Program tanımları
The curriculum of the Master of International and Public Policy (MIAPP) is designed to provide students with a broad analytical background in the major fields of international affairs and European integration. The program attracts a variety of students with its specific focus on the newly emerging issues of governance and globalization.
The program responds to new professional opportunities at home and abroad by providing students with the knowledge and skills necessay to pursue careers in international, private, and public sectors. The MIAPP program addresses the fundamental issues of the post-Cold War era, globalization, public governance, corporate governance and European integration with an approach that incorporates scholarly perspective and practical experience. In other words, the purpose of the MIAPP program is to develop international and European affairs experts and executives who understand –and can deal with- the increasingly complex problems of a rapidly changing world.
The MIAPP program is not designed to prepare students for the Ph.D. program. Graduates can be admitted to the Ph.D. program if they fulfill certain additional requirements of the department. The core curriculum is designed taking into consideration the specific needs of the MIAPP program. Nevertheless, BIR offers a specific number of its elective courses to the MIAPP students.
Degree Requirements:
The program of study requires 60 units of graduate credits and is completed in 4 semesters of full-time attendance without the requirement of submission and defense of a Master's thesis. A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.00 must be attained by the end of Master's level work.
Course Exemption Policy:
Students who have advanced knowledge in a discipline can apply to enroll in a more advanced course of the same discipline or in an elective course upon the approval of the Program Coordinator. Course exemptions cannot be used to deduct from the 60 credit units required for graduation.
FIRST YEAR
All the first year courses are compulsory for MIAPP students. The core curriculum offers interdisciplinary training in international affairs. It consists of graduate level course work of 30 credit units.
Fall Semester
ENG 406 Graduate Writing and Presentation Seminar
MAN 509 International Business
ECON 507 Economics for International and Public Affairs I
IR 629 Global Political Economy
IR 638 Accession Process to the European Union
Total: 15 Credits
Spring Semester
IR 543 International and Public Policy Decision-making
IR 547 International Politics
ECON 508 Economics for International and Public Affairs II
IR 594 International Law and Organization
IR 574 Turkey 's International Relations
Total: 15 Credits
After having completed the core curriculum course work during their first year, students must satisfy the requirements of the second year through the completion of the course work of at least 30 credit units (five elective courses each semester).
SECOND YEAR
Fall Semester
No compulsory course
Five of the following electives:
IR Courses
IR 477 Political Economy of Natural Resources
IR 478 Political Theory in International Relations
IR 485 The Politics of Turkey's Relations with the EU
IR 493 European Union
IR 529 Arms Control and Disarmament
IR 567 Contemporary Russia
IR 629 Global Political Economy
IR 634 Peace Operations
MAN & MBA Courses
MAN 404 Investment Analysis
MAN 406 Business Strategy
MAN 420 EU Integration
MAN 462 Human Resources Management
MBA 570 International Business I
MBA 574 EU Integration
HIST Courses
HIST 401 Ottoman Turkish and Paleography
HIST 411 Ottoman History: 1300-1600
HIST 413 Byzantine History I: 324-1025
HIST 417 Medieval Europe: 500-1500
HIST 431 History of the United States until the Reconstruction
HIST 527 Feudalism: East and West I
HIST 529 Bulgaria Under the Ottoman Rule: History and Sources
HIST 531 Social and Economic History of the United States I
HIST 555 Modernization of the Ottoman Empire During the 19th Century
Spring Semester
No compulsory course
Five of the following electives:
IR Courses
IR 318 Contemporary Balkan Politics
IR 322 International Protection of Human Rights
IR 343 Middle East Security Structures
IR 408 European Union Law
IR 413 Game Theory and International Politics
IR 434 Selected Topics in International Law
IR 452 Contemporary International Relations
IR 454 International Environmental Politics
IR 455 The European Union and Turkey
IR 465 Global Economic Governance
IR 470 International Terrorism and Transnational Crime
IR 482 International Ethics
IR 488 Security and Strategy
IR 489 EU Foreign and Security Policy
IR 494 Causes and Prevention of War
IR 496 Turkey's Security in a Changing World
IR 498 International Relations and Media
IR 572 European Union Integration, EU and OECD Economies
IR 647 Nuclear Weapons and U.S. Foreign Policy
IR 656 Russia, Turkey and the First World War
IR 659 American Security Policy: Current Issues
MBA Courses
MBA 502 Turkish Business Context
MBA 532 Marketing Management
MBA 533 Marketing Research
MBA 575 SME's and Cross Border Ventures
