Uluslararası İlişkiler (İngilizce) Lisans Diploması

ISCO:08

ISCO:08

Since its establishment in 1997, Department of International Relations has mainly aimed at enhancing its students’ perspectives in order to cope with changing world conjuncture. In accordance with such aim, our department has gradually developed both quality and quantity of its academic staff.

Moreover, in a world with emphasis on globalization and changing nature of nation-state formation, the department’s one of the main aims is to understand and analyze this changing nature by taking historical dimension into consideration while foreseeing contemporary world politics.

As a result of such goals to pursue, our department seeks for educating students in order to have capacity to both conduct an analytical problem-solving to the aforementioned world conjuncture and effectively express themselves in accordance with an analytical framework.

Our curriculum, on this basis, was prepared in accordance with contemporary conjuncture of our country and the world by considering various curriculums concerning Department of International Relations all around the world. The first year of our curriculum, which aims at understanding and analyzing past, today and future simultaneously, provides general knowledge to introduce basic concepts of international relations.

Starting from the second year, the curriculum offers more enhanced knowledge concerning international relations. By the virtue of this, as from the second year, students start to become more specialized about international relations. On this basis, main subjects of the second year of our curriculum are International Relations, International Politics, International Relations Theory, International Organizations and Political History.

In the third and fourth year, students become more and more specific about the subjects concerning international relations. The purpose in this specification is to prepare students to determine their area of specialization by especially providing elective courses about Middle East Politics, Balkan Politics, Central Asian and Caucasian Politics and European Politics.

Education progresses in the forms of formal, open, or distance education. In addition, practical education is provided through internship studies, or professional training at laboratories and workshops within higher education institutions or in the industry, at health care institutions, and workplaces.

• Acquiring the skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts and methodology of international relations
• Acquiring the skills of analyzing international relations from a theoretical level
• Acquiring the ability to make logical interpretations about the recent either global or national political events
• Acquiring different perspectives on international relations
• Improving the ability to make analyses about the current and future prospects of global and regional actors
• Developing relevant academic and applied research skills in political areas
• To improve the academic writing skills pertaining to the academic area
• To improve the academic presentation skills pertaining to the academic area
• To improve analytical thinking and independent research skills
• Acquiring an open-minded behavior through encouraging critical analysis, interpretation, discussions, and/or continuous learning
• Improving the ability to effectively develop arguments
• Understanding the importance of lifelong learning

The student possesses the following key competences at an advanced level.

• Competence in applying the methods relevant to the current issues of their own field
• Competence in reading and writing
• Digital competence
• Personal and social competence, and competence in learning to learn
• Citizenship competence
• Entrepreneurial competence
• Cultural awareness and competence in expression

• Measurement and evaluation methods, exam types and their contribution to the course grade are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by the Higher Education Council (YÖK).
• Various methods are used for the purposes of measurement and evaluation, such as homework, projects, practice sessions, midterm and final exams.
• Letter- and/ or number-based grading systems are used to evaluate student success.

In order to monitor the quality of higher education programs;

· YÖK is responsible for the planning, organization, management and supervision of education and other activities at higher education institutions.

· “University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports” of higher education institutions are prepared and published every year within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK. Reports prepared on these documents, containing quantitative and qualitative evaluations for higher education institutions, are publicized by YÖK.

· The “Report on Foundation Higher Education Institutions” which includes academic, administrative and financial data regarding foundation higher education institutions is published annually by YÖK. These reports including quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions are publicized by YÖK. Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is provided according to the “Procedures and Principles on Quality Assurance regarding the Diploma Programs in Higher Education”:

 1. Creation and Authorization of Education Programs:

1.1. YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required to initiate undergraduate degree departments and programs at higher education institutions.

1.2. The curricula of undergraduate degree programs at higher education institutions, as well as the learning outcomes to be expected in relation to students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the relevant basic principles determined by YÖK.

1.3. The curricula of National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of YÖK, upon their acceptance by the relevant Council of Deans.

 2. Measurement and Evaluation: The  measurement and evaluation processes on the learning outcomes to be expected for each undergraduate degree program in relation to students are undertaken in accordance with the regulations on education and examination prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the relevant basic principles determined by YÖK.

3. Documentation: Upon successful completion of their course credits, as well as other obligations determined by higher education institutions, students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs receive a bachelor’s degree.

4. Self-Evaluation - External Evaluation: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions upload their “Institution Internal Evaluation Reports” of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (THEQC) at the beginning of each year. The “Institutional Feedback Report” by THEQC regarding the external evaluation of higher education institutions is then publicized. In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by THEQC also show that the quality assurance is ensured for the qualifications of these programs. THEQC undertakes regular reviews on the qualifications determined in accordance with their legislation.

Within the framework of the regulations determined by the Higher Education Council (YÖK), students are admitted into this program via the Higher Education Transition Examination (YGS) and the Undergraduate Degree Placement Examination (LYS) organized by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM).

Once students finalize their preferred programs lists, they are placed into the relevant programs by the Student Selection and Placement Center based on their exam scores.   

Holders of bachelor's degrees may continue with graduate degree programs, and then, if they meet the relevant conditions, with doctorate degree and proficiency in art programs requiring a bachelor’s degree for admission.

Undergraduate students have the right to participate in double major programs opened by their higher education institutions. Students enrolled in double major programs may take courses from two degree programs simultaneously, and receive two separate undergraduate degrees, if completed successfully.

Graduates of this program may be employed in public sector (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Trade), prestigious firms in private sector and international organizations such as United Nations.

1. Higher Education Law no. 2547

    1.1. Regulations on the Principles of Transfers between Associate Degree and Undergraduate Degree Programs; Double Major, Minor Programs and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer for Higher Education Institutions

    1.2. Regulations on Continuation with Undergraduate Degree Programs for Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open-Education Associate Degree Programs

2. Higher Education Law no. 2547 (Additional Article-35)

    2.1. Regulations on Quality Assurance in Higher Education and the Higher Education Quality Council

Qualification is continuous