| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree Without Thesis |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 10 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | -
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Know the debates about the European Union's integration, its institutions, and the widening - deepening debates.
2) Know the EU's common policies, interior/justice and foreign/defense policies.
3) Learn about EU citizenship and developments within women's rights and women's movement in the EU.
4) Learn current debates in the European Union.
5) Know about the raise in the radical right, Islamophobia and Xenophobia in the European Union.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | No recommended optional programme components. |
| COURSE DEFINITION | This course will examine the various aspects of the governance issues of an enlarged European Union. The course will also address potential issues that the future membership of the candidate countries, in particular Turkey, creates for the governance as well as identity of the EU. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | European Integration, Institutions and Institutional Debates | | 2nd Week | European Union's Diminishing Social Policies | | 3rd Week | Common Policies and its Problems | | 4th Week | Widening - Deepening Debates | | 5th Week | Political Union, Up to where? | | 6th Week | Justice and Home Affairs | | 7th Week | Common Foreign and Security Policy | | 8th Week | Mid-Term Exam | | 9th Week | Europe of the People? | | 10th Week | The EU's Youth and Education Programmes | | 11th Week | Women, their rights and movements in Europe | | 12th Week | Migration - Between Securitization and Economization | | 13th Week | European Identity Debates | | 14th Week | EU and Elections - The Victory of the Right - Increasing Conservatism and Radicalism |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Required Reading
John McCormick: Understanding the European Union, Second Edition, The European Union Series, 2002.
David Gowland, Richard Dunphy and Charlotte Lythe: The European Mosaic, Pearson Education Limited, Third Edition, 2006.
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 20 | | Assignment | 4 | 40 | | Total(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 40 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 5 | 10 | 50 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 50 | 50 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 50 | 50 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Homework | 4 | 30 | 120 | | Total Workload | | | 318 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 10,6 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 10 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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