TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Fifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Erdem Damar
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn the field of comparative politics. 2) Have knowledge about different political systems. 3) Gain the capability to carry out comparative analysis in political science. 4) Develop the capacity to draw the links between historical processes and the current political systems.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	The purpose of the lecture is to help students develop comparative point of view in the analysis of economic, political, and social structures of societies. For two terms the course will focus on country studies as one of the significant methods in the field. The countries are selected on the basis of their different political systems, levels of democracy and their roles and positions within the state system. In this course, the countries with consolidated democracies and their historical backgrounds, state institutions, political economy, and political culture will be under scrutiny. At the end of the course the students will be endowed with knowledge about different countries and the political processes in those countries.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week What is Comparative Politics? 2nd Week What is Comparative Politics? 3rd Week Britain 4th Week Britain 5th Week France 6th Week France 7th Week Germany 8th Week Midterm Exam 9th Week Germany 10th Week Japan 11th Week Japan, India 12th Week India 13th Week USA 14th Week USA
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Kesselman, M., Krieger, J., and Joseph, W. A. (eds.) (2019) Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas, 8th ed., (New York: Cengage Learning). Samuels, David J.(ed.), Case Studies in Comparative Politics, Boston: Pearson, 2013
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Quiz 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1,25 1,25 Preparation for Quiz 1 3 3 Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 15 15 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1,25 1,25 Homework Total Workload 124,5 Total Workload / 30 4,15 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No