and legitimacy.
4 State and state theories.
5 Social classes and groups. Elites
6 Political Participation, Political Parties and Pressure Groups.
7 Midterm
8 Midterm
9 Ideologies, Main Political Ideologies
10 Main Political Ideologies
11 Civil Society and Public Domain
12 Law, Democracy and Laicism
13 Evaluation
14 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Siyaset Bilimi, Imge Kitabevi.
Gökhan Atılgan ve E. Attila Aytekin (Haz.), Siyaset Bilimi, Yordam Kitap.
Orhan Pamuk, Sessiz Ev, Iletişim Yayınları.
Helping Sources:
Andrew Heywood, Siyaset, Adres Yayınları.
Mümtaz er Türköne, Siyaset, Etkileşim Yayınları.
Bahar Üste, Siyaset Bilimi, Beta.
Alâeddin Şenel, Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi, Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları.
Birsen Örs (Der.), 19. Yüzyıldan 20. Yüzyıla Modern Siyasal Ideolojiler, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical explanation.
Discuss with questions inside and at the end of the course in the class.
To assess the current political events.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE STT * 0.40 + MTE * 0.60
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Explains theoretical information in full.
Uses theoretical information while analyzing the practices.
Interiorized knowledge is tested with questions within the class.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To read fundamental sources of course.
Attendance to course.
Follow of the course as much as.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

levent.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 16 1 16
Reading 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 89

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.11111
LO.21111
LO.31111
LO.411
LO.511111

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