The undergraduate program in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration (Bilkent POLS) covers the areas of Turkish politics, comparative politics, political theory, social and cultural studies, and public administration.

The program focuses on state-society and state-economy relations, forms of state, systems of government, interlinkages between domestic structures and the international level, societal challenges, and public policy-making and implementation in Turkey and beyond in a comparative perspective. The program also centers on questions of governance that allow ever significant roles for societal actors. Among the fields of specialization are politics of multiculturalism, state-society relations in Turkey and beyond, political psychology, negotiation and conflict resolution, civil society, human rights, urbanization, political theory, film, literature and politics, politics of security, political parties, and electoral systems.

Graduates of Bilkent POLS take up careers in key sectors such as consulting, manufacturing, banking and finance, media and communications, public relations, and research in ministries, independent regulatory agencies, private firms, multinational companies, civil society organizations, international organizations, and research institutions.

Curriculum

* 2 hours are spared for laboratory work.

Spring Semester

Course Code	Course Name	Hours	Credit	ECTS Credit
ECON 108	Principles of Macroeconomics	3	3	5
ENG 102	English and Composition II	5	3	5
HCIV 102	History of Civilization II	3	3	5
POLS 104	Introduction to Political Science II	3	3	5
PSYC 102	Introduction to Social Psychology	3	3	5
TURK 102	Turkish II		2	3.5

Spring Semester

Course Code	Course Name	Hours	Credit	ECTS Credit
GE 251	Collegiate Activities Program II		1	2
HIST 200	History of Turkey	3	4	6.5
LAW 104	Turkish Constitutional Law (in Turkish)	3	3	5
MATH 104	Thinking Mathematically II	3	3	5
PHIL 244	Social and Political Philosophy II	3	6	8.5
POLS 201	Fundamentals of Social Research	3	3	5