INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Course
- INRE101 - INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Department
- International Relations - English - Master
- Course Type
- Scientific Preparation
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 0
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 0 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nusret Sinan EVCAN
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
- -
Course Description
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INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
| Item | Type | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Mid Term | Midterm | 50 |
| Final | Final | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
Course outcomes
- 01 By the end of the term, the students are expected: (1) to define basic political concepts;
- 02 (2) to describe how politics can be studied scientifically;
- 03 (3) to acquire basic skills necessary to analyze politics;
- 04 (4) to identify, compare and contrast main political ideologies;
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the Course / What is Politics? (Heywood & Laing) |
| Week 2 | What is Politics? (Heywood & Laing) |
| Week 3 | Politics and Knowledge (Danziger & Smith) |
| Week 4 | States (Girdner) |
| Week 5 | States (Girdner) + Heywood & Laing (pp. 60-66) |
| Week 6 | Classical Political Ideologies: Liberalism (Heywood & Laing) |
| Week 7 | Classical Political Ideologies: Conservatism (Heywood & Laing) + QUIZ 1 |
| Week 8 | MIDTERM EXAMS |
| Week 9 | MIDTERM EXAMS |
| Week 10 | Classical Political Ideologies: Socialism (Heywood & Laing) |
| Week 11 | Other Ideological Traditions (Heywood & Laing) |
| Week 12 | Democracy and Legitimacy (Heywood & Laing) |
| Week 13 | Contemporary Political Systems (Heywood & Laing) |
| Week 14 | Politics and Society ( (Heywood & Laing) |
| Week 15 | FINAL EXAMS |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Andrew Heywood & Matthew Laing (2025). Politics, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. (The main book)
- 02 James N. Danziger & Charles Anthony Smith (2016) Understanding the Political World (12th edition), New York: Pearson
- 03 Eddie J. Girdner (1999) People and Power, 2nd edition, Istanbul: Literatür.
Learning Outcomes
- L01 By the end of the term, the students are expected: (1) to define basic political concepts;
- L02 (2) to describe how politics can be studied scientifically;
- L03 (3) to acquire basic skills necessary to analyze politics;
- L04 (4) to identify, compare and contrast main political ideologies;
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