1. Being able to get or improve the basic knowledge acquired in the field of political science and public administration to the expertise level and to comprehend interdisciplinary interaction.
2. Being able to evaluate and use the knowledge on political theory, public policy processes, law, policies of urbanization and environment that are required in experts and researchers who are much needed by the public and private sectors.
3. Being able to analyze and resolve the problems encountered in the field of political science and public administration by combining the field knowledge with those obtained from other disciplines and to evaluate the findings of such analyses.
4. Being able to independently plan and carry out projects through building interdisciplinary linkages between the field of political science and public administration and other fields.
5. Being able to develop new strategic approaches through utilizing the interdisciplinary perspective and generate solutions by taking on responsibility in the practices related with political science and public administration.
6. Being able to make critical analysis, synthesis, and the evaluation of new and complicated ideas in the field of political science and public administration, through utilizing the interdisciplinary perspective.
7. Being able to present current developments and own studies concerning the field of political science and public administration in oral, written, and visual forms to those groups within and outside the public administration world.
8. By paying regard to social, scientific, and ethical values, being able to instruct and supervise these values in studies related to the field of political science and public administration.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples

Access to Further Studies

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Each student has to register for the classes at the beginning of the term, and she/ he has to attend at least 70% of the classes to be able to enter the final exam. Students are required to have at least one final exam in each term for each of the courses. Final exams are assessed over a total of 100. She/he must get a minimum of 70 as the final examination grade in the second cycle. A student is successful if she/he receives AA, BA, BB, CB and CC as the letter grade from a class.

Graduation Requirements

In order to successfully complete the program it is required that compulsory and elective courses having a total of 60 ECTS workload be passed and the term project (30 ECTS) be delivered.

Mode of Study

Full-Time

Address and Contact Details

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Anabilim Dalı
16 059 Görükle Kampüsü, Nilüfer-BURSA
Program Başkanı: Prof. Dr. Serdar Gülener
Tel: 0 224 294 11 24
E-mail: sgulener@uludag.edu.tr
Bologna Koordinatörü: Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Gülçin Tunç
Tel: 0224 294 11 71
E-mail: gulcintunc@uludag.edu.tr

Facilities

The education language of the master´s program in Political Science and Public Administration is Turkish. There is a library, a reading room and a computer room with an open access to the students.
The teaching staff of the programme is comprised of 13 instructors including 5 professors, 3 associate professor, 4 assistant professors and 1 lecturer with a doctoral degree. Besides, there are 7 research assistants and 8 project assistants.

Curriculum

1. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
KMY5301	PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIAL THEORY	Compulsory	3	0	0	8
KMY5303	LOCALIZATION AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN EU AND TURKEY	Compulsory	3	0	0	6
KMY5369	RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	Compulsory	3	0	0	4
	Click to choose optional courses.					12
Total						30

2. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
KMY5302	ECOLOGICAL RISK AND POLITICS	Compulsory	3	0	0	8
KMY5304	CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY	Compulsory	3	0	0	7
	Click to choose optional courses.					15
Total						30

1. Semester Optional Courses
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
KMY5305	POLITICAL PERSONALITY	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5307	THE BASIS OF ECOLOGICAL PARADIGM	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5309	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN POST MODERN ERA	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5311	URBAN, SOCIETY AND IDENTITY	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5313	EU AND REFORM IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5315	CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5317	THE ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL CULTURE	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5319	CONTEMPORARY DEBATES IN THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5321	AUDIT IN THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND OMBUDSMAN	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5323	PUBLIC PERSONNEL SYSTEM AND ISSUES	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5325	COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5327	TRAGEDIA AND CLASSICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5329	POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN TURKEY	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5331	ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHT READING RELATED TEXTS	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5333	FEMINIST POLITICAL THEORY READINGS	Optional	3	0	0	6
KMY5335	COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL JUDICIARY	Optional	3	0	0	6

2. Semester Optional Courses
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
KMY5306	CONTEMPORARY POLICAL REGIMES	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5308	MEDIA AND POLITICS	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5310	URBAN ECONOMY AND ECOLOGY	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5312	INTERNET AND DEMOCRACY	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5314	LOCAL POLICIES	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5316	INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ADMINISTRATION	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5318	THE ANALYSIS OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5320	ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5322	POLITICAL CONSTITUTIONALISM	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5324	NEW VISION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5326	COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5328	REFORM IN PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5330	POWER AND SOCIETY IN MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5332	SOCIAL-POLITICAL THEORY	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5334	TURKISH POLITICAL LIFE, READING RELATED TEXTS	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5336	QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL TEXTS	Optional	3	0	0	5
KMY5338	ELECTION LAW	Optional	3	0	0	5