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Curriculum

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FIRST YEAR
First Semester
MAT 101	Mathematics for Social Sciences		(4-0) 4
ENGL 101	Development of Reading and Writing Skills I		(4-0) 4
ECO 101	Microeconomics		(4-0) 4
PSIR 101	Intro. to Sociology and Politics		(3-0) 3
PSIR 105	Modern World History		(3-0) 3
TUR 101 (a)	Turkish I		(2-0) NC
CNG 100	Introduction to Information Technologies and Applications		(2-0) NC
Second Semester
ENGL 102	Development of Reading and Writing Skills II	(4-0) 4
BUS 152	Statistics for Social Sciences	(3-0) 3
ECO 102	Macroeconomics	(4-0) 4
PSIR 110	International History,1914-1989	(3-0) 3
PSIR 108	Introduction to Global Politics	(3-0) 3
TUR 102 (a)	Turkish II	(2-0) NC
SECOND YEAR
Third Semester
PSIR 211	Comparative Government	(3-0) 3
PSIR 201	Principles of Law	(3-0) 3
PSIR 203	History of Political Thought I	(3-0) 3
ENGL 211	Academic Oral Presentation Skills	(3-0) 3
PSIR 213	Research Methods in social & Political Sciences	(3-0) 3
HST 201 (b)	Principles of Kemal Atatürk I	(2-0) NC
Fourth Semester
PSIR 212	Comparative Politics	(3-0) 3
PSIR 202	Constitutional Law	(3-0) 3
PSIR 206	History of Political Thought II	(3-0) 3
PSIR 210	Theories of International Relations	(3-0) 3
HST 202 (b)	Principles of Kemal Atatürk II	(2-0) NC
PSIR 214	War and Peace Studies	(3-0) 3
THIRD YEAR
Fifth Semester
ENGL 311	Advanced Communication Skills	(3-0) 3
PSIR 303	Public International Law	(3-0) 3
PSIR 305	International Political Economy	(3-0) 3
	Elective	(3-0) 3
	Elective	(3-0) 3
Sixth Semester
PSIR 304	International Organizations	(3-0) 3
PSIR 306	Process of European Integration	(3-0) 3
	Elective	(3-0) 3
	Elective	(3-0) 3
	Elective	(3-0) 3
FOURTH YEAR
Seventh Semester
PSIR 401	Contemporary Political Theory	(3-0) 3
PSIR 403	Contemporary Issues in Global Political Economy	(3-0) 3
	Elective	(3-0) 3
	Elective	(3-0) 3
	Elective	(3-0) 3
Eighth Semester
PSIR 400	Graduation Project	(0-6) 3
PSIR 404	Contemporary Issues in War and Peace	(3-0) 3
	Elective	(3-0) 3
	Elective	(3-0) 3
	Elective	(3-0) 3

(a) Foreign students will take TUR 201 and TUR 202, which may be taken in the first year by the consent of the advisor.

(b) International students will take HST 205 and HST 206 instead of HST 201 and HST 202

ELECTIVE COURSES

Six of the elective courses must be taken from PSIR program. The rest must be taken as two parts such as 3 faculty electives(ECO,BUS) and 2 free electives. Click for details.

The elective courses indicated below are not exhaustive. There will also be additional electives to cover local and regional agenda and issues.

• PSIR 211 Turkish Administrative System
• PSIR 311 Turkish Politics and Pol. Structure
• PSIR 312 Turkish Foreign Policy
• PSIR 313 Political Geography
• PSIR 314 Theories of Democracy
• PSIR 315 Bureauc. and Turkish Bureaucracy
• PSIR 316 Middle East in World Affairs
• PSIR 317 Foreign Policy Analysis
• PSIR 411 Political Parties
• PSIR 412 Urban Politics
• PSIR 413 Western European Politics
• PSIR 414 Southern Europe in World Politics
• PSIR 415 Comparative Ethnicity
• PSIR 416 Europ. Identity and Turk. Western
• PSIR 421 Media and Opinion
• PSIR 422 Politics in the Balkans
• PSIR 423 Law and Institutions of the EU
• PSIR 424 Human Rights in World Politics
• PSIR 425 International Security
• BUS 111 Fundamentals of Business
• BUS 142 Financial Accounting
• BUS 222 Organizational Theory
• BUS 232 Info. Sys. and Prog.
• BUS 281 Principles of Finance
• ECO 201 Intermediate Microeconomics
• ECO 202 Intermediate Macroeconomics
• ECO 211 Economic History
• ECO 411 Topics in Economic History
• ECO 412 Turkish Economy

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