Course Title : Introduction to Political Sciences
Code		Course Type	Regular Semester	Lecture (hours/week)	Seminar (hours/week)	Lab (hours/week)	Credits	ECTS
PLS 101-2		C	3	3	0	0	3.00	5
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Language				Albanian
Course Level
Description		In a world where the importance of politics is increasing, many questions arise that need to be answered. In this context why we will aim to study the most important questions related to politics and attempt to find relevant answers. This course is an introduction to politics in a globalised world, with a particular focus on how political science tries to understand and explain cross-country differences and cross-time differences between countries.
Objectives		The course aims to provide students with the basic concepts in politics; to inform students about government and non-governmental institutions; to introduce them to the main differences between democratic and non-democratic regimes, and between different models of democratic government; introduce students to how political preferences are formed, how voters behave, how parties compete, how interest groups are formed, and how electoral systems shape behavior. In addition during this course the students will learn how politics works nowadays. At the end of this course the students will be informed about the structure of politics and politicians in modern times.
Course Outline
Week	Topics
1	Introduction to the course
2	What is the Political Science? Aim and Objectives
3	Scientific Methodology in politics: (A historical development in the political science)
4	Scientific Methodology in politics: (Thought in a scientific methodology for politics)
5	Main Concepts in political Science: Power and its way to exercise
6	Main Concepts in political Science: Nation and State
7	Political Theory: explanation of ethics in politics
8	“Wise man” in political science
9	Midterm
10	Political Ideology: Liberalism; Conservators and Socialism
11	Political Ideology: Fascist and Nazism
12	Feminist, postmodernism and environment
13	Comparative Politics 1: Governance Systems: Democracy and Non-Democratic Regimes
14	Comparative Politics 2: Interest Groups, Political Parties and Elections
15	Comparative Politics 3: Interest Groups, Political Parties and Elections
16	Final Exam
Prerequisites
Textbook
Other References
Laboratory Work
Computer Usage
Other
Learning Outcomes and Competences
1	Students will get to know the main concepts in politics, the nature of politics, government and state based on the modern theories of political science.
2	Students will be informed on the models of political and rational behavior of political “actors”.
3	Students will be able to obtain knowledge on the principles of the International Law and Human Rights
4	Students will be prepared for further in-depth studies in political science
Course Evaluation Methods
In-term studies						Quantity	Percentage
Midterms						1	40
Quizzes						0	0
Projects						0	0
Term Projects						0	0
Laboratory						0	0
Attendance						1	10
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade							50
Contribution of final examination to overall grade							50
Total							100
ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload
Activities					Quantity	Duration (hours)	Total Workload (hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course hours)					16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)					14	4	56
Assignments					0	0	0
Midterms					1	10	10
Final examination					1	11	11
Other					0	0	0
Total Work Load							125
Total Work Load / 25 (hours)							5
ECTS							5

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