| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | KY408.2B2 | Political Behavior | Elective | 4 | 8 | 4 |
|
| Level of Course Unit |
| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| The aim of course, to give an insight about the political behavior, specifically the behavior of voting with samples from Turkey and the world. |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
|
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | Students comprehend features of general political process. | | 2 | Students have the ability to analysis politics | | 3 | Students realize and know basic democratic issues |
|
| Mode of Delivery |
| Normal Education |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| None |
| Course Contents |
| The course provide necessary component to answer the question of what is political psychology and includes extreme political behaviour and nationalism in international area |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
|
| 1 | Political Behavior: An interdisciplinary study | | | | 2 | Factors determining political behavior | | | | 3 | The Influence of genetics on political orientation and behavior | | | | 4 | The conservative and liberal debate, Political tradition | | | | 5 | Political socialisation | | | | 6 | Childhood period, teenhood period, adulthood period | | | | 7 | Re-socialisation The development of political behavior | | | | 8 | Midterm Exam | | | | 9 | Institutions of political socialisation: Family, school, mass communication,friends, community | | | | 10 | Community and voting, party identification | | | | 11 | The individual rationality framework spatial model, valence issues models, reward-punishment model,issue priority model, Economic evaluation models, | | | | 12 | Race, ethnicity and political behavior, age and political behavior | | | | 13 | Data collection | | | | 14 | General Evaluation | | | | 15 | Final Exam | | | | 16 | | | |
|
| Recommended or Required Reading |
|
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
|
| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| 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 | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
|
| Workload Calculation |
|
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Self Study | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| Individual Study for Final Examination | 14 | 1 | 14 |
|
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | LO2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | LO3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
|
| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
 |
| |