COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SELECTED TOPICS IN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IAÇ 5033 SELECTED TOPICS IN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Conflict Resolution (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞE GÜL KÖKKILINÇ

Offered to

Conflict Resolution (English)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to provide students with the advanced level of knowledge on human rights protection.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   acquire advanced level of knowledge on human rights protection
2   evaluate critically the acquired knowledge on conflicts, theory and the application.
3   define and analyse conflicts which require specialization, offer a solution by referring to related theoretical approaches, reach a conclusion and report it verbally and writing.
4   achive self-disipline and take responsibility for their own acts and decisions.
5   develop skills of critical analyse on relations to political, socio-cultural, economic in internal and international arena.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of Human Rights
2 Human Rights Protection in The United States
3 UN Human Rights Mechanisms
4 Human Rights Council
5 Human Rights Commission
6 Human Rights Regional Protection
7 European System
8 African System
9 American System
10 Protection of Human Rights in Türkiye
11 Cases
12 Cases
13 Cases
14 Cases

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced later.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussion

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Understanding the importance of human rights in conflict resolution
Analyzing related issues
Evaluation of concepts and related problems

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Plagiarism will be subject to diciplinary inquiry.
At least 70 % of attendence will be required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysegul.kokkilinc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

One hour before and after the class

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 147

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.15
LO.24
LO.34
LO.43
LO.54