COURSE SYLLABUS

CURRENT ISSUES

1	Course Title:	CURRENT ISSUES
2	Course Code:	KAM4003
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. ALI YAŞAR SARIBAY
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Ali Yaşar SARIBAY Prof. Dr. Bekir PARLAK Prof. Dr. Ramazan Cengiz DERDİMAN Yrd. Doç. Dr. Sertaç SERDAR Yrd. Doç. Dr. Mert GÖKIRMAK Yrd. Doç. Dr. Neslihan SAM Yrd. Doç. Dr. Derda KÜÇÜKALP Yrd. Doç. Dr. Zahid SOBACI Yrd. Doç. Dr. Yasemin KAYA Öğr. Gör. Dr. Semih EKER
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-mail: politolog@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0224 294 1197 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi İİBF Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To provide students with the neessary skills and knowledge for conducting research in different topics of the field of public administration including data collection, data analysis, evaluation of the research findings and the presentation of the findings in a systematic way.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to analyze those phenomenon and issues related with the discipline of Public Administration through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach and to produce proper solutions.;
2	To be capable of following the theoretical and practical developments within the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law on national and international scales.;
3	To have competence in the theories and other conceptual approaches related with the discipline of Public Administration and to have the capacity to comment on these theoretical constructions from a critical perspective.;
4	To be able to reach the academic literature on public administration, to prepare a research design based on this theoretical framework;
5	To be able to conduct a scientific research by utilizing both the quantitative and qualitative methods and to analyze gathered data as well as to produce findings out of them.;
6	To have professional and social responsibility as well as the skills to produce scientific knowledge in line with the ethical principles; to be able to make scientific publications.;
7	To be able to use Turkish language properly and to have at least the skills of one foreign language; to have advanced level communicative skills and to be able to take part in professional activities and cooperations at both the national and international levels.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Scienific research methods, data collection and different ways of data analysis
2	The preparation of the research report and the rules of formatting for scientific reports
3	Political Culture
4	Democracy and Civil Society
5	Political Economy
6	Administrative Structuring in Turkey
7	Contemporary Issues in Public Administration (Midterm Exam)
8	Public Administration and E-Government
9	Urban Regeneration and Urban Renewal
10	Globalizaton and the City
11	Sustainable Development
12	The Contemporary Problems of Turkey’s Constitutional System
13	Individual Rights and Freedom
14	Developments and Issues in Administrative Law

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	A-Ders Kitabları: Zeynel Dinler, Bilimsel Araştırma ve e-Kaynaklar, 7. basım, Bursa: Ekin Yayınevi, 2012 Halil Seyitoğlu, Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yazma El Kitabı, 6. basım, İstanbul: Güzem Yayınları, 1995 B-Referanslar: Ali Yaşar Sarıbay, Global Bir Bakışla Politik Sosyoloji, Everest Yayınları, 2008. Bekir Parlak ve Zahid Sobacı, Kuram ve Uygulamada Kamu Yönetimi Ulusal ve Küresel Perspektifler, MKM 2012. Çevre Politikası, Hasan Ertürk, Ekin Kitabevi, Bursa, 2011. Neslihan SAM; Rıza SAM (Ed.), Sosyo-Kültürel Farklılık ve Alaşım Mekânları - Kent ve Kentler, Bursa: Ezgi Kitabevi Yayınları, 2012. Derda Küçükalp, Siyaset Felsefesi, Say Yayınları, 2011. Mehmet Zahid Sobacı (Ed.), E-Parliament and ICT-Based Legislation: Concept, Experiences and Lessons, Hershey PA: IGI Global, 2012.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High