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| INTR3002 | Turkey and European Union. | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Erol KALKAN | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. İsmail KÖSE | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course intends to provide BA students with the fundamental knowledge about the processes, institutions, different policies and the decision-making process of the European Union. Students should also be able to receive basic theoretical knowledge about European integration. Moreover, graduates from the course should receive fundamental information about the current state of EU- Georgian relations, as well as the perspectives of further integration. At the end of the course simulation game will be conducted, which will help students to employ the knowledge they have gained during the course in practical terms, as well as understand tough sides of the negotiation process. Topics used during the accession negotiation exercise will be related to Georgian problematique, which will help students realize the gaps existing between Georgian and European standards. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | The course will provide the students with the fundamental knowledge about the processes, institutions, different policies and the decision-making process of the European Union. | 6,11 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Moreover, students will receive fundamental information about the current state of EU-Georgian relations, as well as the perspectives of further integration. | 6,11 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | At the end of the course EU accession negotiations simulation will be conducted, which will help students to employ the knowledge they have gained during the course in practical terms, as well as understand tough sides of the negotiation process. | 6,11 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The course intends to provide BA students with the fundamental knowledge about the processes, institutions, different policies and the decision-making process of the European Union. Students should also be able to receive basic theoretical knowledge about European integration. Moreover, graduates from the course should receive fundamental information about the current state of EU- Georgian relations, as well as the perspectives of further integration. At the end of the course simulation game will be conducted, which will help students to employ the knowledge they have gained during the course in practical terms, as well as understand tough sides of the negotiation process. Topics used during the accession negotiation exercise will be related to Georgian problematique, which will help students realize the gaps existing between Georgian and European standards. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction | | | Week 2 | History of European Integration; how it all came about? | | | Week 3 | History of European Integration; from the downfall of 1970s to the rise of 1980s | | | Week 4 | History of European Integration; 1980s-1990s | | | Week 5 | History of European Integration; 2000s-currently | | | Week 6 | Institutional architecture of the EU: European Council | | | Week 7 | Lecture 7: Institutional architecture of the EU; Council of Ministers | | | Week 8 | Institutional architecture of the EU; European Commission | | | Week 9 | Mid-term Exam | | | Week 10 | Institutional architecture of the EU; European Parliament | | | Week 11 | Institutional architecture of the EU; ECJ | | | Week 12 | First Pillar of the EU: Single Market | | | Week 13 | Foreign and Security Policy | | | Week 14 | Third Pillar of the EU: Justice and Home Affairs; Migration Policy of the EU | | | Week 15 | Course Abstract | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Desmond Dinan, Ever Closer Union | | | |
| 1 | John Peterson and Michael Shackleton, ?European Council?, The
Institutions of the European Union?, Oxford, New York, Oxford University
Press, 2002 | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2025 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 1/2026 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 7 | 2 | 14 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 11 | 2 | 22 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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