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Political Science and Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Program

Academic Unit Presenting the ProgramPolitical Science and Public Administration
Program DirectorAssoc. Prof. Dr. Deniz YETKIN AKER
Program TypeBachelor's Degree Program
Level of Degree EarnedUndergraduate (Bachelors Degree)
Degree EarnedUpon successful completion of the Political Science and Public Administration programme, students will be awarded with the Bachelors' Degree in Political Science and Public Administration.
Education TypeTam Zamanlı
Registration Acceptance ConditionsThose who have successfully completed their secondary education are eligible to attend the courses.
Recognition of Prior LearningThe process of recognition of prior education by Turkish higher education institutions is still in its incipient stage. Likewise, the recognition of prior education has neither been started nor implemented by all departments at Namik Kemal University. However, a proficiency exam is held at the beginning of each academic year regarding the compulsory Foreign Language Course which is to be offered in the curriculum of all departments. The students who have embarked on a self-learning period or acquired necessary skills in the course are eligible to enter this exam. Those who have successfully passed the exam are eligible not to take the course.
Degree Requirements and Rules The students studying in this undergraduate program are required to have a Cumulative Grade Points Average (Cum.GPA) of not less than 2.00/4.00 and have completed all the courses with at least a letter grade of DD/S in the program in order to graduate. The minimum number of ECTS credits required for graduation is 240. It is also mandatory for the students to complete their compulsory internship in a specified duration and quality.
Program ProfileTBP
Occupational Profiles of GraduatesTBP
Access To Upper DegreeUpon successful completion of their undergraduate programme of study, students are encouraged to embark on advanced academic studies on the graduate level (master’s and doctoral-not existed in POLS) on condition of having received the required score in ALES exam and possessing sufficient knowledge of English or another foreign language.
Exams, Assessment and Grading

Students will take a minimum of one midterm examination. In addition to midterms, they will be assigned projects and homeworks whose deadlines will be specified at the beginning of the semester. At the end of each semester, the students are required to take a final examination.

Graduation Requirements
Teaching Methods

Teaching methods are determined so as to improve skills, such as teaching-learning strategies, self-discipline, life-long learning, observation, sharing knowledge, presentation, critical thinking, and teamwork.

Program Outcomes

1-They could understand theories, concepts, approaches and methods in the field of Political Science and Public Administration.
2-With an effective reading and academic writing skills gained in the Political Science and Public Administration Department, he or she would have the competence to understand, interpret and to carry out academic studies.
3-Students would gain the ability to evaluate different business opportunities in the public and private sectors thanks to the enhanced curriculum of the department.
4-Students could critically analyze the cases and phenomena he or she experienced, and they could make research how they can apply innovations to the current system.
5-Students would learn political systems, organization of the states, public administration structures and their working processes in the world and in Turkey.
6-Students would become more conscious about human rights, social responsibility and environmental protection, and would have information about current approaches such as participation and governance.
7-They could establish relationships with stakeholders/partners in their professional field, and they could work individually and collectively to carry out joint projects in the field of international relations, urbanism, sociology and law.
8-By using knowledge learned in the field of political theory, social science and legal sciences, they can understand the problems of society they live in and they could analyze and offer solutions about those problems.

Curriculum

Political Science and Public Administration


1st Class

2024-2025 Fall Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
SBKYB113 Basic Principles of Law 3 0 6
YDİ101 Foreign Language I (English) 2 0 2
SBKYB107 Introduction to Politics I 3 0 6
SBKYB115 Mathematics for Social Sciences 3 0 6
ATİ101 Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution I 2 0 2
SBKYB109 Public Administration I 3 0 6
TDİ101 Turkish Language I 2 0 2
Total ECTS: 30

2024-2025 Spring Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
SBKYB116 Constitutional Law 3 0 6
YDİ102 Foreign Language II (English) 2 0 2
SBKYB110 Introduction to Politics II 3 0 6
SBKYB112 Introduction to Sociology 3 0 6
ATİ102 Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution II 2 0 2
SBKYB114 Public Administration II 3 0 6
TDİ102 Turkish Language II 2 0 2
Total ECTS: 30
Total ECTS(Year): 60
2nd Class

2024-2025 Fall Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
SBKYB225 Administrative Law 3 0 6
SBKYB213 History of Political Thought I 3 0 6
SBKYB221 Introduction to Economics I 3 0 6
SBKYB215 Local Governments 3 0 6
SBKYB227 Research Methods in Social Sciences 1 2 6
Total ECTS: 30

2024-2025 Spring Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
SBKYB214 History of Political Thought II 3 0 6
SBKYB222 Introduction to Economics II 3 0 6
SBKYB218 Introduction to International Relations 3 0 6
SBKYB226 Public finance 3 0 6
SBKYB216 Statistics for Social Sciences 1 2 6
Total ECTS: 30
Total ECTS(Year): 60
3rd Class

2024-2025 Fall Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
SBKYB318 Political History 3 0 7
SBKYB319 Tax Law 3 0 6
SBKYB315 Turkish Politics I 3 0 7
Elective 3. sınıf güz dönemi (10 acts)() 10
SBKYB321 Political Sociology 3 0 5
SBKYB317 Public Policies 3 0 5
SBKYB309 Urbanisation and Environmental Problems 3 0 5
Total ECTS: 30

2024-2025 Spring Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
SBKYB330 Civil Law 3 0 7
SBKYB322 Comparative Political Systems 3 0 6
SBKYB316 Turkish Politics II 3 0 7
Elective kariyer planlama() 2
KRYP01 Career Planning 1 0 2
Elective 3 sınıf bahar dönemi (5() 5
SBKYB204 Bureaucracy of Turkey 3 0 5
SBKYB332 International Migration 3 0 5
UNİSEC-İBF 014 Political Sociology 2 0 3
Elective(Over All University) You Can Take Courses TOTAL 3 ECTS from Elective(Over All University and From Other Department) 3
UNİSEC-İHF 010 Advanced Ottoman Turkish(İlahiyat Fak.-İlahiyat) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-VEF 004 Apitherapy(Veteriner Fak.-Veteriner) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-FEF 006 Basic Archeology Information(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-arkeo) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-FEF 004 Basic Japanese(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-Alm.Dil.Ed.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC302 Basic Japanese(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-Fra.Dil.Ed.) 4 0 4
UNİSEC-İHF 008 Biography of the Prophet(İlahiyat Fak.-İlahiyat) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-CMF 004 Climate Information(Çorlu Müh. Fak.-Çevr.Müh.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-CMF 009 Competition Management(Çorlu Müh. Fak.-End.Müh.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-HF 002 Consumer Rights and Protection(Hukuk Fakültesi-Hukuk) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İHF 001 Current Faith Problems(İlahiyat Fak.-İlahiyat) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-DİS 001 Diş Çürüğü Epidemiyolojisi ve Çürük Önleyici Yaklaşımlar(Spor Bil.Fak.-) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-DİS 002 Diş ve Diş Eti Sağlığı İçin Koruyucu Uygulamalar(Spor Bil.Fak.-) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İBF 007 Ecological Economics(İktisadi ve İdari Bil. Fak.-İkt) 2 0 3
ÇEKO405 Employee Health and Safety(İktisadi ve İdari Bil. Fak.-Çal.Eko.End.İlş) 3 0 5
UNİSEC-ZF 006 entrepreneurship(Ziraat Fak.-Tar.Ek.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 006 entrepreneurship(Ziraat Fak.-Tar.Ek.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İBF 009 entrepreneurship(İktisadi ve İdari Bil. Fak.-İşlt.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-CMF 005 Environmental Policies in the EU and Turkey(Çorlu Müh. Fak.-Çevr.Müh.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-FEF 022 Ethnobotanical Research(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-Coğrafya) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-SBF 003 Food Hygiene(S.B.F-Bes.Diy.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 005 Functional Foods(Ziraat Fak.-Gıd.Müh.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-FEF 010 History of Science(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-Fizik) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 014 Hobby Poultry Production(Ziraat Fak.-Zootek.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 007 Honey Bee Breeding Techniques(Ziraat Fak.-Tar.Bytek.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İHF 009 Introduction to Arabic(İlahiyat Fak.-İlahiyat) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İBF 004 Introduction to Data Science(İktisadi ve İdari Bil. Fak.-Maliye) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 012 Life and Survival in Nature(Ziraat Fak.-Top.Bil.Bit.Bes.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-VEF 005 Medical Photography(Veteriner Fak.-Veteriner) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 010 Medicinal and Aromatic Plants(Ziraat Fak.-Tar.Bitk.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-GSF 009 Nature Conservation Policies(Güz. San.,Tas. ve Mim. Fak.-Pey.Mim.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 013 Organic Animal Production(Ziraat Fak.-Zootek.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 009 Organic farming(Ziraat Fak.-Tar.Bitk.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 008 Plant Genetic Resources(Ziraat Fak.-Tar.Bytek.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-CMF 010 Research and Reporting Techniques(Çorlu Müh. Fak.-İnş.Müh.) 2 0 3
MİMS027 Research Methods(Güz. San.,Tas. ve Mim. Fak.-Mimarlık) 3 0 3
UNİSEC-SPF 002 Sports and Tourism(Spor Bil.Fak.-) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-CMF 006 Sustainability and Life Cycle Analysis(Çorlu Müh. Fak.-Çevr.Müh.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-SBF 006 technology addiction(S.B.F-Hemşirelik) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-DİS 003 Toplumda Ağız ve Diş Sağlığı Yönetimi(Spor Bil.Fak.-) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-TMDK 001 Turkish Music I(Türk Müziği Devlet Kons.-Çalgı Eğitimi) 2 0 3
MLYB701 Turkish Tax System I(İktisadi ve İdari Bil. Fak.-Maliye) 3 0 5
Total ECTS: 30
Total ECTS(Year): 60
4th Class

2024-2025 Fall Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
SBKYB401 Comparative Public Administration 3 0 5
SBKYB414 Turkish Foreign Policy 3 0 5
Elective 4 sınıf güz dönemi seçmeli ders() 20
İŞLB302 Business Law 3 0 5
SBKYB405 E-State and Democracy 3 0 5
SBKY 419 Human rights 3 0 5
SBKYB407 International Organizations 3 0 5
SBKYB411 Social Structure in Turkey 3 0 5
Total ECTS: 30

2024-2025 Spring Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
SBKYB400 Seminar 0 3 5
İKTB704 Turkish Economy 3 0 5
Elective 4 sınıf bahar dönemi seçmeli dersler () 20
SBKYB418 Balkan History and Politics 3 0 5
SBKYB410 Ottoman Modernization 3 0 5
SBKY 414 Regional Planning 3 0 5
SBKY 418 Strategic Management in the Public Sector 3 0 5
SBKY 416 Turkish Administrative History 3 0 5
Total ECTS: 30
Total ECTS(Year): 60

Matrix of Course - Program Outcomes

SBKYB113 Basic Principles of Law
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55433524
55433524
55433524
YDİ101 Foreign Language I (English)
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51111111
51111111
51111111
51111111
51111111
51111111
51111111
51111111
51111111
SBKYB107 Introduction to Politics I
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23553455
12454455
21553354
SBKYB115 Mathematics for Social Sciences
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32213213
35211212
34411222
43211412
ATİ101 Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution I
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11111111
11111111
11111111
11111111
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SBKYB109 Public Administration I
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00430050
02000040
03305050
00030335
50050544
TDİ101 Turkish Language I
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41212101
41212101
41212101
41212101
SBKYB116 Constitutional Law
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44355525
44355525
44355525
YDİ102 Foreign Language II (English)
#
10000300
10000300
10000300
10000300
10000300
10000300
SBKYB110 Introduction to Politics II
#
23553455
23553455
21553354
SBKYB112 Introduction to Sociology
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33443434
33443434
33443434
33443434
ATİ102 Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution II
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32333222
32333222
32333222
32333222
32333222
32333222
SBKYB114 Public Administration II
#
34451534
34434434
44333444
43322544
SBKYB225 Administrative Law
#
33433333
33433333
42231333
32242343
34142233
33243234
31133443
11232134
13422242
SBKYB213 History of Political Thought I
#
43444345
43544345
53544355
53544455
SBKYB221 Introduction to Economics I
#
45423324
45423324
45423324
SBKYB215 Local Governments
#
44343345
43343345
44343445
43443445
SBKYB227 Research Methods in Social Sciences
#
55433555
55433555
55433555
SBKYB214 History of Political Thought II
#
54544555
54544555
54544555
54544555
54544555
54544555
54544555
SBKYB222 Introduction to Economics II
#
55432333
55432333
55432333
SBKYB218 Introduction to International Relations
#
54455454
45455455
45445454
45545455
55545454
SBKYB226 Public finance
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35545445
35544045
44555344
44444454
44454545
43444445
45333333
SBKYB216 Statistics for Social Sciences
#
54434333
54434333
54434333
SBKYB318 Political History
#
53553554
43554445
54454344
54554355
43534454
SBKYB319 Tax Law
#
24332431
24332000
24332000
24332000
24332000
SBKYB315 Turkish Politics I
#
54543555
54543555
54543445
SBKYB321 Political Sociology
#
43544455
43544445
43544445
SBKYB317 Public Policies
#
35335535
52243143
42532243
14443443
34452443
SBKYB309 Urbanisation and Environmental Problems
#
22535323
22535323
22535323
22535323
22535323
22535323
SBKYB330 Civil Law
#
42222314
42222314
42222314
42222314
SBKYB322 Comparative Political Systems
#
53552334
53552334
53552334
53552334
53552334
SBKYB316 Turkish Politics II
#
54543555
54553555
KRYP01 Career Planning
#
34544454
34444344
34444344
34444344
SBKYB204 Bureaucracy of Turkey
#
13432434
23344454
33443443
33444443
SBKYB332 International Migration
#
55454545
45504554
54444555
45545550
54454555
45445555
UNİSEC-İBF 014 Political Sociology
#
53544555
53544555
53544555
SBKYB401 Comparative Public Administration
#
22453534
12453322
32534343
23453334
SBKYB414 Turkish Foreign Policy
#
44545454
45554355
54553454
54544445
54554345
İŞLB302 Business Law
#
44444444
44434344
44434344
SBKYB405 E-State and Democracy
#
54221121
54221121
54321121
53321121
SBKY 419 Human rights
#
44445545
44445545
44445545
SBKYB407 International Organizations
#
54545454
44544354
54554344
54555345
54554355
SBKYB411 Social Structure in Turkey
#
23233333
42333433
34333343
34423234
33243223
13433324
SBKYB400 Seminar
#
45445555
54555545
45455555
55444554
İKTB704 Turkish Economy
#
55343444
55343444
55343444
SBKYB418 Balkan History and Politics
#
54554545
45454555
54554544
45554555
SBKYB410 Ottoman Modernization
#
45444555
55554554
45554555
54454455
SBKY 414 Regional Planning
#
44455554
45455454
45454444
SBKY 418 Strategic Management in the Public Sector
#
33344435
33453444
43344454
34443434
33233343
SBKY 416 Turkish Administrative History
#
33554354