Political Science and International Relations Undergraduate Program

The Department of Political Science and International Relations at University of Mediterranean Karpasia (UMK) gradually developed, becoming one of the major departments offering undergraduate degree in the area of Political Science and İnternational Relations (PSIR). The department also offers students a broadly based core curriculum through which knowledge of the principles and practices of political life, democratic citizenship and political activity are acquired.

Political activity is basically about the exercise of power. PSIR asks fundamental questions about how power and resources are distributed around the world, and what impact political decisions have on societies. A typical PSIR major will learn about democracy and other forms of government, styles of leadership, the ideas of Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke, the influence of non-governmental organizations in world politics, the formation of public opinion, the role of new social media in politics, and constitutional law.

In another saying, PSIR is the study of politics and power from domestic, international, and comparative perspectives. It entails understanding political ideas, ideologies, institutions, policies, processes, and behavior, as well as groups, classes, government, diplomacy, law, strategy, and war. A background in PSIR is valuable for citizenship and political action, as well as for future careers in government, law, business, media, or public service.

Our courses are not designed to promote any particular ideological point of view or policies of a particular political party or government. Rather, you will be exposed to the complexity and variety of political phenomena, both in the past and in the contemporary world. You will be given the necessary tools to understand and critically analyse what you see happening around you, and to evaluate the merits of particular leadership changes, governmental decisions, regimes, international treaties, foreign policy initiatives, armed interventions and peace settlements.

The main objective of this program is; international relations, theories of international relations, political history, and international economics, to be able to contribute to the creation of national politics by enabling the relevant literature to be used as a judge in the framework of social sciences and international relations discipline and within the framework of such analysis and evaluation as required by professional life, to train talented specialists who can interpret them in the highest level.

International Relations Theory, Political History, Political Science, History of Political Thought, International Organizations, International Law, Foreign Policy Analysis, etc. are provided with a solid infrastructure in the field. In addition to basic courses, courses in a wide range of other areas of social sciences also help to acquire appropriate equipment.

The program allows researchers to follow scientific literature and current sources in PSIR and to make use of scientific data and theoretical approaches obtained from this basic/current literature and to conduct analyzes and evaluations related to global and regional problems.

Students are able to use advanced English and intermediate second foreign languages ​​when collecting information in the library and the internet, and they can apply to the information-processing technologies they need. When evaluations are made, critical approach and analytical thinking are kept in the foreground and social, scientific and ethical norms are given importance in the point of producing rational solutions.