Semester 1
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
1
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
The course is built on a number of controversial issues in the field of contemporary global politics. Students are expected to read and think about these controversial issues and they are encouraged to put forward their own points of view in an atmosphere of discussion and debate in the class.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
1
ECTS:
7
Elementary microeconomics. The economic problem. Supply and demand. Elasticity. Marginal analysis of consumers' and firms' behavior.
The theory of profit maximization. Analysis of markets. Pricing in competitive and non-competitive markets
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
1
Tutorial (hrs/week):
1
ECTS:
5
Introduction to information technology and its significance for business, economics, and society. Understanding how computers work, introducing fundamental concepts relating to hardware, software, central processing unit, input and output, storage, networks and internet. Basic PC, Windows, and MS Office skills, and intermediate-level Word and PowerPoint skills.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
1
Tutorial (hrs/week):
1
ECTS:
6
Cartesian coordinate system; Linear equations and lines, system of linear equations, quadratic equations, functionsSelected application to economics and accounting. Matrices, determinants, systems of linear equations and their solutions using Cramer's Rule. . Set theory, counting theory, discrete probability. Descriptive statistics
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
5
Lab (hrs/week):
1
Tutorial (hrs/week):
1
ECTS:
4
ENGL 181 is a first-semester freshman academic English course. It is designed to help students improve the level of their English to B1+ level, as specified in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The course connects critical thinking with language skills and incorporates learning technologies such as IQ Online. The purpose of the course is to consolidate students’ knowledge and awareness of academic discourse, language structures, and lexis. The main focus will be on the development of productive (writing and speaking) and receptive (reading) skills in academic settings.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
1
ECTS:
4
ENGL191 is a first-semester freshman academic English course. It is designed to help students improve the level of their English to B1+ level, as specified in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The course connects critical thinking with language skills and incorporates learning technologies such as IQ Online. The purpose of the course is to consolidate students’ knowledge and awareness of academic discourse, language structures, and lexis. The main focus will be on the development of productive (writing and speaking) and receptive (reading) skills in academic settings.
Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkilap Tarihi (HIST280)
Credit:
2
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
2
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
2
Turkish as a Second Language (TUSL181)
Credit:
2
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
2
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
2
Semester 2
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
1
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
This course aims to introduce the students to the discipline of political science. It focuses on the major issues of political science including the scope and definition of politics and political activity, approaches to politics, political regimes, political ideologies, democracy, the state, party systems, political executive, legislature and constitution.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
7
This is an introductory course aimed at the student who is studying law for the first time.
The course is designed to introduce the student to fundamental legal concepts, terms, processes and principles, and the manner in which law is created and administered. It focuses on the Western tradition (the common law and the civil law), but also includes discussions of other legal systems. The course will give a brief overview of the different branches of law. The final section will focus on the legal system of TRNC.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
1
Tutorial (hrs/week):
1
ECTS:
7
Elementary macroeconomics. Determination of national income. The role of government. The banking system. Problems of inflation, unemployment and growth.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
This course aims to ensure that students are prepared to pursue and complete a degree in the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations by serving to develop their ability to conduct university level research and essay writing, develop skills such as public speaking, working in a team environment and thinking critically. It will introduce students to the appropriate available resources to achieve these aims and help them to understand how coursework is evaluated. Students will learn to recognize and apply transferable skills that will have value in a post academic environment, preparing the department’s graduates to make the most of their time at university and preparing them for life after their studies.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
5
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
1
ECTS:
4
ENGL182 is a second-semester freshman academic English course. It is designed to help students improve the level of their English to B2 level, as specified in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The course connects critical thinking with language skills and incorporates learning technologies such as IQ Online. The purpose of the course is to consolidate students’ knowledge and awareness of academic discourse, language structures, and lexis. The main focus will be on the development of productive (writing and speaking) and receptive (reading) skills in academic settings.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
1
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
4
ENGL192 is a second-semester freshman academic English course. It is designed to help students improve the level of their English to B2 level, as specified in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The course connects critical thinking with language skills and incorporates learning technologies such as IQ Online. The purpose of the course is to consolidate students’ knowledge and awareness of academic discourse, language structures, and lexis. The main focus will be on the development of productive (writing and speaking) and receptive (reading) skills in academic settings.
Semester 3
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
1
Tutorial (hrs/week):
1
ECTS:
6
This course introduces students to the foundations of modern international relations and acquaints them with the major traditions of thinking about the international system and world politics. Students will also engage with some of the fundamental concepts and categories of the discipline, including sovereignty, the balance of power, hegemony, etc.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
This course focuses on the interaction between politics and society and addresses the social basis of power through exploring the ways by which society and societal factors affect politics and political structures. The course largely concentrates on such basic concepts of political sociology as nation and state, institutions, political culture, representation and voting, interest groups, mass media and economic organization within the society.
Political History of Europe - I (PSIR205)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
1
ECTS:
6
The course familiarizes students with the basic concepts and techniques in statistics. The course will focus on descriptive statistics and a brief introduction to inferential statistics. Scope of statistics, descriptive and inductive statistics, measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion. Probability, sampling, estimation
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
Communicating within the organization,with stakeholders and on a cross cultural level.Techniques for effective business communication: use of communication technology, types of business letters,memos and reports,resume writing, how to act during presentations and interviews.Listening skills, non verbal cues and international business etiquette.
Semester 4
Political History of Europe - II (PSIR206)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
7
This course surveys theoretical, legal and political issues confronting international organizations. The historical aspects of the development of international organizations, their diversified roles and the effectiveness with which they perform their assigned functions will be examined. In addition, we will be exploring various theories that attempt to explain and evaluate international organizations as a process and as a series of institutional mechanisms that relate to issues such as international security, environmental problems and humanitarian intervention.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
7
The course aims at providing a conceptual and theoretical framework to study politics comparatively. The course is designed in such a way to explain how governments and political establishments gain, exercise and maintain political power. It also considers three contemporary developments: democratization, liberalization and globalization. Political systems such as liberal democracies, authoritarian systems and military regimes are studied. It is expected that the study of modern states as theoretical and practical systems will help students to improve their understanding and capacity to make academic comparisons between the political processes and institutions of different political systems
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
This course is designed to equip students with skills and information necessary to understand and conduct research in social sciences. The basic concepts and issues in research, and widely employed data collection strategies will be covered in some detail. Students are strongly recommended to attend lecture hours since performance in the course is strongly related to attendance. The topics that will be covered in the course are; science and its goals, aims of social research, theory and hypothesis, measurement and variables, the concepts of validity and reliability, sampling, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and report writing.
University Elective - I (UE01)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
4
Semester 5
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
5
This course, based on the work of the leading scholars in the field of Middle East/North Africa and International Relations, attempts to present a balanced and comprehensive analysis of international politics of the regional and outside powers. While offering a brief historical framework, the program stresses up-to-date analysis of contemporary events. It introduces key concepts and theories for the study of international relations and applies them to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The objective is to help explain the major currents in international politics from different perspectives and schools of thought.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
7
The course defines and explains the conduct of various forms and factors that are taken into consideration in the orientation and organization of foreign policy. The first part of the course will analyze the conduct of foreign relations from the past as well as the present with an emphasis on how foreign policy is formulated. The second part of the course will focus on such topics as foreign policy and the use of power, the instruments of policy, diplomacy and the art of negotiation and the relationship between security and foreign policy. The third part of the course will offer case studies dealing with significant policy decisions made by the United States, Soviet Union/Russia, Israel and Syria.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
7
What are the major theoretical approaches to understanding international political economy? What roles have the international financial and trading institutions, conceived in Bretton Woods, played in global configurations of economic and political power? What are the determinants of global development and underdevelopment in various regions of the globe? What is the nature of economic change in The Global North and Global South?
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
Understanding the business system. Understanding the global context of business. Conducting business ethically and responsibly. Entrepreneurship and the small business. Managing the business enterprise. Organizing the business enterprise.
International Financial Institutions and Policies (FINA319)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
5
Semester 6
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
The course surveys the main characteristics of Turkish foreign policy towards its neighbors, with the important global actors as well as with global events in the 20th and 21st centuries. Turkey’s bid for the EU membership and the protracted Cyprus conflict will take special attention in this course as the two showcases. The main focus of the course is on the reactions (and interactions) of Turkish foreign policy to (with) the changing nature of the post-Cold War international relations as well as post-9/11 international environment where the we witnessed dramatic impact on the whole international political system – and hence the attempt of the AKP (Justice and Development Party) government in devising a new Turkish foreign policy to cope with this international environment.
Contemporary Political Thought (PSIR308)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
7
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
7
What makes some countries richer and more developed than others? Why is there such an income inequality amongst the world population? These questions have puzzled social scientists for many generations. This course provides insight into the causes of global inequality through an examination of development theory and practice. The course will engage in a critical evaluation of the existing schools of thought and how these address the politics of development. In particular, it will focus on the political economy of Third World Development.
Area Elective I (AE01)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
University Elective - II (UE02)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
4
Semester 7
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
7
This course introduces students to the various aspects of international law and especially its relationship with global politics. The major topics of international law are addressed including: definition and basic characteristics of international law, history and theory of international law, sources and subjects of international law, States and non-state international legal persons, jurisdiction and diplomacy. The course places an emphasis on an evolving international society largely structured by the rules and norms of international law.
Politics of the European Union (PSIR407)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
7
Area Elective II (AE02)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
Area Elective III (AE03)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
University Elecitive - III (UE03)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
4
Semester 8
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
This course primarily focuses on traditional and modern understanding of international security, international disputes and dispute settlement. It begins by examining the nature and origin of contemporary international disputes, understanding global security, settlement of disputes, use of force, collective security, including peacekeeping and international crimes. In the second part of the course, the focus shifts to particular conflict prone subject-areas such as arms limitation, human rights, environmental and economic relations/law.
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
This course is designed to develop awareness among senior level students for ethnic problems and regional conflicts that are of international concern. Case studies will be offered for examination and analysis from the Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia) the North Caucasus (Dagestan, Chechnya, North Ossetia and Ingushetia) the South Caucasus (the republics of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia) the Middle East and LEBANON (the Palestinian question the autonomous region of North Iraq), South Asia (Afghanistan and the Kashmir Question) and the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti and the former republic of Somalia). It is envisioned that students will gain a greater knowledge of the root causes concerned with ethnic disputes, as well as, problems confronted in solving ethnic issues, the progress or the lack of progress made in ending disputes and the impact of ethnic oriented conflicts on the people and the regions that are affected.
Area Elective IV (AE04)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
Area Elective V (AE05)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
Area Elective - VI (AE06)
Credit:
3
Lecture Hour (hrs/week):
3
Lab (hrs/week):
-
Tutorial (hrs/week):
-
ECTS:
6
