COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN RIGHTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 4030 HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology
Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

The main goal of this course is to give information and make students to have an describing on historical development and the character of concepts like human rights and civil society .

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to introduce concepts of human rights
2   To be able to study on fundamental rights and how to protect them
3   To be able to familiarize with the fundamental texts on human rights
4   To be able to familiarize with institutions of human rights
5   To be able to express how to use and utilize human rights reports
6   To be able to study on main principles of democracy and current implementations
7   To be able to study on the development of civil society in both Ottoman period and after Türkiye become a Republic. To learn about NGOs in both periods.
8   To be able to explain the importance of NGOs as the third sector in terms of its participation to government for a world in which all societies can live in peace. To understand the methods of this

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concepts of human rights, civil society and democracy
2 The concepts of human rights, civil society and democracy
3 The concepts of human rights, civil society and democracy
4 First generation rights
5 Second generation rights
6 Third generation rights
7 Main documents on human rights
8 Associations and instutions on human rights
9 Midterm exam
10 Human rights reports and situations in different countries
11 Main principles of democracy and current implementations
12 NGOs in the Ottoman period

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13
LO.22344
LO.3233
LO.43
LO.524
LO.624
LO.73
LO.8