Bologna Information Package for Public Administration Department BOLOGNA PROGRAM INFORMATION. Program Description

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Bologna Information Package for Public Administration Department BOLOGNA PROGRAM INFORMATION

Program Description

History: Bachelor’s degree in Department of Public Administration taking part under the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences is founded and started education in 2004. Also its gave its first graduates in 2009.

Goal: Department of Public Administration aim to an individual who is not only aware of the technical procedures of Turkish public administration, but also of the social structure of our country. Moreover, she or he is capable of understanding and following up on international developments and able to reason analytically and to verbalize his ideas explicitly and coherently in Turkish and English. Most important of all, she or he has internalized the concept of "public interest", and is capable to compete in the private sector, with a face turned towards the world and a heart turned towards his country.

Objective(s): Connected to the Kemalist idea equipped with modern and scientific talent, "public interest" is to educate candidates which protect the modern manager.

Qualification Awarded: When program is completed successfully, it provides sufficient students have undergraduate diploma in Public Administration Department. Bachelor’s Degree in Department of Public Administration is awarded to those who have successfully completed all of the curriculum requirements. Level of Qualification: First Cycle

Admission Requirements:

ÖSYM rules and conditions apply. The general requirements explained in ‘General Admission Requirements’ of Information on the Institution part are applied for admission of students. Students who have started studies in other universities within or outside of the country may apply for their recognition. The recognition record is unique for each student and therefore the procedure is carried out accordingly before the start of each academic year. More information about general admission requirements can be found in the catalogue of Information on the Institution.

Under an established exchanges program or one approved by the University, exchange students from abroad may be accepted for studies on the courses taught in English. Or, if they are confident in Turkish, they may then enroll any courses, running in Turkish, shown on the Course Structure diagram.

Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to, “regulations about passing, double major, minor and transfer among institutions in universities between associate degree and undergraduate degree” Definition of formal education is that transfering in universities, in-formal and non-formal certificate programs are at starting level. Recognition of previous education does not define in all programs of Yeditepe University.

Other Requirements

This is a first cycle degree program in the Public Administration. (240 ECTS). Students will be awarded, on successful completion of the program and gain competencies, a degree of Bachelor in Public Administration. Students must have at least 2.00 CGPA over 4.00 to graduate.

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Program Profile

First of all, our students are in our country as well as the social structure of Turkey's administrative structure of the knowledge in the world who are aware of and able to monitor changes in the spacious and analytical thinking, have the ability to express their thoughts in English and Turkish, "public interest" concept assimilated and in the light of the ability to compete with private institutions high, her face facing the contemporary world, the land of his heart is to train candidates for the administrator.

In line with its vision of the university, taking part in both national and international environments, contributing to the development of public administration and equipped with knowledge and skills in accordance with the expectations of the public sector, with the universal professional ethics, contemporary and compliance with the principles of Atatürk is to educate students in a section.

Employment Opportunities of the Graduates and Transition to the Upper Level:

Our graduates are educated and trained as professionals with qualifications that are required in all sectors in our continuously evolving and improving country. To provide this Public Administration Department is has one of the most important work force with its team trained in Public institutions, banking, international organizations, think-tanks, insurance companies as a controller or vice controller and other disciplines for the needs of both private and public sector.

Access to Further Studies

The graduates holding Bachelor’s Degree are eligible to apply to Master programs at national and/or international level both in the same and in related disciplines.

Public administration department has not a top level (master) program yet but there is ‘Local Authorities and Governance’ master program that application is on process.

Examinations, Regulation, Assignment and Grading

Stıdents are required to take a mid-term examination and/or complete other assiged projects/homework during the semester and, additionally, are required to take a final examination and/or complate a final project for course evaluation. The assessment for each course is discribed in detail in “Examination, Regulation, Assesment and Grading.”

Graduation Requirements:

Graduation requirements are explained in the section “Qualification Requirements and Regulations.” Also students should successfully complete their 80 hours corporate internship. The experience and required work load obtained in the internship period is taken into consideration in the planning of the program, course descriptions and execution and study loads.

Mode of Study (Full time, e-learning): Full time Program Director or ECTS Coordinator:

Address, Program Director and Bologna Coordinator

Prof.Dr. Meral S. ÖZTOPRAK meral.oztoprak@yeditepe.edu.tr Bologna Coordinator

Asst.Prof.Dr. Hande TEK TURAN hande.tek@yeditepe.edu.tr

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Program Facilities

There are 1 Prof., 2 Asst.Prof.Dr. and 2 Project Assistants which work full time in the department. In addition, there are 3 Prof, 1 Associated Prof., 6 Asst.Prof.Dr. and 5 instructors which work in half-time in department.

Double Major

Our students can do double major with below departments if they provide necessary conditions:  Department of Economics

 Faculty of Law

 Deparment of Art Management

 Political Science and International Relations

Erasmus / Exchange Agreements

Students can do Erasmus program with below universities in EU if they provide necessary conditions.

UNIVERSITIES THAT DONE AGREEMENT OF SOCRATES (ERASMUS)  NL Rotterdam Erasmus University (Hollanda)

 Maastricht University (Hollanda)

 Warsaw Management Academy (Polonya)  Panteion University (Yunanistan)

 ISG (Institut Supérieur de Gestion) (Fransa)  Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (İspanya)  Université Nancy2 (Fransa)

 Ludwingshafen University of Applied Science (Almanya)  Université Pierre Mendès France (Fransa)

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Teaching and Learning Methods PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

Theoretical, Factual

PLO1. Students should be know contemporary concept, theory and models, international principles, basic and updated informations about public administration field and also know the historical development of Turkish Public Administration.

PLO2. Students grasp core basic knowledge about in the academic disciplines closely related academical and factual knowledge, scientific perspective supported by training tools to follow and evaluate this knowledge. PLO3. Students adopt scientific perspective, aware of Kemalist thought that give importance to scientific thoughts from the point of public administration and students also should be able to use scientific research methods for research and analysis.

Cognitive, Practical

PLO4. Students should be able to transfer knowledge and ability related to public administration field to academical, professional business life to personnel and team member.They should show that they have the ability to decision-making, implementation, within the framework of the knowledge and they have the ability to analyze and interpret qualitative and quantitative data

PLO5. Students should know that the structure and processes in the field of public administration skills besides that basic knowledge of the international level within the framework of the universal principles about legal, political, economic, social and psychological issues.They should have the ability to identify problems and to suggest solutions.

Ability to Work Independently to Take Responsibility

PLO6. Students should know where to reach the needed information in the field of public administration and taking responsibility for solving the problems that they may face in practice and have competence to make an independent research and study.

PLO7. Students should be able to design and plan projects to achieve organizational goals and objectives as an executive or as a team member. They should manage the processes for their goals and evaluate their responsibilities.

Learning Ability

PLO8. Students should critically evaluate knowledge and skills gained to catch global changes that they can produce flexible and creative solutions.

PLO9. Students should catch the rapid changes in the field of public administration, and to provide their personal and professional development; they can update their knowledge and know the importance of life-long learning. Communication and Social Capability

PLO10. Students who has obtain knowledge, skills, thoughts and advises about public administration field should show that they have received perfect communication skills by transfering their ideas to people who has responsibility on institutional level.

PLO11. Students should have minimum English to understand, follow and evaulate global Dynamics.They sould be able to share their knowledge, working and evaulation about fiels on international or national academical and professional field as well as Turkish.

PLO12. Students should respect differences between cultures and individuals with knowledge and skills about public administration can make connection on social and proffessional fields.

Area Specific Capability

PLO13. Students should understand individiual, proffessional, social and ethic concept which are important concepts of public administration field and aware of the practice of social and, worklife.They can act property inside of institutions with understanding of importance of principle on social field.

PLO14. Students should analyse knowledge and skills with stakeholders of organizations in the field of public adminstration and inside of academical and proffessional workings evaluate and perform effectively with connection.

PLO15. Students should follow current development on the field of public administration has ability to encouraging innovation.

PLO16. Students who have enough consiousness in modern societies’ basic genesis concept like importance of social justice, universality of social rights, cultures values with using knowledge about public administration field, should know the needs of active citizenship with individiual, social and ecological dimension of social responsibility.

PLO17. Students obtain consciousnes about occupational health and safety for providing institutional sustainability on public administration field and act appropriate ethichal and responsible principless.

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Teaching and learning methods and strategies are chosen to improve the student’s skills such as self-learning, life-long self-learning, and observation, teaching others, presentation, critical thinking, team working and IT. Also, to achieve a better learning with students having different learning styles, the program is supported by convenient methodologies given below.

(*)Depending on the course specifications, one or more teaching and learning methods might be implemented.

Teaching& Learning

Methods Major Learning Activities Tools

Lecture Listening and interpretation

Class ware, multimedia, data projector, computer, overhead projector

Lecture with

Discussion Listening Observation/manipulation and interpretation, situations, critical thinking, question posing

Problem Solving Specific predetermined skill

Brainstorming Observation/manipulation situations, critical thinking, question posing, creative teamwork

Small Group

Discussions Listening Observation/manipulation and interpretation, situations,

critical thinking, question posing Class ware, multimedia, data projector, computer, overhead projector

Presentation Listening, explanation, observation/operate situation

Real or virtual area which has presentation oppourtunity

Seminars

Research skills, writing, reading, Listening and interpretation, Observation/manipulation situations, organizational skills

Group working Research skills, writing, reading, critical thinking, question posing, organizational skills, teamwork

Internet database, library, e-mail, online talking, discuss forums which has web base Fieldwork Observation/manipulation Research skills, writing, reading situations,

Homework

Research skills, lifelong learning, writing and

reading Internet database,

library, e-mail,

Verbal Research skills, lifelong learning, operate situation, evaluate questions, making comment, presentation

Worksheets, Surveys Research skills, lifelong learning, writing and reading

Panel Listening, observation/manipulation situations interpretation,

Guest speaker Listening observation/manipulation situations and interpretation,

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Student Club Activities/ Projects

Observation/Manipulation situations, critical thinking, question posing, creative team work, Research Skills, lifelong learning, writing and reading, administrative skills, specific predetermined skill

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Courses and Program Outcomes Matrix

Obligatory Courses PL1 PL2 PL3 PL4 PL5 PO6 PL7 PL8 PL9 PL10 PL11 PL12 PL13

PA 101

5

4

5

3

5

5 PA 102

5

4

5

5 PA 104

5

4

5 PA 108

1

2

4

1

4

5

2

4

3

4

2 PA 213

5

5 PA 205

₅

₄

₃

₅

PA 204

3

2

5

1

4

2

3

5

1

4

3 PA 301

3

2

1

2

5

1

3

1

3 PA 303

5

2

3

2

4

1

3

4

1

3

2 PA 302

3

2

1

2

5

1

3

1

3 PA 304

5 PA 306

3

1

2

1

2

5

1

3

1 PA 308

₅

PA 401

₅

PA 403

₃

₁

₃

₁

₂

₅

₁

₃

₅

PA 405

5

4

5

3

5

5 PA 407

5

4 PA 402

3

1

2

1

2

5

1

3

1 PA 404

5

1

3

2

3

4

2

3

5 HTR 301

5

5 HTR 302

₅

HUM 103

₃

₅

TKL 201

5

5 TKL 202

₅

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PA 310

4 3 5 2 5 3 3 4 3 5 2 3 4

PA 404

5

5 PA 409

₂ ₁ ₅ ₁ ₃ ₂ ₁ ₄ ₅ ₁ ₃ ₃

PA 410

₄ ₅ ₄ ₃

PA 413

5 5 5 5

PA 414

5 5 5 5

PA 416

₃ ₁ ₂ ₁ ₂ ₅ ₁ ₁ ₁ ₁ ₁ ₃ ₁

PA 417

3 1 2 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 3 1

PA 418

₅ ₄ ₄ ₄ ₅ ₅ ₄

PA 419

3 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 1 2 1

PA 420

5 4 5

PA 421

₂ ₁ ₁ ₂ ₂ ₅ ₂ ₂ ₁ ₂ ₅ ₂

PA 422

3 2 1 2 4 2 2 3 5 5 1 4 5

PA 307

ECON 439

₃ ₃ ₅

ECON 442

3 5 5

LAW 393

LAW 472

LAW 397

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ACADEMIC CURRICULUM

1. YARIYIL T A L Y E 2. YARIYIL T A L Y E

PA 101 Introduction to Public Administration 3 0 0 3 6 PA 102 Turkish Administrative History 3 0 0 3 4 SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology 3 0 0 3 5 PA 104 Social Psychology 3 0 0 3 4

LAW 123 Introduction to Law 3 0 0 3 5 LAW 140 Civil Law 3 0 0 3 5

ECON 111 Principles of Microeconomics 3 0 0 3 6 ECON 122 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 0 0 3 6 HTR 301 History of Turkish Republic I 2 0 0 2 2 HTR 302 History of Turkish Republic II 2 0 0 2 2

HUM 103 Humanities I 3 0 0 3 3 PA 108 Ethics and Social Responsibility _Projects 3 0 0 3 4 AFEA 156 English for Public Administration 2 0 0 2 3 PSIR 101 Introduction to Political Science 3 0 0 3 5

19 30 20 30

3.YARIYIL T A L Y E 4.YARIYIL T A L Y E

LAW 115 Constitutional Law 3 0 0 3 5 PA 214 Research Methods for Social

Sciences 3 0 0 3 4

PSIR 201 History of Political Thought 3 0 0 3 5 PSIR 202 Contemporary Political Ideologies 3 0 0 3 5

LAW 253 Law of Obligations 3 0 0 3 5 LAW 497 Property Law 3 0 0 3 5

PA 213 Statistics for Social Sciences 3 0 0 3 4 BBA 241 Financial Accounting 2 2 0 3 5

PA 205 Turkish Public Administration 3 0 0 3 4 PA 204 Urbanization and Environmental

Problems 3 0 0 3 4

LAW 233 Administrative Law 3 0 0 3 5 LAW 297 Administrative Jurisdiction 3 0 0 3 5

TKL 201 Turkish Language I 2 0 0 2 2 TKL 202 Turkish Language II 2 0 0 2 2

20 30 20 30

5.YARIYIL T A L Y E 6.YARIYIL T A L Y E

PA 301 History of Turkish Democracy I 3 0 0 3 5 PA 302 History of Turkish Democracy II 3 0 0 3 5

PSIR 305 Political Sociology 3 0 0 3 5 PA 304 Political Psycology 3 0 0 3 5

ECON 311 Public Finance 3 0 0 3 5 PA 306 Public Information Technology and

E-Government 3 0 0 3 5

PA 303 Local Governments 3 0 0 3 3 PA 308 Public Administration Internship _Program 3 0 0 N_C 6

LAW 295 Criminal Law 3 0 0 3 5 Departmental Elective II 3 0 0 3 5

Departmental Elective I 3 0 0 3 5 Free Elective II 3 0 0 3 3 Free Elective I 3 0 0 3 3

21 31 15 29

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7.YARIYIL T A L Y E 8.YARIYIL T A L Y E PA 401 Public Personnel Administration 0 0 0 3 5 PA 402 Public Policy Analysis 3 0 0 3 5

PA 403 Turkey and the European _{Administrative Area} 3 0 0 3 5 PA 404 Law of Foreigners and Citizenship 3 0 0 3 4

PA 405 Comperative Public Administration 3 0 0 3 5 Non-Departmental Elective II 3 0 0 3 5 PA 407 Organizational Behaviour 3 0 0 3 5 Departmental Elective IV 3 0 0 3 5 Departmental Elective III 3 0 0 3 5 Departmental Elective V 3 0 0 3 5 Non-Departmental Elective I 3 0 0 3 5 Free Elective IV 3 0 0 3 3 Free Elective III 3 0 0 3 3

21 33 18 27

Minimum Mezuniyet Koşulları

T: Theory, P:Practice , L: Laboratory, Y: Yeditepe Credit, Credits 154

E: ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) ECTS 240

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BÖLÜM İÇİ SEÇMELİ DERSLER

T A L Y E

PA 310

Social Movements

3 0 0

3 5

PA 406

Globalization and Governance

3 0 0

3 5

PA 409

Global Environmental Politics

3 0 0

3 5

PA 410

Introduction to Academic Writing

3 0 0

3 5

PA 413

Control to Public Administration

3 0 0

3 5

PA 414

Political Parties

3 0 0

3 5

PA 416

Regional Policy

3 0 0

3 5

PA 417

Government and Civil Society

3 0 0

3 5

PA 418

Political Communication

3 0 0

3 5

PA 419

Recent Developments in Public Administration /

Issues

3 0 0

3 5

PA 420

Organizational Social Psychology

3 0 0

3 5

PA 421

Analysis of Computer Applications in the Social

Sciences (SPSS)

3 0 0

3 5

PA 422

Social and Political History

3 0 0

3 5

PA 307

Political Behaviour

3 0 0

3 5

ECON 439

International Ecenomics

3 0 0

3 5

ECON 442

Turkish Economy

3 0 0

3 5

LAW 393

Environmental Law

3 0 0

3 5

LAW 472

Tax Law

3 0 0

3 5

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List of Catagories Courses AKTS Complementary Courses

Introduction to Sociology 5

Introduction to Law 5

Principles of Microeconomics 6

English for Public Administration 3

Civil Law 5

Principles of Macroeconomics 6

Introduction to Political Science 5

Constitutional Law 5

History of Political Thought 5

Law of Obligations 5

Administrative Law 5

Contemporary Political Ideologies 5

Property Law 5 Financial Accounting 5 Political Sociology 5 Administrative Jurisdiction 5 Public Finance 6 Criminal Law 5 Total 91 Obligatory Courses

Introduction to Public Administration 6

Turkish Administrative History 3

Social Psychology 3

Ethics and Social Responsibility Projects 4

Statistics for Social Sciences 2

Research Methods for Social Sciences 4

Turkish Public Administration 4

Urbanization and Environmental Problems 5

History of Turkish Democracy I 5

Local Governments 3

History of Turkish Democracy II 6

Political Psycology 5

Public Information Technology and E-Government 6

Public Admin. Internship Program 1

Public Personnel Administration 5

Turkey and the European Administrative Area 5

Comperative Public Administration 6

Organizational Behaviour 5

Public Policy Analysis 5

Law of Foreigners and Citizenship 4

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Elective Courses

Non-Departmental Elective I 5

Non-Departmental Elective II 5

Departmental Elective I 5

Departmental Elective II 5

Departmental Elective III 5

Departmental Elective IV 5

Departmental Elective V 5

Free Elective I 3

Free Elective II 3

Free Elective III 3

Free Elective IV 3

Toplam 52

Humanities I 2

History of Turkish Republic I 2

History of Turkish Republic II 2

Turkish Language I 2

Turkish Language II 2

Total 10