COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PUBLIC POLICY AND LEGISLATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 6053 PUBLIC POLICY AND LEGISLATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IBRAHIM ARAP

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

The analyse of public policy contains observing the public policies as process(1), structure of power(2) and as transfer (3). It aims to historical background of public policy analyses and its born in Türkiye.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To analyse the structure of power.
2   To have an idea about political transfers.
3   To define the outputs of public policies.
4   To evaluate the concept of public
5   To discuss about bureaucracy and technocracy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of homework topics to students
2 Public policy: Definition, its relation with other disciplines and its improvement.
3 Models on Public Policy Analyses
4 Models on Public Policy Analyses
5 The roles of bureaucrats, technocrats and pressure groups such as professional organizations on public policies.
6 Relationship between bureaucracy and politics; the roles of technocrats; professionalism effect of public services and bureaucracy.
7 Mid- Term Exam
8 Mid- Term Exam
9 Government policies on making public policies
10 Public policies at constitution, act, rules and regulations.
11 The aim of Regulation, deregulation and redistribution on public policies.
12 To analyse main public policies such as security, education, health, transport, localization, industrialization, etc.
13 To evaluate public policies in terms of European countries and Türkiye.
14 Public policy in Türkiye.
15 Final
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

BUĞRA, Ayşe ve Çağlar KEYDER (Derleyenler) Sosyal Politika Yazıları, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.(2006)
GÜLER,Birgül Ayman , Yeni Sağ ve Devletin Değişimi Yapısal Uyarlama Politikaları 1980 1995, Imge Kitapevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2005

KALAYCIOĞLU, Ersin ve Ali Yaşar SARIBAY (Derleyenler) Türkiye'de Siyaset: Süreklilik ve Değişim, Der Yayınları, Istanbul, (tarihsiz)
The World Bank s Experience, World Bank Washington D.C., 2nd print, 1996

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical frame will be formed by the instructor of lesson.The student is responsable for analysing a scientific article about lesson s subject and doing/presenting a homework which s subject is selected by student.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

tuesdat 11:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 3 21
Preparation for midterm exam 1 23 23
Preparation for final exam 1 27 27
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 157

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1545454
LO.2454545
LO.3545454
LO.4545444
LO.5545454