COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE II (ENGLISH)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 1047 OCCUPATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE II (ENGLISH) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TÜRKER ERTAŞ

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

Having English equivalents of fundamental legal concepts ascertained, improving translation from English to Turkish and by this way, having English legal texts comprehended easily.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to know English equivalents of fundamental legal concepts.
2   To have an ability of comprehending Turkish legal texts and identifying English equivalents of fundamental concepts in these texts.
3   To have a competence of reading Turkish texts about rule of law, democracy, human rights and expressing English equivalents of these fundamental concepts.
4   To be able to clarify English texts about the relations between a state and an individual.
5   To have an ability of making translation of English texts related with fundamental legal concepts in Turkish.
6   To be able to express different kinds of court decisions in English.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Translation about European Union
2 Translation about European Comission
3 Translation about Council of the European Union
4 Translation about European Parliament
5 Having fundamental legal terms in English introduced (Terms about constitutional law)
6 Translation about the system and the duties of Constitutional Court
7 Translation about the constitutional review of Constitutional Court
8 Having fundamental legal terms in English introduced (Terms about civil law)
9 Translation about Universal Declaration of Human Rights
10 Having fundamental legal terms in English introduced (Terms about fundamental rights and freedoms)
11 Translation about European Convention on Human Rights
12 Having fundamental legal terms in English introduced (Terms about European Convention on Human Rights)
13 Translation about comparative constitutional developments
14 Midterm Exam
15 Midterm Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana kaynak:Tuğrul Ansay-Don Wallace, Introduction to Turkish Law, 2011
Rona Aybay-An Introduction to Law, 2009
Yardımcı kaynaklar: Law dictionaries, Decisions of European Court of Human Rights.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Making translations, having English legal terms ascertained and interactive participation of students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

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 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 29 29
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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