BİLGİ POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION – ASU POLITICAL SCIENCE

Provided that BİLGİ Political Science and Public Administration students participate in 3+1 Degree Program that is offered as part of the collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU), they will undertake 264 credits.

As part of the program, students are required to undertake 194 credits in BİLGİ Political Science and Public Administration Program. While students carry on with their courses in BİLGİ Political Science and Public Administration Program, they will take the online courses ENG 101 and ENG 102 ‘Advanced English’, which amount to 12 credits, in ASU summer school at the end of their first academic year. After completing their credit requirements in their own department and taking ‘Advanced English’ courses in ASU summer school, they will study at Arizona State University during their last year.

The courses that the students need to take are as follows:

1st Academic Year Fall Semester

  • EC 101 – Introduction to Economics I
  • IR 179 – Politics, Culture, and Society
  • IR 101 – Introduction to Political Science
  • MATH 175 – Analysis I
  • TK 103 – Turkish Language I

1st Academic Year Spring Semester

  • IR 122 – Introduction to International Relations
  • EC 102 – Introduction to Economics II
  • IR 151 – Analytic Techniques for Social Sciences
  • TK 104 – Turkish Language II
  • IR 292 – Society and Politics

ASU Summer School

  • ENG 101 – ASU Universal Learner (online)
  • ENG 102 – ASU Universal Learner (online)

2nd Academic Year Fall Semester

  • IR 211 – History of Political Thoughts
  • IR 251 – Turkish Political Life I
  • IR 213 – Statistics in Social Sciences
  • LAW 201 – Fundamental Principles of Law
  • IR 231 – Political and Diplomatic History I

2nd Academic Year Spring Semester

  • IR 212 – History of Political Thoughts II
  • IR 232 – Political and Diplomatic History II
  • IR 252 – Turkish Political Life II
  • IR 342 – Research Methods
  • LAW 212 – Introduction to Constitutional Law

3rd Academic Year Fall Semester

  • HTR 111 – History of Turkish Revolution I
  • IR 322 – International Relations Theories
  • IR 301 – Comparative Politics I
  • IR 305 – World Politics I
  • IR 333 – Minorities, Migration, and Film
  • HUM 313 – Colonialism in the World
  • IR 441 – Turkish Foreign Policy
  • LAW 301- International Law I

3rd Academic Year Spring Semester

  • IR 302 – Comparative Politics II
  • HTR 112 – History of Turkish Revolution II
  • IR 304 – Philosophy of Social Sciences
  • IR 306 – World Politics II
  • IR 324 – International Organizations
  • IR 442 – Current Issues in Turkish Foreign Politics
  • LAW 302 – International Law II

After completing three academic years at BİLGİ International Relations Program, students will take the following courses from ASU Political Science during the academic year:

  • POS 110: American Government and Politics (SB)
  • Any course from the Quantitative Natural Sciences elective courses
  • COM 263 – Elements Intercultural Communication (SB, C & G)
  • Any course from the Natural Sciences elective courses
  • POS 348 – Do You Want to Build a Nation? (L)
  • POS 367 – World Politics & Global Inequalities
  • COM 225 – Public Speaking (L)
  • POS 351 – Democratization
  • POS 325 – Public Policy Development

Students who would like to participate in the program have to receive a minimum score of 61 from TOEFL. In addition to that, students are required to have a minimum of 2,5 GPA out of 4 at the end of three academic years in order to study at ASU during their last year.