COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
PIR 309	D	5	0	6	0	3	5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Dr. Reina Shehi rzenelaj@epoka.edu.al , Friday 10:00-12:00
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered)	Bachelor in Political Science and International Relations (3 years)
Classroom and Meeting Time:	D104/ 14:45-16:30
Code of Ethics:	Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:	60% mandatory
Course Description:	The students of the Bachelor study program in Political Science and International Relations are required to conduct a Professional Practice in places such government organizations, municipalities, NGOs, private companies, international organizations, etc. They do Professional Practice in the 5th semester of their studies. At the end of the Professional Practice, they should produce a report in the form of Professional Practice Report. The students who finish the Professional Practice they must submit a certificate of completion from the place they have done Professional Practice, to ensure that Professional Practice has been completed. At the end of the Professional Practice, students are graded with a letter grade provided based on the certificate of completion and the report.
Course Objectives:	This course does not aim to provide additional substantive material or methodological toolkit, the way typical graduate courses do. Its goal is rather to test students on core courses of Political Science and International Relations they attended throughout their bachelor studies. Final Comprehensive Exam for Political Science and International Relations department will contain 50 questions out of a pool of 201 questions students will be provided during the course. The exam will be graded according to the proportions decided by the department prior to the exam. Students will be graded from FF to AA in accordance with their results shown in the exam. Passing grade is DD, as in other courses. The grade taken from the exam will affect the student GPA.

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	Politics
2	International Relations
3	Public Policy

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Presentation. Introduction to the Course
2	Question Booklet Delivery
3	Practical Session/Exercises
4	Self Evaluation
5	Practical Session/Exercises
6	Self Evaluation
7	Practical Session/Exercises
8	Self Evaluation
9	Practical Session/Exercises
10	Self evaluation
11	Practical Session/Exercises
12	Self evaluation
13	Practical Session/Exercises
14	Review for Final comprehensive exam

Prerequisite(s):	N/A
Textbook(s):	Learning Materials of core courses included in the final comprehensive exam.
Additional Literature:
Laboratory Work:	N/A
Computer Usage:	N/A
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Students will review and refresh knowledge from different disciplines of Political Science and International Relations.
2	Students will go through several practical sessions
3	Students will test themselves through continuous self assessments

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Political Science and International Relations (3 years) Program
1	Having and using advanced knowledge and comprehension supported by textbooks including actual knowledge in political sciences and international relations literature, materials and the other scientific resources.	5
2	Analyzing data, ideas and concepts of current political issues and international relations, determining complex events and topics, making discussions and developing new suggestions in accordance with researches.	4
3	Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects.	5
4	Introducing those who are interested in politics and international events with the topics of Political Science and IR and teaching clearly the problems and the types of solutions.	5
5	Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations.	5
6	Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently.	4
7	Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena.	5
8	Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones.	5
9	Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles.	3
10	Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge.	3
11	Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments.	5
12	Having consciousness about human rights and environment.	5
13	Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Final Exam	1	100
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	6.6	99
Mid-terms			0
Assignments			0
Final examination	1	3	3
Other			0
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			5

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

NA