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POL 510 - Contemporary Political Ideologies

Graduate Education Institute · Political Science and International Relations · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ömer TAŞGETİREN

Course Objective

The course will introduce major ideas and themes of modern ideologies and it will also provide criticisms of these ideologies advanced by contending perspectives in the history of political thought.

Course Content

The course will examine the ideologies of liberalism, socialism, conservatism, nationalism, feminism, ecologism and Islamism.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Being able to define main ideas of contemporary ideologies

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticeBrain Storming

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkPerformance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / Thesis

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)14342
Out of Class Study Period148112
Midterm133
Quiz000
Assignment21530
Practice000
Final133

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1IntroductionSee syllabus
2WesternismSee syllabus
3WesternismSee syllabus
4WesternismSee syllabus
5ConservatismSee syllabus
6ConservatismSee syllabus
7LiberalismSee syllabus
8Midterm WeekSee syllabus
9LiberalismSee syllabus
10CommunitarianismSee syllabus
11CommunitarianismSee syllabus
12SocialismSee syllabus
13FeminismSee syllabus
14FeminismSee syllabus