DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

 

1. and 2. Semesters

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS I-II
Aims at providing the students with an understanding of the basic economic principles, theories, structures and relationships related to such concepts as resources and their use in production, demand, supply and the basic operations of goods markets as well as an introduction to the theory of consumer behaviour and the theory of the firm.    
METHODOLOGY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES I-II
The aim of this course is to prepare the students for a higher skill of understanding of social science and its methodology. The course helps the students to use their academic skills effectively and positively in their forthcoming studies. The course content includes social understanding of human behavior, sociology as a method, theories of social sciences, behavioralism, positivism and Marxist methodology.
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE I-II
The aim of the course is to provide a basis for students to understand the basic terms of political science. The course content includes understanding politics, political theories, concepts of state, soverinity, and democracy, political parties, pressure groups, electoral systems and contemporary state systems.
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS I-II
The two-term course concentrates on the basic terms of International Relations to prepare the students for the oncoming courses relevant to International Relations. The course is an introduction to a higher level of analysis of International Relations, therefore covers a certain degree of international relations theoretical approach. The course content includes the following elements: International Relations as a social science, basic concepts such as international politics, foreign policy, nation – state, ethnicity; globalization, international system and actors in the international system, and different approaches to International Relations such as realism, pluralism and structuralism.
ATATÜRK’S PRINCIPLES AND HISTORY OF TURKISH REVOLUTION I-II
The main objective of this course to achieve a higher understanding of the basic principles of which Turkish Republic was built on, in terms of analyzing the history of the revolutionary period and the principles of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, whom mostly determined the course of the revolution. The second objective is to examine the revolutionary period in relation with the basic terms of political science and to analyze the historical approach of Turkish people in relation with the “modernization” in which the modern states evolved. The course content is as follows: Social sciences and the importance of history as a social science, basic political concepts in political science (nation, state, sovereignty, law, economics and classes, revolution), the importance Turkish Revolution as a political science act, basic18th and 19th century political history of the world, basic 18th and 19th century political history of the Ottoman Empire, the political thought in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century, history of the war of Turkish Liberation (both in terms of military acts, foreign and domestic policy from 1918-1923), history of the Turkish Revolution (both in terms of foreign and domestic policy from 1923-1938).
TURKISH LANGUAGE I-II
The aims and objectives of the course are as follows: Having students understand and be able to practically implement structure and building skills of Turkish language as required, bringing students in using Turkish Language skillfully and without misusages, putting an integrative language in usage for all areas of teaching, having students gain effective speaking and writing skills and habits, teaching research techniques in various areas to be able to benefit from national or international samples or works. The course content includes following elemets: Introduction to Turkish Language Course and its characteristics, aims and evaluation techniques, the position and the importance of the Turkish Language Course among the other course, colloquial language, literary language and others, birth of the languages, theories and opinions about languages, the importance of the language for the life of people and society; love and respect for the language, all the languages in the world and the position of Turkish Language, important studies about Turkish Language, properties and beauties of Turkish Language, historical development and periods of Turkish Language, word wealth and variety of a mature language, branches of a mature language and dialect, accent, regional accent of Turkish Language, classification of Turkish colloquial language, Turkish literature with general properties, Turkish prose, Turkish poem, main alphabets that are used throughout Turkish Language history, the situation of Turkish Language today and spread areas, parts of grammar, voice, formation of human voice, properties and classification of vocalic and consonants, voice and basic voice events in Turkish; accent, liaison, words artistic quality and diction in Turkish Language, summary and summarizing; petition, letter, telegraph etc.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE I-II
Lecture comprises basic and intermediate learning of English for understanding social science literature. The course content is as follows: Elementary level of grammar and vocabulary, intermediate level of grammar and vocabulary, basic reading and listening, intermediate reading and listening.
INTRODUCTION TO LAW I-II
This two-semester course aims to give undergraduate students the legal formation that would be helpful in business or academic life. The course aspires to familiarize students with legal terminology and concepts so that they can give better future decisions with the help of law. Also the course aims at teaching the Constitutional System of Turkey (main principles of the Republic, legislative and executive powers and their relations, election system and procedure, political parties), fundamental rights and their limitation system, especially in the base of Constitutional Court jurisdiction is the main objective of the course. The course content is as follows: Introduction to law and fundamental subjects, personal law, constitutional law, general theory of constitutional law, main principles of the Constitution of 1982, legislative power, executive power, political regimes (parliamentary-presidential-semi presidential), political regime in Turkey, elections, political parties, fundamental rights, the limitation of fundamental rights, organization and functions of Turkish Constitutional Court, representation, contracts, transfer of claims.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION I-II
A non credit course which students can take for two semesters or interchangeably with Fine Arts class during their freshman year.
FINE ARTS I-II
A non credit course which students can take for two semesters or interchangeably with Phsical Education class during their freshman year.
COMPUTER SKILLS I-II
This course aims to acquaint students with computers as tools of information processing. General headings of the course include general concepts of information processing, components of computers: Hardware and software, overview of software types, teaching students how to type with ten fingers and how to use windows operating system and word processors. This will allow students to acquire word processing skills for essay and report writing.
GLOBAL MODERNITY I-II
This lecture comprises, the transition after 1989 Post-Cold War era by mainly analyzing its reflections on Turkey. In this concern, several concept like, end of modernity, post-modernism, end of ideologies, clash of civilizations ,post-socialism and transition in societal dimensions would be analyzed by its reflections in international relations, additional with evaluating new world order concept against post-modernity analyses and post colonial discourses. GATT process, Shangay Treaty, WTO and UN organizational structures would be discussed, with its transformation process with new world order. The course content is as follows: Political and historical analyze of Cold War era, concept of new world order, clash of civilization, end of ideologies, post-socialism and post modernity, organizational structures of UN, GATT, WTO, Shanhai Treaty and its transition with new world order.
MANAGEMENT
The course aims to provide a broader understanding for students in following respects; Understanding the concept of administration and company structure, concepts of business, the evaluation of business administration, features of a company, aims and sources of a company, size of a company, environmental issues of business administration, Research and development, administration, functions of administration, execution, monitoring, coordination, production, marketing, adjudication ,planning, finance, human resources, public relations
and publicity.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
The course aims to introduce the students with the basic concepts of financial accounting. The course content is as follows: Accounting as an information system, measuring and recording business transactions, recording transactions: account; debit and credit rules, the double - entry system, basic accounting equation, the trial balance, financial statements: balance sheet; income statement, recording sales and purchases of inventory for a merchandising firm, current assets, fixed assets, current liabilities, bonds, stockholders' equity: capital stock ; retained earnings, reserves, revaluation fund.

3. and 4. Semesters

BASIC CONCEPTS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS I-II
The course stretches out the terminology of international relations within the periods of pre and post-two world wars together with Cold war and its aftermath. Thereby, the terms like balance of power, containment policy, globalization and soft power will be referred with details. By doing so, students will mainly make sense of approaches and concepts of European history.
POLITICAL HISTORY I-II
The fact that had shaped 19th Century’s World was the evolution period after French Revolution. Nationalism, socialism and similar ideological trends; widely Euro-centric freedom understandings were raised as the new actors of the imperialist competition and this process was motivating new important crises. As a matter of this fact, World War One was the heritage of consequences which 19th Century couldn’t solve by peace. In this lecture, changes and crises of 19th Century world politics going to be analyzed by considering ideological, social and cultural trends. International relations and their socio-economic results, alliance system, new emerged powers like Italia and Germany and the erosion in the structures of the traditional empires will be analyzed in detail. European restoration after French Revolution, Vienna Congress and its restructuring, 1830 ve 1848 revolutions, blocs emerged by power relations of imperial motives will be studied. In addition, modernization and reformation of political structures in Ottoman Empire, American, Middle and East Asia’s political process and power balance of the Middle East will be assessed. The evaluation pre-conditions of World War One; will be the border of our course. 20th century was a period which, two important wars, uncountable bloody conflicts, diplomatic encounters, political and economical ups and downs had experienced. Thus, culturally post-modernist and modernist controversies have been emerged during this century. In conclusion depending on Eric Hobsbawm’s notion, 20th Century is the “The Age of Extremes”. In fact 20th Century, perceived as 19th Century’s deadlock problems solution arena in world politics. Hence, with its main properties, the political course of this period will be our main subject in this lecture.
HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT I-II
This course offers an introductory survey of some of the major works of political thought in relavance with the contemporary political issues of their times. The purpose of the course is to familirize students both with the history of political thought and with the discipline of philosophical thinking about political issues . The course content includes the history of political thought in Ancient Greece and Roman Empire, the political thought of Christianity and Islam, the Age of Enlightment in Europe, new political ideas in Europe and Northern America during the Age of Revolutions, rise of imperialism, capitalism and socialism in the 19th century, rise of fascism and communism in the 20th century.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW I-II
This course offers to determine the structure of Turkish Administrative mechanisms and the monitoring process of the administrative structure and implementations. The course content is as follows: Administration concept and administrative mechanisms, administration and constitutional structures, main sources of administrative law, administrative agreements, responsibilities of administration, authority of administration, legal problems in administrative law, judgement process and examples of administrative law cases.

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY I-II

This course will examine the foreign policy goals of Turkey starting from 19th century Ottoman political evaluation comprising republican political changes. The main goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of major trends in Turkey’s international relations, the societal and political context of foreign policy-making, and the principal issues in contemporary Turkish foreign policy.

After examining the foreign policy culture of Turkey, the course will focus on the principal actors in foreign policymaking and its domestic political and social context. The course will analyze Turkey’s relations with the European Union, the United States, the Middle East, Greece and the Balkans, and Russia and Central Asia and its reflections to internal policy . The course content is as follows: Foreign policy culture: The Ottoman and Republican legacies, foreign policy trends in the post-Cold War era, international dynamics effecting foreign policy, foreign policy making process, relations with European Union, Turkey’s position in Middle East, Turkish- American relations.
STRATEGY I-II
The course targets to expose the students to the continuity and change of the understanding of strategic thought as well as concepts of strategy. It requires consolidation of skills and knowledge from a variety of disciplines including management, finance, marketing, ethics as well as International Relations. The students are expected to acquire strategic analysis skills for a better understanding of the issues and debates in International Relations while also being introduces to the philosophy of the strategic assessment from the level
of an individual.
HISTORY OF ECONOMICS I-II
The course aims to explain the journey of economics in a historical perspective. The content of the course is as follows: The birth of history of economics, agricultural revolution and its consequences, antique economies, Roman Empire, social and geographical environment of European Civilization, Early Middle Age, Advanced Middle Age, Late Middle Age, European economies at the beginning of modern age, the change in the balance of economy, Industrial Revolution and its consequences, propagation of industrialism in 19th century, structural changes in 20th Century world economy, wars and economic performances in 20th Century world economy.
PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE I-II
The aim of the course is professional learning of English language for understanding social science literature of political science, sociology, and international relations comprising advanced readings and discussions. The course content is as follows: Advanced level of grammar and vocabulary, reading, listening, advanced use of English in writing in political science and international relations texts.
POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY I-II
The aim of this course is the study of power on the intersection of social structure and politics. The course content includes main approaches in political sociology, the socio-political formation of modern state, social movements and political power, social and political change and globalisation.

5. and 6. Semesters

 

PROBLEMS OF UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES I-II
The uneven economic and political development of regions and states relative to each other is one of the most important debates in International Relations today. This uneven development is mainly caused by the asymmetric and disproportional gains and loses due to the effects of globalization. The course tries to assess those issues through the contending lenses of interdependency and dependency theorists.
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST I-II
The course explores the main dynamics of political as well as economic and cultural developments in the Middle East from the time of the Roman Empire to the establishment of the modern political order in the region. Impact of the developments in the Middle East on global security and economy are assessed within the context of the course.
19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ISSUES I-II
This course aims at analyzing the period from Napoelonic Wars to World War I. The course content is political and diplomatic issues of the 19th century in accordance with the shaping of the new European and World system after the American Independence and the French Revolution. The course content is as follows: Napoellonic Wars, Congress of Vienna and Restoration, Metternich System and the Concert of Europe, 1830-1848 uprisings in Europe, Russo-British Struggle in the Eastern Mediterannian, Italian and German Unification, Bismarck System as a new European Balance, Imperialism in Africa and in the Far East, US and Japan, Globalisation of the International System, Wilhelm II and the Downfall of the Bismarck System, 1897-1913 European Crises and the downfall of European System.
MIDDLE EAST, BALKANS AND CAUCASIAN DEVELOPMENTS I-II
The course focuses on the political and economic developments in Turkey’s neighboring regions and aims the students to acquire an understanding to the key issues of region as well as the geopolitical and geoeconomic importance of those regions in global politics. The debates on institution building and structuring of regional regimes are analyzed within the context of regional cooperation while also evaluating the potential of conflict in the Middle East, Balkans and Caucasus.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICAL ORGANIZATIONS I-II
The course targets to introduce the student with the legal and political dynamics of structuring international economic organizations with a special emphasis on organization and processes of European Union and World Trade Organization. The contributions and importance of international organizations in effecting of the establishment of a cooperative environment in International Relations is addressed while their impact in the improvement of global governance is evaluated.
TURCO OTTOMAN DIPLOMATIC HISTORY I-II
The concept of modernization is the identifier feature of 19th Century described as the “century of ideologies”. Modernization is indicating important changes which had shapened political mechanisms of the multi-tribal empires. In 19th Century, diplomacy was re-determined institutionally and according to its context, simultaneously this fact was reflected also to Ottoman diplomacy. In this lecture, the reflection of modernization process to Ottoman diplomacy will be studied in its historical progress. Besides of this turning point in historical progress newly constructed diplomacy will be analyzed. Position of the Ottoman administration (Babıali), in newly constructed structures with the affects of 1815 Vienna Congress, 1839 Tanzimat (administration reforms) and newly emerged bureaucracy that had founded new institutions and new diplomacy will be discussed in this lecture. In addition, during reformation process of the new identities, the importance of identity in designed diplomacy and its presentation way will be apprehended. 1856 Paris and 1878 Berlin Agreements forming a new order in Ottoman Empire, Ottoman administration’s (Babıali) balance politics in the period going to be discussed. Second Abdulhamit period emerging with its fiscal and social problems in his terms, and following Committee of Union and Progress (İttihad ve Terakki) foreign policy, and their reflections on republican period will be indicated.
PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE I-II
The course aims to raise the students’ intermediate level of English to advanced level. At the end of the course, the students are expected to read, listen and write in English effectively.
ECONOMICAL SYSTEMS I-II
The course focuses on the following issues: Definitions of economical systems, economical thought in Classical Antiquity and Middle Ages, economical thought in Islam, mercantilism, birth of economics and classical thought, debates on classical thought (protectionism, socialism, communism), Neo-classicals and modern economics.
TURKISH ECONOMICAL HISTORY I-II
The course is mainly concerned with the history of Turkish economy from past to today. Main issues the course covers are as follows: Ottoman economic and social history, transformations in the classical Otoman system beginning with the 16th century, up till the early 20th century, survey of the dynamics of change of the Turkish economy since its foundation and search of Turkish economy in the context of the world cconomy.

7. and 8. Semesters

INTERNATIONAL LAW I-II
The main concern of the course is as follows: Definition and sources of international law, actors in international law, the relations between municipal law and international law, international private law, international trade law, human rights, law of the sea, air law, space law, United Nations and other international organizations.         
NATIONALISM AND MINORITY RIGHTS I-II
The aim of this course is to analyze firstly the historical basis of nationalism throughout the readings of Ernest Renan, Johann Gottlieb Fichte with regard to Benedict Anderson, Eric Hobsbawn. Secondly, the course stresses on the current problems of globalization between nationalism and minority rights to the extent of interpretations made by Smith and Hayes.
CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL ISSUES I-II
The course targets to discuss the contemporary issues in International Relations by analyzing the effects of globalization on the international system. The students are exposed to the current debates of International Relations and are expected to actively participate in class discussions on those subjects that are relevant to the shaping of modern discourse.
STATE STRUCTURE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION I-II
This course provides an opportunity to read extensively in the wide ranging literature devoted to the study of complex organizations with an emphasis on its use in the study of public organization and governmental institutions.. We attend to discuss historically significant works in administrative theory by Max Weber, Chester Barnard, and Herbert Simon.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ANALYSIS I-II
The course aims to introduce main issues of International Relations to the student by providing a general framework for the analysis of order and change in the international system. The students are motivated and expected to acquire theoretical as well as contemporary knowledge on the dynamics of International Relations and the analytical skills to assess the current and future developments within the system
STRATEGY AND WAR I-II
The objective of this course is to emphasize the impact of military history upon the shaping of the International System. In accordance with this objective the course contents will gather historical approach to theories of war and the shaping of military history from early ages until
today. Also “grand strategies” of certain international actors that effected the international order during centuries will be covered. The course includes the following themes: Theories of war, past and present; history of militarism, history of weapons as means of war; war as a tool
of states, war in Ancient Greece, war for Empire, Alexander and Rome; war and religion, Middle Ages; war of Reason D’etat, 30 Years Wars; wars of monarchies, 18th century wars; wars of revolutions, American Independence and French Revolution; wars of balance of power, Napolleonic Wars; wars for power, Anglo-Russian struggle in the Eastern Mediterrenian; wars of nationalism, Italian and German Unification; prelude to modern war, The US Civil War; Wars of Imperialism, Africa and the Far East; war of Nations, The First World War; war of Ideologies, The Spanish Civil War and The Second World War; war of the Nuclear Age, Cold War; war or power projection or else? Post Cold War.
PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE III-IV
The course targets to introduce professional issues of social sciences through consulting the relevant literature. The students are motivated to read topical articles about intenational relations, political sciences, sociology, philosophy, economy and history.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PHILOSOPHY I-II
Philosophical concepts of International Relations are discussed in the context of a changing international environment on the assumption that many theorists are attempting to understand and explain transformation in the world in which they live. Main issues of International Relations are addressed in the context of a philosophical point of view using the writings of the early thinkers on political thought to more contemporary masterpieces of 20th century International Relations theorists.
MONETARY THEORY AND MACROECONOMİC THEORY I-II

The course content covers the following themes: Aggregate demand and supply analysis, theories of wages and labour supply, effectiveness of monetary and fiscal policy, theories of consumption and investment behavior, neo- Classical and Neo- Keynesian Models, inflation and unemployment, survey of the role of money and monetary policy, the functions and definitions of money transmission mechanisms, demand for and supply of Money, classical and Keynesian systems, monetarism, monetary control and monetary policy tools.