COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE EU

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAV 5078 HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE EU ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

European Union Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SERDAR NARIN

Offered to

European Union Law

Course Objective

To learn the general organic structure of European Union. To have knowledge about the
relationship between EU and human rights

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about organic structure of EU
2   To have knowledge about human rights
3   To understand the functions of EU s bodys about human rights
4   To understand the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
5   To understand the relationship between EU and ECHR

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, overview
2 Organic structure of EU
3 Concept of human rights
4 The emergence of human rights
5 The impact of EU bodies for the protection of human rights
6 EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
7 Rights and freedoms protected under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
8 Comparison of the European Convention on Human Rights and the ECHR
9 EU's problem to be party to the ECHR
10 Presentations
11 Presentations
12 Presentations
13 Presentations
14 Presentations
15 Presentations
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Fundamental sources: Belgin Akçay ve Ilke Göçmen (Ed.) Avrupa Birliği: Tarihçe,
Teoriler, Kurumlar ve Politikalar, Seçkin Yayıncılık.
Secondary sourcesr: AB Resmi Internet Sitesi, http://europa.eu/index_en.htm. ve diğer
kaynaklar.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and presentations of homeworks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Testing the knowladge by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 8 3 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 40 40
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 7 3 21
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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