ECTS - Comparative Political Regimes
Comparative Political Regimes (KAM304) Course Detail
Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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Comparative Political Regimes | KAM304 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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Course Language | Turkish |
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Course Type | N/A |
Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
Course Lecturer(s) |
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Course Objectives | Comparative Politics, which is one of the main fields of Political Science, and Comparative State Orders examined in this context, is a field that evaluates political systems between countries by considering time intervals. The comparison method provides important benefits in understanding the functioning of political systems, their positive and shortcomings. Based on Sartori's statement "A person who says he knows only one country does not know any country", this course aims to teach students to analyze the important concepts, principles and issues of Political Science comparatively. |
Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Content | Political regimes; authoritarianism; political culture; political parties and party systems; elections; civil society. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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1 | Introduction | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
2 | The Scope of the Comparative Politics | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
3 | Methodolgy in the Field of Comparative Politics | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
4 | Political Regimes: Dictatorship | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
5 | Political Regimes: Democracy | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
6 | Regime Amendments | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
7 | Political Culture | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
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9 | Political Parties | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
10 | Political Party Systems | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
11 | Pressure Groups | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
12 | Civil Society | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
13 | Government Systems: Parliamentary System | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
14 | Government Systems: Presidential System | Sabri Sayarı ve Hasret Dikici Bilgin (ed.s.). 2015. Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
Sources
Course Book | 1. Sayarı, S. ve Dikici Bilgin, H. (Der.). (2015). Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi. |
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Evaluation System
Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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Attendance/Participation | - | - |
Laboratory | - | - |
Application | - | - |
Field Work | - | - |
Special Course Internship | - | - |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
Homework Assignments | 3 | 30 |
Presentation | - | - |
Project | - | - |
Report | - | - |
Seminar | - | - |
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
Toplam | 5 | 100 |
Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
Total | 100 |
Course Category
Core Courses | |
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Major Area Courses | X |
Supportive Courses | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
# | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Learning the basic concepts, theories and methods of political science and Public Administration and their use in the analysis of national and global political developments, cause-and-effect relations. | X | ||||
2 | Understanding how policies are created and implemented in real life at local, national, regional and/or global levels, recognizing important institutions and actors playing a role in these processes, knowing the functioning of Public Administration. | X | ||||
3 | Gaining a basic level of knowledge about other fields related to political science and public administration disciplines (such as International Relations, Sociology, Psychology, cultural studies, economics, law, history) and thus having an interdisciplinary understanding that takes into account the relations between different areas of life and establishes connections. | |||||
4 | Learning the use of quantitative and/or qualitative research techniques that can be used in the field of political science and public administration, software, hardware and/or technical tools that can be useful; gaining experience in designing and executing research projects to develop their application skills in this field. | |||||
5 | Developing the ability to be open-minded, avoid discrimination, and be sensitive and respectful to different points of view through the promotion of critical analytical thinking, intellectual discussion, and lifelong learning, thereby developing the skills to act jointly. | |||||
6 | Development of decision-making and initiative, job completion and time management competencies by understanding business ethics in public administration, politics and all related areas. | |||||
7 | Development of communication skills, oral and written expression, presentation techniques; learning the principles and procedures that are required to write an academic article on the disciplines of political science and public administration. | |||||
8 | Mastering English terminology in the disciplines of political science and Public Administration and acquiring a level of foreign language knowledge that can help to follow studies written in English, so that current political events and cases in various countries can be analyzed comparatively. | |||||
9 | Knowing both the Turkish and world political history in terms of periods, important milestones and actors, understanding the impact of the social-historical backgrounds of countries on current political and administrative issues. |
ECTS/Workload Table
Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Laboratory | |||
Application | |||
Special Course Internship | |||
Field Work | |||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
Project | |||
Report | |||
Homework Assignments | 3 | 11 | 33 |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 30 | 30 |
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 40 | 40 |
Total Workload | 201 |