COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IMT 3108 BASIC LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ATALAY GÜNDÜZ

Offered to

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
English Translation and Interpreting

Course Objective

The course objective is to inform students on varioys fields of law; to introduce various legal systems; and to familiarize them with the lingual features of various legal texts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be knowledgable on basic legal issues
2   Explain basic legal concepts
3   Learn and compare various legal systems
4   Learn and compare basic Turkish and international judicial systems
5   Learn and use the discourse and terminology of both target and source legal texts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 The concept of law
3 The enforcement of law
4 Legal systems
5 Constitutional Law
6 Mid-term
7 Administrative Law
8 Criminal Law
9 Public International Law
10 Civil Law
11 Law of Persons
12 Law of Obligations
13 Commercial Law
14 Turkish and International legal systems

Recomended or Required Reading

Aybay, Rona (2013) An Introduction to Law, Alfa Basım, Istanbul.
Various texts on the topics specified in the weekly program.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures will be made face-to-face in an interactive way. Students will practice critical thinking and develop reading skills. Reading activities will be performed in a dynamic, critical and effective way, with special emphasis on text types.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG 1 ASSIGNMENT 1
3 ASG 2 ASSIGNMENT 2
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG 1* 0.20 + ASG 2 * FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG 1 * 0.20 + ASG 2 * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

There will be one mid-term and one final exam in a term. Students will be given reading texts and assignments on legal issues. Students will be expected to read the texts, to do the assigned homeworks and to participate in classroom discussion.

Assessment Criteria

1. There will be one mid-term and one final exam.
2. Students will be given reading texts and assignments on legal issues. Students will be expected to read the texts, to do the assigned homeworks and to participate in classroom discussion.
3. Students will be given one assignment for individual research.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is obligatory.
2. Students are expected to be prepared for the lesson.
3. Any attempt at or acts of plagiarism will be considered as disciplinary action.
4. Non-attendance will not be an excuse for the late submission of homework assignment

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 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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