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Courses of Political Science and Public Administration

Code Course Name Hours Credit ECTS
Credit
Lec. Other
POLS 101 Politics I: What is it?  3    3  5
POLS 104 Politics II: How Does It Work?  3    3  5
POLS 201 Fundamentals of Social Research  3    3  5
POLS 223 Comparative Constitutions  3    3  5
POLS 229 Turkish Political History I  3    3  5
POLS 238 Negotiation and Mediation in Politics  3    3  5
POLS 303 Comparative Politics of Advanced Industrialized Countries  3    3  5
POLS 304 Comparative Politics of Developing Countries  3    3  5
POLS 305 Turkish Political Development  3    3  5
POLS 306 Contemporary Turkish Politics  3    3  5
POLS 312 Health, Society and Politics  3    3  5
POLS 330 European Society and Culture  3    3  5
POLS 338 Cosmopolis: From the Roman to the Ottoman and British Empires  3    3  5
POLS 399 Summer Training      None  6
POLS 411 Gender and Politics  3    3  5
POLS 419 Contemporary Social Movements  3    3  5
POLS 420 Theory and Modern Society  3    3  5
POLS 437 Politics and Literature  3    3  5
POLS 449 Political Concepts  3    3  5
POLS 452 State Society and Citizenship in Turkey  3    3  5
POLS 463 Politics of Security  3    3  5
POLS 465 Governance and Public Policy  3    3  5
POLS 467 Conflict, Violence, and Peace  3    3  5
POLS 469 Regional Security in the Middle East  3    3  5
POLS 473 Democratization Process in Turkey  3    3  5
POLS 480 European Politics  3    3  5
POLS 486 Issues in Comparative Politics  3    3  5
POLS 488 Film and Politics  3    3  5
POLS 490 Democracy, Development and Human Rights  3    3  5
POLS 496 Aesthetics and Politics  3    3  5
POLS 504 Comparative Welfare States  3    3  5
POLS 507 Psychology of Political Desicionmaking and Leadership  3    3  5
POLS 508 Women in Politics and Policy  3    3  5
POLS 536 Turkish Politics in Comparative Perspective  3    3  5
POLS 551 Pre-Thesis Seminar I      None  1
POLS 560 Contemporary Political Theory  3    3  5
POLS 565 European Politics  3    3  5
POLS 568 Urban Politics  3    3  5
POLS 569 Regional Security in the Middle East  3    3  5
POLS 596 Aesthetics and Politics  3    3  5
POLS 599 Master's Thesis      None  66
POLS 601 Seminar in Turkish Politics  3    3  5
POLS 602 Seminar in Comparative Politics  3    3  5
POLS 606 Seminar in Political Theory  3    3  5
POLS 632 The Turkish Right  3    3  5
POLS 637 State and Power  3    3  5
POLS 645 Voting Behavior and Political Parties  3    3  5
POLS 651 Pre-Thesis Seminar I      None  1
POLS 699 Ph.D. Dissertation      None  194
POLS 4133 Comparative Public Administration  3    3  5
POLS 4504 Comparative Welfare States  3    3  5
POLS 4507 Psychology of Political Decisionmaking and Leadership  3    3  5
POLS 4508 Women in Politics and Policy  3    3  5
POLS 4536 Turkish Politics in Comparative Perspective  3    3  5
POLS 4560 Contemporary Political Theory  3    3  5
POLS 4568 Urban Politics  3    3  5
POLS 4637 State and Power  3    3  5
POLS 4645 Voting Behavior and Political Parties  3    3  5
POLS 5437 Politics and Literature  3    3  5
POLS 5449 Political Concepts  3    3  5
POLS 5463 Politics of Security  3    3  5
POLS 5467 Conflict, Violence, and Peace  3    3  5
POLS 5490 Democracy, Development, and Human Rights  3    3  5

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