TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	6
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will learn political psychology and its fundamental concepts. 2) Will evaluate critically the major theoretical approaches in the field of political psychology. 3) Will analyze a particular problem within the perspective of political psychology approaches. 4) Will learn the major research methods used in political psychology.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Political psychology is an interdisciplinary scientific which studies political behavior from a psychological perspective. Students are informed of the basic approaches and researches in political psychology. The course contains the chapters as political attitudes, leadership, political decision making, voting behavior and role of media, hate crime, war, genocide, peace and conflict resolution, culture and politics, social influence and propaganda, nationalism, and terrorism.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to Political Psychology Course 2nd Week Historical Perspectives to Political Psychology 3rd Week Personality and Politics I 4th Week Personality and Politics II 5th Week Ideology and Public Opinion 6th Week Ideology and Values 7th Week Attitudes and Attitude Change 8th Week Mid-Term Exam 9th Week Prejudice, Diversity, and Social Contact 10th Week Group and Group Dynamics 11th Week Social Identity Theory 12th Week Terror Management Theory 13th Week Mass Media 14th Week General Evaluation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Jost, J. T. ve Sidanius, J. (Ed.). (2004). Political psychology: Key readings. Psychology Press.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Project 1 40 Total(%) 70 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 70 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 30 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 4 56 Preparation for Final exam 1 35 35 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 25 25 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework Project 1 20 20 Total Workload 180 Total Workload / 30 6 ECTS Credits of the Course 6
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No