In Ankara, at the Middle East Technical University, students with a specialization in German-Turkish Studies TAM students take two required content courses: A German-Turkish Joint Seminar called “Current Issues of Social and Political Transformations” and a course called “Turkey, the Middle East and Eurasia.” Students also take a German- or Turkish-language course as well as an elective. Past electives have included such classes as “Politics of Migration in Europe” and “Human Rights Issues in Europe.”

Dual-degree students may spend their second year at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona. At UPF, course are taught in English and may include Statistical Analysis I, Electoral Systems, Multiculturality and Immigration Policies, The Welfare State, Globalization and European Integration, Democracy and Political Liberalism, Social Policy and the Welfare State, Electoral Competition and Voting Behaviour, and Migration and Society.

Single-degree students have the option of studyin The Specialist Module I (spring semester) at Bath University is called “Global Europe: Roles and Comparisons.” This module has a strong IR focus. Courses include: Organised Crime in Europe: Threats and Challenges, International Security: the Contemporary Agenda, Britain and Europe, International Organisations in World Politics, Economic Foreign Policy and International Trade, Theories of Conflict and Conflict Resolution.

During Specialist Module II (fall semester), the main emphasis at the University of Bath is on the issue of IR and is called “European Perspectives on International Relations and Security”. Since the end of the Cold War, the concept of security has been increasingly broadly defined. The Bath Specialist II Module includes such courses as European Union policies and policy-making, Scopes and Methods of Politics and International Relations, Comparative European Politics, International Security, Theories & Concepts, Memory Culture-Memory Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, Governance.

Humboldt University offers a Specialist I module. Courses may include: Comparative European Government, Facets of Europeanization, and Foreign and Security Policy in Europe. Please note that it is possible to take classes taught in English or German in Berlin. The universities in Berlin have now set a standard of B2 / intermediate German-language ability (in the CEFR: Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) for those who wish to take classes in German. This level serves as a guideline intended to help applicants determine whether to pursue classes taught in German in Berlin. Past site visits during this module in Berlin have taken students to the parliament and an NGO called Lobby-watch Berlin’s Specialist Module II for TransAtlantic Studies students is called “Democratisation and Political Change”. Course titles include: Facets of Europeanisation, Europe’s Borders and Neighbors, and Democracy and Democratisation in Europe. Classes typically include: Democracy and Demo-cratisation in Europe, Social Science Working Techniques, Europe’s Borders and Neighbours, Facets of Europeanisa-tion / Globalisation as well as a thesis colloquium.

German-Turkish Studies track students in their second year of the program will take classes at Humboldt University in Berlin. Their core courses will be “Germany, Turkey and the EU” and “German Democracy in Comparison.” Language classes as well as electives will be on offer.

Erasmus + funding from the EU has enabled Humboldt University to award a limited number of student stipends to TAM students in recent years. Some of this funding has been tied to internships both in Berlin and DC.

In Bremen, research internships are often available to TAM students and can serve as an integral part of the program. Some of these positions may be paid. In addition, social policy coursework focuses on the economy and on health policy. We specifically recommend International and European Social Policy and Comparative Social Policy. These are both courses offered through Bremen’s MA Program in Social Policy. In the past, TAM students have also had the option to take classes through other MA programs offered in English at Bremen and at nearby Jacobs University.

Gothenburg is part of TAM’s and offers a double degree program with TAM. Within this track, TAM students have the opportunity to spend one year at UNC-CH and the following year at the University of Gothenburg. Once in Sweden, during the second year in the program, students who choose this option join Gothenburg’s Master’s of European Studies (MAES) Program.

Students have the opportunity to study the Nordic and Swedish welfare state model as well as European migration issues as they pursue the double degree option.

English-language instruction is on offer, and students find that most people speak English in Gothenburg.

Students enjoy the proximity to Brussels and availability of a well-established network in EU-institutions and other organizations involving European Studies alumni as well as distinguished members of the work-life council REGU.

Students also take part in study-visit trips to Brussels organized by their fellow students.

Students also have the possibility to an internship in the form of a fifth semester, in Sweden or another EU member state.

Finally, students may wish to join the well-established student organization, Brännpunkt Europa.

TAM students who opt to study at Sciences Po Grenoble in the French Alps join the School of European Governance’s (l’Ecole de Gouvernance européenne) MA Program at Sciences Po Grenoble for one or two semesters of overseas coursework. In the spring semester, the Specialist Module I at S-P Grenoble offers courses from January to March. TAM students then take part in individual study courses with S-P Grenoble faculty. In the fall semester, or SM II, TAM students in Grenoble take classes from September to December.

Students can opt to take all classes in English or do a mix of classes in English and French. In the latter case, they can hand in papers in English.
Students are able to take a French language class as part of their program

We do recommend that TAM students planning to study in Grenoble speak some French in order to get the most out of their stay in France.

Below are some of the courses for Grenoble (title in English = course in English, title in French = course in French):

SM I : Europeanisation of public policies, Droit européen de l’immigration et de l’asile, European Economic Governance, Welfare state in the EU, La politique européenne de voisinage, The EU and international security, and EU External Action

SM II : Seminar EU Law and Politics, Les entreprises dans l’Union européenne, European political parties, L’UE et la protection de l’environnement, Interest groups and collective action in the EU, Public Opinion in the EU, and The Relations between Europe and the US Since World War II

The complete listings are available here.

The Siena’s Specialist Module II, “From National to Global: Changing Perspectives on a Changing World”, is offered in collaboration with the MA in Political Science at the University of Siena. The Module examines the particular pressures to which Italy is subject. Course titles may include: Multiculturalism in Europe: the Mediterranean Dimension, From the Nation State to European Polity, The Political Economy of the EU, National Perspectives: Italy, Europe and the EU, European Perspectives: Migration, Culture, Markets, and Europe in Global Perspective. This module is primarily taught in English.