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| KAY5530 | Basic Approaches in Political Science | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Selçuk AKINCI | | Co-Lecturer | Associate Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çağatay OKUTAN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | to give information about the main approaches in political science |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn basic approcahes in political science | 1,2 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | learn the relationship between basic approaches | 1,2 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | understand how politics work | 1,2 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | evaluate contemporary politics in the context of basic approach | 1,2 | 1, | | PO - 5 : | understand the relationship between political ideology and basic approach | 1,2 | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Traditional Approaches: Institutional Approach, Interest Group Approach, Structural-functional Approach, System Approcah, Decision-Making Approaches
Radical approaches: Lukacs, Gramsci, Althusser, Poulantzas. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Institutional approach,from feudal state to absolutist state | | | Week 2 | From absolutist state to classical democracy, Institutional approach: understanding of contemporary democracy | | | Week 3 | Interest grup approach | | | Week 4 | structural-functinoal approach | | | Week 5 | system approach | | | Week 6 | decision-making approaches, Weberian rational bihavior approach | | | Week 7 | Smithian rational bihavior approach | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | attempt to find the middle way | | | Week 10 | Radicalapproachhes, Lukacs, general | | | Week 11 | Objektivication, capitalist state | | | Week 12 | Gramsci, General | | | Week 13 | Basic items, Comment about Gramsci | | | Week 14 | Althusser | | | Week 15 | Althusser | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Saybaşılı, K. 1985; Siyaset Biliminde Temel Yaklaşımlar, Birey ve Toplum Yayınları, Ankara. | | | |
| 1 | Heywood, A. 2007; Siyasi İdeolojiler, Adres Yayınları, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 04/2022 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 05/2022 | 0.5 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06/2022 | 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 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 8 | 32 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 8 | 9 | 72 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 8 | 32 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 4 | 11 | 44 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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