COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND THE EU AFTER LISBON TREATY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

European Union (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEDEF EYLEMER

Offered to

European Union (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

To evaluate the implications of Lisbon Treaty for the EU and reflections on international trade of the Union.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To evaluate the impact of Lisbon Treaty on the EU
2   To compare the EUs structure before and following the Lisbon Treaty
3   To analyze the role of the EU as a trade actor in the world
4   To evaluate the implications of Lisbon Treaty for the international trade of the EU
5   To interpret the international trade of the EU with different groups of countries

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course
2 The Structure and Functioning of the EU before Lisbon Treaty
3 The process from the Constitutional Treaty to Lisbon Treaty in the EU
4 The Structure and Functioning of the EU following Lisbon Treaty
5 The role of the EU as a trade actor in the world
6 Common Trade Policy of the EU following Lisbon Treaty
7 Common Trade Policy of the EU following Lisbon Treaty (continued)
8 European Neighbourhood Policy and EUs trading relations with Mediterranean neighbours following Lisbon Treaty
9 European Neighbourhood Policy and EUs trading relations with Eastern neighbours following Lisbon Treaty
10 EUs trading relations with the USA following Lisbon Treaty
11 EUs trading relations with Russia and Asian countries following Lisbon Treaty
12 EUs trading relations with Turkey following Lisbon Treaty
13 Student presentations
14 Student presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Belgin Akçay, Gülüm Bayraktaroğlu Özçelik (ed.), Lizbon Antlaşması Sonrası Avrupa Birliği Serbest Dolaşım ve Politikalar, Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2012.
Özgür Mengiler, Avrupa Birliğinin Anayasal Dönüm Noktası Lizbon Antlaşması, Imaj Yayınevi, 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, class discussions, student assignments and presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Tp be announced later.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced later.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sedef.eylemer@deu.edu.tr, sedef.eylemer@ikc.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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