
Course Title : Introduction to Political Sciences | ||||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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Laboratory Work | ||||||||
Computer Usage | ||||||||
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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) |
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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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