COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF EUROPEAN UNION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 2047 HISTORY OF EUROPEAN UNION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HAKKI UYAR

Offered to

History
History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the process of peace and establishment of union among European countries which have internal and external conflicts with each other.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The scope and basis of the European Union
2   2. The phases of development of modern Europe whose origin can be traced to the Middle
3   3. The relationships between the struggles for raw materials and energy resources after the Industrial Revolution and the formation of the basis of the European Union
4   4. The process of integration of Europe whose members had battles and made peaces with each other
5   5. The shift from a union for coal and steel to a union for a common market and the contributions of the European Union to the democracy in Europe
6   6. The reasons of the delay of Turkey s European Union membership that is a process started in 1959
7   7. The regional alliances in the world and the position of the European Union

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The rise of modern Europe
2 The class conflicts and battles in Europe
3 The history of the struggles for the establishment of a union in Europe
4 Europe in the period between two world wars
5 The foundation and development of the European Union: The USA and the effect of cold war
6 The European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic Community / common market
7 The expansion and criterions of the European Union in the period of Cold War and after
8 The term examination
9 The relationships between Turkey and the European Economic Community
10 The viewpoints of different parties in Turkey to the European Economic Community
11 The institutions of the European Union
12 The transmition from an economic union to a political union; The possible effects of Turkey s European Union membership
13 The possible effects of Turkey s European Union membership I
14 The possible effects of Turkey s European Union membership II

Recomended or Required Reading

http://www.abgs.gov.tr
http://www.bbc.co.uk/turkish/indepth/
Dinan Deamond, Avrupa Birliği Tarihi, Kitap Yay., Istanbul, 2008.
Beril Dedeoğlu, Adım Adım Avrupa Birliği, Okumuş Adam, Istanbul, 2007.
Erol Manisalı, Hayatım Avrupa 1 : Ortak Pazar'dan Avrupa Birliğine, Cumhuriyet Kitapları, Istanbul, 2009.
Faruk Şen, Avrupa Birliği ve Almanya'da Türk Girişimcilerin Ekonomik Gücü, Günizi yay., Istanbul, 2008.
Hakkı Uyar, Ecevit in 1978 de AET Üyeliğini Reddettiği Iddiası, Avrupa Yolunda Kaçırılan Fırsatlar! , Toplumsal Tarih, sayı 132, Aralık 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. 1. Lecture
2. 2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. 1. LO 1-7: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term and final examinations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakki.uyar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wed. 15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.24344
LO.3444
LO.4445
LO.554
LO.654
LO.745