Optimum number of the first year student enrolment
40+ 20
Optimum total number of students after the year of first graduation
300
Is it a double major program?
Other hosting academic unit(s) (If YES)
X
NO
YES
Part II. Overall Statement of Justification (Summary)
State the purpose of opening the program in Eastern Mediterranean University from an academic perspective. This part should be a concise summary of the information supplied in the remaining parts of this form and information supplied in the New Program Proposal - I.
(Fill in this part LAST)
The world is in a state of political, social and economic transformation, which is generally referred as ‘globalization’. In most states there is a continual searching and probing towards the establishment of a new society with improved living standards, distributed on a more egalitarian basis. In this context, scientific studies of politics are very important. This is particularly true for the countries that lie near the dividing point on the continuum between underdeveloped and developed states such as Turkey and theTurkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Whether the challenges that lie ahead are predominantly social, political or economic, the state still continues to be a major actor in the attainment or frustration of goals and the facilitation of change in all countries. At the same time, the state is the target of deep criticism coupled with suggestions, or sometimes demands for major restructuring to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness.
The Political Science Program addresses these fundamental issues. Within its updated curriculum, the global situation is systematically monitored to provide insights into local, national, regional and global problems. In doing so, it aims to provide students with a broad liberal education, and specialization in political science.
Because ‘politics’ includes all of the human activities in which individuals and groups are attempting to use their power to get others to change their behavior with a purpose in mind connected to at least one state, political science studies the nature, causes, and resolutions of such conflicts. It studies past, existing, and proposed relations between states, individuals, and civil societies. The Program provides a learning environment in which students are helped both to understand and to think critically about these uses and attempts to use power. It studies the structures, ideologies, cultures, and histories that have given rise to these conflicts but it also seeks both theoretical and practical solutions. Thus, the parts and the wholes of different current and possible political systems are comparatively examined and assessed.
The Program is designed to enable graduates to teach political science, to do research into politics, and to acquire careers associated with political and public life, e.g. to be a manager in public or private organizations, a campaign manager, a research scholar, a civil servant, or a reporter on state or international affaires.
