Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
200400505005	CONTEMPORARY STATE ORGANIZATIONS	Elective	3	5	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To educate students on the contemporary political structures and institutions. To enable them to compare diferent institutional designs.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	To know how contemporary political institutions (such as presidency, congress, parliaments) work and perform
2	To inform and educate students on the routine mechanisms (elections, lobbies, interest groups) of social and political change
3	To know contemporary governments in selected countries
4	To express their thoughts on this subject

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Political regimes and forms of government; democratic and authoritarian regimes; patterns of representative democracy in capitalist societies; the political executive: parliamentary, presidential and semi-presidential forms and their formation,.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The general introduction of the course and giving information about importance, method, sources of the course
2	Analysis of the State System of U.S.A in Terms of Historical Perspective
3	USA (Constitutional Regulations, Legislative-Executive-Judicial, Political Parties, Other Items of Political System)
4	USA (Constitutional Regulations, Legislative-Executive-Judicial, Political Parties, Other Items of Political System)
5	Analysis of the State System of England in Terms of Historical Perspective
6	England (Constitutional Regulations, Legislative-Executive-Judicial, Political Parties, Other Items of Political System)
7	England (Constitutional Regulations, Legislative-Executive-Judicial, Political Parties, Other Items of Political System
8	Analysis of the State System of France in Terms of Historical Perspective
9	France (Constitutional Regulations, Legislative-Executive-Judicial, Political Parties, Other Items of Political System)
10	France (Constitutional Regulations, Legislative-Executive-Judicial, Political Parties, Other Items of Political System)
11	Analysis of the State System of Germany in Terms of Historical Perspective
12	Germany (Constitutional Regulations, Legislative-Executive-Judicial, Political Parties, Other Items of Political System)
13	Germany (Constitutional Regulations, Legislative-Executive-Judicial, Political Parties, Other Items of Political System)
14	General Review

Recommended or Required Reading

Daniele Caramani (2008) Comparative Politics. Oxford Mark Kesselman, Joel Krieger, William A. Joseph (2009) Introduction to Comparative Politics , Wadsworth Publishing; 005 edition Rod Hague and Martin Harrop (2001) Comparative Government and Politics-An Introduction 5th Ed., Basingstoke, Hampshire and New York: Palgrave, 2001 William Roberts Clark, Matt Golder and Sona Nadenichek Golder (2009) Principles of Comparative Politics. CQ Press

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Self Study	1	8	8
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	4	10	40
Individual Study for Final Examination	8	10	80
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14
LO1	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
LO2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
LO3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
LO4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High