Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri Lisans Programı

Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri Lisans Programı

Program Tanımı

Ders Planı

Ders Kodu	Ders Adi	( Teorik - Pratik ) Kredi
1.Yıl - Güz Dönemi
ECON1161	Mathematics I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
ENG1003	Communications Skills & Academic Writing I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
ECON1211	Introduction to Economics I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
GEP1005	History of Civilization I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
TLL1021	Turkish Lang. & Literature I	( 2 - 0 ) 2
LAW1001	Introduction to Law I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
1.Yıl - Bahar Dönemi
ECON1162	Mathematics II	( 3 - 0 ) 3
GEP1006	History of Civilization II	( 3 - 0 ) 3
ECON1212	Introduction to Economics-II	( 3 - 0 ) 3
ENG1004	Communication Skills & Academic Reporting II	( 3 - 0 ) 3
LAW1002	Introduction to Law II	( 3 - 0 ) 3
TLL1022	Turkish Lang. & Literature II	( 2 - 0 ) 2
2.Yıl - Güz Dönemi
POLS2351	Introduction to Political Science	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS3325	Institutions of EU	( 3 - 0 ) 3
HIST3051	Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Republic I	( 2 - 0 ) 2
EUS2331	History of Europe	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS2061	International Law	( 3 - 0 ) 3
ECON2061	Statistics I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	GE Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
2.Yıl Bahar Dönemi
POLS2352	Introduction to Comparative Politics	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	Restricted Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
POLS2412	Introduction to International Relations	( 3 - 0 ) 3
ECON2626	Theory of Economic Integration	( 3 - 0 ) 3
HIST3052	Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Republic II	( 2 - 0 ) 2
ECON2062	Statistics II and SPSS	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	GE Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
3.Yıl - Güz Dönemi
EUS4325	Founding Treaties	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS3321	EU Law	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS3411	Turkey EU Relations	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS3991	Seminar on EU Related Topics	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	GE Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	Restricted Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
3.Yıl Bahar Dönemi
EUS4326	Founding Treaties II	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS3342	Theories of European Integration	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	Restricted Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	GE Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS3322	Freedom of Movements	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS3992	Seminar on EU-Related Topics	( 3 - 0 ) 3
4.Yıl - Güz Dönemi
POLS4401	International Political Economy	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	Restricted Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	Restricted Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS4331	External Relations of EU	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS4351	EUCompetition Policy	( 3 - 0 ) 3
4.Yıl Bahar Dönemi
	Restricted Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS4442	Regional Policy and Rural Development	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS4352	Finance of EU	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS4441	EU Project Management	( 3 - 0 ) 3
EUS4354	EU Common Policies	( 3 - 0 ) 3

Ders Listesi

Ders Tanımları

EUS2061

International Law

Sources of International Law, functions of International Law, subjects of International Law, Legal Personality and Statehood, Recognition, Conclusion and Entry into Force of Treaties, Reservation to Treaties.

EUS2331

History of Europe

This course aims at giving a thorough understanding to the history of Europe starting from the Middle Ages, looking at the important events in the European history that have affected the foundation of the unity of Europe. French Revolution, Renaissance and Reform periods, the reasons of the two world wars and their outcomes and the dynamics that have led to the foundations of the European Coal and Steel Community.

EUS3321

EU Law

The concept of European Union law will be examined following its historical evolution and its sources as well as its place within International law. There will be a detailed examination of the subjects and objects of European Union law and its institutions. We tackle the principal and secondary sources of European Union law with the aid of European Court of Justice principal jurisprudences relative to the topic studied. There will be a special focus on the protection of human rights within the European Union as well as the relations of Turkey with European Union.

EUS3322

Freedom of Movements

The discussion of SEA and the Maastricht Treaty, free movement of goods, customs union tariff, elimination of quantitative restrictions between member states, free movement of employed persons, of self-employed persons and of companies, freedom to provide services, free movement of capital and payments. Prerequisite: EUS3321

EUS3325

Institutions of EU

The discussion of the EU political system, theories of European integration, executive-legislative-judicial politics of EU, the Council, the Commission, the European Parliament, European Court of Justice, inter-institutional conflict and the delegation of power, ‘Constitutionalisation’ of the EU, institutional reforms and democratization of the EU.

EUS3328

Identity and Citizenship in the EU

In this course firstly the concepts of identity and collective identity will be introduced and their role in international relations will be discussed. In the context of the EU civic and cultural understandings of European identity will be compared. The question of Turkey’s membership will be discussed in terms of European identity. The interactions between national identities and European identity and the compatibility of national identities

EUS3342

Theories of European Integration

This course offers an introduction to the theories of political science that mainly attempts to explain the reasons, strategies and functioning of European integration process. It explains and analyses each theory with discussing their interaction throughout the course.

EUS3411

Turkey/EU Relations

It is the ‘talk of the town’-the accession of Turkey to the EU. This course covers a very current debate and the structure of the class will reflect that. In addition to studying the history of Turkey-EU relations, we will engage with the intense debates going on both domestically and internationally. Issues of reform such as human rights, rule of law, minorities and the role of the military are at the center of these debates as are issues of identity. Studying Turkey-EU relations allows us to understand how national structures are affected by supranational organizations (the EU) and processes (integration).

EUS3414

European Enlargement and Democratization

Enlargement is one of the most important policy areas of the European Union, albeit a controversial one. It will continue to occupy those interested in the development of the EU given the recent expansion (2004), the impending expansion (Romania and Bulgaria), the likely expansion (Turkey and Croatia) and more aspirant countries in line. Closely related to the issue of enlargement is the question of the role of the EU in democratization and its implications for broader democratic consolidation. This course aims to understand the impact of the EU on domestic processes within the context of democratization. Enlargement will be analyzed in waves, starting with the Southern expansion in the 1980s.

EUS3991

Seminar on EU Related Topics

In this course different subjects which are related with the EU are analyzed such as democratic deficit and legitimacy of the EU, effective factors on the level of support to the EU among peoples of Europe. In addition to these, education policy of the EU, cultural policy of the EU, immigration policy of the EU, energy policy of the EU and Lisbon Treaty will be discussed. In this course students will prepare a paper on an EU related topic.

EUS3992

Seminar on EU-Related Topics

EUS4311

Human Rights

This course is designed to introduce students to issues and problems of the human rights emphasizing particularly its international dimensions. After an intensive and multidisciplinary introduction to human rights theories, the major international treaties, declarations and covenants will be discussed. The global and regional human rights regimes, particularly the European human rights regimes, and the international/regional protection of human rights in this regard will be examined.

EUS4322

WTO and EU

This course of lectures is designed to provide an introduction to the economic, institutional and political issues involved in current commercial policy and the position of the EU in it. The aims of the course are to provide students with the necessary knowledge for a deeper understanding of modern trade relations of the EU: and to improve the analytical thinking on the issue. The lectures begin by covering the essentials of trade economics. They than consider the evolution of the post-World War II world trading system and discuss the issues pertinent to GATT and the WTO. The course finally turns to the current subjects in the trade policy structure of the EU and its approach to the multilateral trade issues in the post-WTO era including Doha Round and WTO Ministerial Conferences.

EUS4325

Founding Treaties

The discussion of the internationalization and regionalism, global and regional interdependence, EU external trade and trade relations, Europe and the Triad: USA, Japan, China, Lome and ACP countries, Common Commercial Policy and the EU’s GSP, European integration and FDI, CFSP of the EU and security interests of members, WEU and NATO, EU as a global or regional actor.

EUS4326

Founding Treaties II

EUS4326 Founding Treaties II: This course can be regarded as the continuation of the first one. This course aims at exploring the main treaties in the history of European integration such as the Paris Treaty of European Coal and Steel Community, Rome Treaties of European Economic Community and EURATOM, Single European Act, Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice Treaties.

EUS4331

External Relations of EU

External Relations of EU: The discussion of the internationalization and regionalism, global and regional interdependence, EU external trade and trade relations, Europe and the Triad: USA, Japan, China, Lome and ACP countries, Common Commercial

EUS4351

EUCompetition Policy

The discussion of the purpose of competition law, the competition authorities and their future, Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty of Rome, horizontal restraints, conscious parallelism, vertical restrains, distribution and supply agreements, the EU merger regulation, restrictive practices and abuse of the market dominance.

EUS4352

Finance of EU

The course will study the budget of the EU, revenue and own-resources system, expenditure, the annual budget procedure, the Delors I and Delors II packages, objectives and operation of the CAP, problems of the CAP and the power of the agricultural lobby, reform of the CAP, MacSharry reforms and Fischler plan.

EUS4354

EU Common Policies

This course examines the main policies of the EU such as trade, transport, industry, agriculture, competition, Research and Development, and their present and future impact on European integration.

EUS4441

EU Project Management

This course aims to improve strategic thinking skills as well as to raise awareness on social projects funded by international organizations mainly by European Union. Seminars will be given on volunteerism and fund raising strategies for financing their projects. The steps of project planning and implementation process will be examined. The NGOs and local goverments projects funded by European Union and other international donor organizations such as United Nations,

EUS4442

Regional Policy and Rural Development

Following the industrial revolution Europe’s rural life has steadily eroded. Today the rural population of entire European Union countries is no more than 5% of the total. However the last 15 years the EU is working in order to reverse this trend and conservation of rurality with its human, animal as well as natural component has become a priority objective. EU’s regional policy is one of the first policy tools to address this objective.

EUS5130

Enlargement, Turkey and EU

Historical overview of the Euro- Turkish relations; Current status of the negotiations' procedure; Debate in both large European countries and within Turkey.

EUS5132

European Public Law II

Common foreign and security policy, EU competition law, criminal aspects of EU legislation, EU labor law and social policy, EU environmental law, EU intellectual property law.

EUS5133

European Public Law I

Basic principles; constitutional provisions' basic policy and law-making areas; charter of HR; EU Institutions; judicial proceedings; types of EU laws; conflict of law.

EUS5134

European Integration II

Policy processes in the EU; impact of the EU on government systems in member states; implementation and enforcement of EU legislation, EU budget and economics, common agricultural policy, common consumer policy.

EUS5135

European Integration I

Theory and practice of integration in Europe; political, historical, economic, social and legal aspects of integration; institutions of the EU, the EFTA and the council of Europe; policy processes in the EU; impact of the EU on government systems in member states; implementation and enforcement of EU legislation; enlargement.

EUS5136

Intellectual Property Rights

Presenting the concept and subjects of intellectual property rights. The protection of copyrights, patents, trademarks and industrial design rights will be looked at. Their place and use will be elaborated based on the relevant cases. A focus will be given to the international agreements on this issue as an effort of harmonization. As a point of comparison the differences of the respective laws in the EU and Turkey will be given as well.

EUS5137

Research Method and Methodology of Law

Enabling students to acquire the training, knowledge and understanding, skills and aptitudes necessary for those intending to pursue MA level research in the social sciences and humanities in general and the discipline of law in particular.

EUS5138

Selected Topics in EU II

Examination of the provisions in the treaties; status and comparison of general interest utilities and telecommunications in the European level and in member states; historical development; historical development of the environmental law; institutional provisions; debate among states and the EU institutions over competencies; what it is anticipated in the treaties; definition of freedom or religion; EU national states' sensitivities and policies on the issue; provision on the treaties; relation to the civil rights and ideals of the EU.

EUS5139

Selected Topics in EU I

Definition and terminology; contemporary issues relating to immigration and asylum; provisions in treaties into force; anticipations in the Constitution; EU citizenship versus national ones; EU policy versus national objectives and objections; what it is anticipated in international and European treaties on fundamental rights; EU policies on the protection of fundamental rights; examination of study cases: current Institutional framework; EU policy versus member states' national policies; EU affairs with the USA, Russia, Japan, China; EU defense and NATO; EU defense and WEU; perspectives; EU defense and CFSP.

EUS5141

EU Competition Law

Demonstration of the fundamentals of EU competition law, as being one of the most important Community laws. An elaboration why there is a need of a regulation and a policy of competition will be given through the explanation of different economic market structures. The Articles 81 and 82 of the EU Treaty concerning the regulation of competition will be explored in depth and the wordings of the competition policy articles will be made clear through example case law.

EUS5143

Economic Analysis of Law

An introduction to economic analysis of law, an economic theory of property, topics in the economics of property law, an economic theory of contract, topics in the economics of contract law, an economic theory of tort law, topics in the economics of tort liability, an economic theory of crime and punishment, topics in the economics of crime and punishment, antitrust and regulated industries.

EUS5144

Identity and Citizenship in EU

In this course firstly the concepts of identity and collective identity in the post Cold War era, Nation-building processes in Europe, different types of national citizenships, Construction of European identity, civic and cultural understandings, the compatibility of national identities and European identity within the EU, Turkey?s membership in terms of European identity, the development process of the EU citizenship.

EUS5146

Framework of Brussels based Programs

As the structure of EU Integration and policy-based development are based on funding system, the course describes of the generic structure of the funding mechanisms, the differentiation for each different funding types.Throughout the course, the description of the project based approaches and modeling of a new project based on EU policies and the methodologies for innovative project idea where applied scenarios are provided. The course also entails the methods of international cooperation among people belonging to different disciplines (i.e industries, European enterprises, universities and NGOs),the methods of communication with EU institutions, the methods of networking in EU projects and consortium development, and the methods of organizing joint activities. The course is designed in a framework of applied sessions.

EUS5147

EU Institutes

The main aim of this course is to make a brief introduction to the institutions of the European Union and make the students familiar with their organization and functions. At the end of the course the students will have an overview of the functioning of the European Union policies, politics involved and relations between the institutions.

EUS5148

EU Grants and Project Management

This course is designed for students who plans to be involved in EU funded projects at some point in his or her career. The course aims to raise awareness on EU funded projects, apply a framework for developing projects and to improve strategic thinking skills. The course will examine the steps of project planning and implementation process together with some skill building exercises in this respect. Specific topics include: EU funding mechanisms, project management, logical framework approach, proposal writing and grant management. At the end of the course it is expected that the student will have the tools to tackle the complex system of European funding.

EUS5149

EU Intellectual Property and Competition Law

The aim of this course is to demonstrate the fundamentals of EU competition policy and intellectual property rights (IPR) in the EU. Competition law and IPR are important because these issues involve economic, financial and intellectual interests. Firstly the essentials of competition law together with the economic necessity of competition policy will be given. Articles 81 and 82 of the EU Treaty concerning the regulation of competition will be explored in depth via the enormous proportion of decisions of the Commission and cases before the Court of Justice and Court of First Instance. Then, the concept and subjects of IPR will be looked at; the protection of copyrights, patents, trademarks and industrial design rights will be analyzed respectively. Their use will be elaborated based on the relevant cases. A focus will be given to the international agreements on this issue as an effort of harmonization. Respective regulations and directives on the subject will be analysed at in order to comprehend the efforts on the EU side. As a point of comparison, the differences of the respective laws in the EU and Turkey will also be provided.

EUS5150

Impact Analysis

All developed countries make sure that the legal arrangements that are likely to enter into force are in line with the results of Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIA). In 2002, the European Commission also introduced an impact assessment system in order to structure and support the development of EU policies. RIAs constitute an indispensable tool to measure the economic, social, political and environmental impacts of policy changes at the national, local or business levels. The most important value added by these analyses lies on their contribution to policy development. A candidate country willing to join the EU needs to go through a difficult process of legislative changes in order to adopt the EU acquis. In this perspective, throughout the accession negotiations, a thorough knowledge over impact analyses help candidate countries in calculating benefits and costs of alignment, developing strategies and timetables, and negotiating with the EU for transition periods.

EUS5151

Credit Facilities for Accession Countries

Candidate countries are provided a number of financial facilities during the accession process. The course aims at making the students familiar not only with EU based but also with other available funding facilities available for candidate countries.

EUS5152

Lobbying in the EU

The goal of this course is to give a comprehensive understanding of interest representation in the EU and lobbying process in Brussels. Objectives, strategies and techniques of lobbying are analyzed. The activities and tactics required for an effective lobbying strategy in Brussels are discussed. Lobbying for civic and producer interests are differentiated: On the one hand, lobbying activities of environmental groups, regions, also lobbying for human rights, gender equality are discussed. On the other hand, business interest groups including trade associations, also professions and labour organizations? lobbying activities in Brussels are analyzed. The course focuses on practical aspects of lobbying in the EU. Throughout the course, lobbying in the EU are scrutinized through several successful and failed case studies.

EUS5153

Negotiation Techniques

Negotiation with the EU requires a thorough knowledge of negotiation techniques, of EU?s acquis communautaire as well as candidate countries? own legislation and a variety of topics covered by 33 negotiation chapters. The course consists of reviewing negotiation framework of Turkey. The very conditions of the present negotiation process are illustrated with examples pertaining with 33 negotiating chapters provided by the experts of the EU Secretariat General.

EUS5155

EU Common Policies

The fundamentals of the common policies of the European Union will be demonstrated. The aim of the course is to further develop students? abilities to analyse policy-making in the European Union taking into account theoretical and historical perspectives. Explanation of the policies is necessary in order to understand the tools of a deeper integration in terms of the economic, political and social perspectives. The relationships between the European Union and its citizens will be a focal point throughout the whole course.

EUS5887

Seminar

Seminar is followed by Research program students. In this course the students are expected to analytically comment the finalized cases European Court of Justice.

EUS5888

Master Thesis

The thesis of the Master by Research program includes the writing of a thesis of at least 40000 words (around 100 pages) either in English or French. The thesis will be evaluated by a jury.

EUS5999

Project

The research project is an individual piece of research. The student will specify the subject of the project according to her/his own interest. The project will be written under the guidance of an advisor.

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