COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EU PROCESS AND TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBÖ 2015 EU PROCESS AND TURKEY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR GÖKHAN TENIKLER

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education
Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

Understanding the intellectual and historical foundations of the European Union, recognizing the European Union's main institutions and organs, recognizing the Member States and the European Union s symbols, learning the requirements and stages of full membership negotiation process, knowledge about the basic approaches of the EU founding treaties, review the Treaty of Lisbon s reformist approaches, learning the historical basics of Turkey-EU relations, analyze the advantageous and disadvantageous position of Turkey about it s negotiation process to EU under assessments of the Progress Reports.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students understand the importance of membership in international integrations.
2   Students learn the Union of European history, goals, and institutions.
3   Students describe the steps and criteria s for joining the European Union.
4   Students learn the history and current status of Turkey-EU relations, and interpret the strategies on Turkey's membership for European Union.
5   Students assess the chances of Turkey's European Union membership under the Progress Reports.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The overall evaluation of the importance of membership to international integrations
2 Intellectual and historical foundations of the European Union
3 Main and subsidiary bodies of the European Union (European Parliament, Council of the European Union and the Council of Ministers, European Commission)
4 Main and subsidiary bodies of the European Union (European Court of Justice, the European Court of Auditors, the European Central Bank, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Ombudsman, the European Investment Bank)
5 European Union Decision-Making Methods
6 Founding Treaties of the European Union and the Summits
7 The European Union Reform Treaty: The Lisbon Strategy
8 The European Union Reform Treaty: the Lisbon Strategy
9 European Union Enlargement Process and Stages of the Negotiation Process
10 Historical Development of the European Union-Turkey Relations (Ankara Agreement, Additional Protocol, the Customs Union)
11 Historical Development of the European Union-Turkey relations (Luxembourg, Cardiff, Vienna, Cologne, Helsinki Summits)
12 Assessments on Turkey 2012 Progress Report by European Commission
13 Presentation
14 Presentation
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Karluk, R. (2011); Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye, Beta Yayınları, Istanbul.
Muhsin Kar (2010); Avrupa Bütünleşmesi ve Türkiye, Beta Yayınları, Istanbul.
Ufuk Ayhan (2009); Avrupa Birliğinin Yönetsel Yapısı ve Türkiye, Beta Yayınları, Istanbul.
European Commission Turkey Regular Progress Reports, Brussels (from 1998 to 2012)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

PowerPoint aided lecture, question-answer, discussion.
To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Gökhan Tenikler, Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi, Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü
e-mail: gokhan.tenikler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Every Friday 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.134
LO.2234
LO.334
LO.4342
LO.5342

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