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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / KMY 458 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Code: KMY 458 Course Title: CONTEMPORARY STATE SYSTEMS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SEZEN RAVANOĞLU YILMAZ (sezenyilmaz@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To classify different types of constitutional systems by studying comparatively and in relation to concrete conditions.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Will be able to discuss the variety of constituonal systems. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
LO-2 Will be able to explain the emergence of the modern state and its main principles. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
LO-3 Will be able to analyze the different models in different countries and systems in the state. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
LO-4 Can use abstract concepts with their concrete contents. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Constitutional regulations of unitary states (France), federal states (USA, Germany), regionalised states (Spain, Italy), kingdoms (Britain).
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Scope, subjects, sources, method and requirements of the course. Lecture.
2 Debate on following questions: Why are there different types of constitutional regimes? What is relation between different constitutional regimes and different historical development paths? Lecture.
3 Anglo-Saxon law system and the development of constitutional mechanisms in United Kingdom. Lecture.
4 Constitutional regulations in Britain. Lecture.
5 American constitutional regime 1 Lecture.
6 American constitutional regime 2 Lecture.
7 American constitutional regime 3 Lecture.
8 mid-term exam
9 Federal government in Continental Europe: Germany 1 Lecture.
10 Federal government in Continental Europe: Germany 2 Lecture.
11 Unitary state model: France 1 Lecture.
12 Unitary state model: France 2 Lecture.
13 Unitary state model: France 3 Lecture.
14 Regionalised states 1: Spain Lecture.
15 Regionalised states 2: Italy Lecture.
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Eroğul, Cem (2010), Çağdaş Devlet Düzenleri, İmaj Yayıncılık, Ankara
Required Course instruments and materials
Specified books and articles.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 1 14 14
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 14 14
       c) Performance Project 1 14 14
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 14 14
mid-term exam 1 14 14
Own study for final exam 2 14 28
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 141