ECTS - - Political Science and Public Administration
Compulsory Departmental Courses
HIST101 - Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution I (2 + 0) 2
French Revolution; structure and geopolitic positioning of Ottoman Empire, reasons of its decline; Westernization movements, First and Second Constitutional Monarchy declarations; Libya and Balkan wars; First World War; period before the War of Independence, congresses, National Pact, establishment of Turkish Grand National Assembly.
HIST102 - Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution II (2 + 0) 2
War of Independence; Lausanne Treaty; declaration of the Republic; removal of sultanic rule and caliphate; Atatürk`s revolutions; establishment of national economy; Second World War, before and after; Turkish Republic after 1960.
KAM105 - Introduction to Sociology (3 + 0) 6
Situating sociology in social science and in our life, basic nature and scope of sociology; sociological explanations: theories, social change, method in sociological inquiry; socialization and social interaction; social structure and social institutions; groups; family; political, religious and educational institutions; social stratification and
KRY111 - Career Planning (1 + 0) 1
Being a student at Atilim University, Student-centered programs at Atilim University, Faculty, Department presentations, Career Planning and Coop Program, Erasmus, CV writing types, Interview techniques, Effective Communication and presentation techniques, Intelligence and Personality
TURK401 - Turkish Language I (2 + 0) 2
Languages and their classification; history of Turkish language, its spread over the world and its place among other languages; Turkish language in the republic era; orthography; expressions; foreign words, suffixes and prefixes; punctuation; language and verbalism.
Elective Courses
IKT125 - Economic History (3 + 0) 6
Main characteristics of a feudal economic system, prerequisites of the formation of industry; legal system, guilds, technological accumulation, manpower, entrepreneurs, capital market; the industrial revolution 1780-1840,the sociological results of the industrial revolution ;second phase standards of living 1850-1914
IKT313 - International Economics I (3 + 0) 5
Labor productivity and comparative advantage: the Ricardian model, comparative advantage, the standard trade model, economies of scale, imperfect competition, and international trade, international factor movements, the instruments and the political economy of trade policy, trade policy in developing countries, controversies in trade policy.
IKT324 - Public Finance and Fiscal Policy (3 + 0) 6
Fiscal functions and institutions; types of budgetary activity; public provision for social goods; public choice and fiscal politics; public expenditures; case studies in expenditure policies; principles of taxation; tax structure; fiscal federalism; fiscal policy and stabilization; economics of the public debt.
IKT401 - Turkish Economy (3 + 0) 7
Oveview of the economic policy from 1923 to 1980; (January) 1980 stabilization and structural adjustment program; new financial cycle and economic-financial crisis (1994,1998, 2000, 2001), 17th, 18th, 19th stand-by arrangements and structural reforms; the impact of the 2008-2009 financial crisis and further developments.
ISL409 - Entrepreneurship (4 + 0) 5
The nature, importance and history of entrepreneurship, the entrepreneurial mind, creativity, innovation and the business idea, marketing and financial planning, franchising, entrepreneurial strategy and strategic management in operations, entrepreneurship background of Turkey, changes in Turkish entrepreneurial features and activities, characteris
KAM451 - Regional Studies I (3 + 0) 5
The study of the political, historical, economic and military structures of Russia and Central Asia; the study of the political, historical, economic and military structures of Balkans and Central Europe; the study of the political, historical, economic and military structures of North and South America.
KAM452 - Regional Studies II (3 + 0) 5
The study of the political, historical, economic and military structures of the Black Sea and the Caucasus region; the study of the political, historical, economic and military structures of the Middle East region; the study of the political, historical, economic and military structures of the Far East and South Asia region; the study of the political, historical, economic and military structure of the Africa.
MLY203 - Budget and Public Finance (3 + 0) 5
Description and nature of the budget; the evolution of budget; development of budgeting and budgeting systems; budget functions; budgeting principles: classical and modern budgeting principles; deviation from budget guidelines; budget concepts and theory of industrial budgets; budgeting process: preparation of the budget, its restoration
MLY206 - Criminal Law (3 + 0) 5
Selected topics in substantive criminal law: principles underlying the definition of crime such as the requirements of actus reus and mens rea and general doctrines such as ignorance of fact and ignorance of law, causation, attempt, complicity and conspiracy; principles of justification and excuse with particular attention to the doctrines of
MLY302 - Government Accounting (3 + 0) 6
Definition, scope, development process and legal basis of state account; administrative structuring, accounts used in government accounting; collection and payment; reporting operations; problems in public accounting and proposal of solution; State Procurement Law and its functioning.
MLY304 - Turkish Taxation System (3 + 0) 6
Overview of the Turkish tax system; tax classification; taxes on income: Income tax, corporation tax; taxes on expenditures: value-added tax, customs tax, etc; taxes on wealth: inheritance and transfer tax, real estate tax, etc.; tax issues in taxes, income elements, forms of liability, reductions, exceptions and exemptions; taxes in taxies, decla
MLY322 - Public Economics (3 + 0) 5
Public sector and public economics; structure, composition and scope of public sector; fundamentals of welfare economics; market failure and government intervention; public goods and theory of social goods; externalities; natural monopolies, regulation and privatization; public choice; income distribution and redistribution; social cost-benefit
MLY412 - Current Finance Problems (3 + 0) 5
Analysis of the current financial subjects with theoritical backgrounds specially related with Turkey; Turkish budget system implementation and results, financial public institutions in Turkey, Turkey and the EU, the global financial crisis and fiscal policies.