Profile of the Programme
The MA program in European Union aims at providing the students from diverse backgrounds with
academic foundation in the European integration and Turkey's relations with the EU. To this end, the
program is designed to pursue two ends. The first one is to explore the achievements, dilemmas,
bottlenecks and shortcomings of the EU integration, which is often considered to be the most
successful international integration project ever. Second, the program is designed to study the
historical development and the current state of the EU-Turkey relations from an analytical perspective
to understand the seminal structures, events, dynamics and actors that have contributed to its progress,
or lack thereof. Ultimately, the emphasis of the program is to equip the students with the knowledge
and analytical skills to develop a well-informed vision of both the EU itself and Turkey's relations
with it.
The teaching staff of the program consists of scholars and experts who are distinguished by their
research and expertise in the fields of international relations, European integration, Turkish politics,
Turkey-EU relations and comparative politics. Occasionally, the staff may invite distinguished experts
and civil society leaders as guest lecturers.3
MA in European Union is a three semester degree program. The requirements of the degree can be
fulfilled with or without writing an MA thesis. Students willing pursue the non-thesis track have to
complete successfully thirty credits of course work --or ten courses, seven of which are compulsory
and a non-credit term project to earn the degree. Students willing to pursue the thesis track have to
complete successfully all seven compulsory courses (twenty one credits of course work) and defend
successfully their thesis before an academic jury. |
