COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FSH 0024 BASIC LAW ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty Of Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BAŞAK KARPUZ

Offered to

Physics(Evening)
Chemistry
Biology
Statistics(Evening)
Computer Science
Mathematics (Evening)
Statistics
Chemistry (Evening)
Mathematics (English)
Physics
Faculty Of Science

Course Objective

The rules governing the social life, classification of legal principles, law, morality, legal values, order of law, positive - natural law, different legal definitions, problems about sanctions in law, the concept of rights, the hierarchy of legal rules, methods of interpretation in law, law-making techniques, civil jurisdiction, courts, reasoning in law, division of public and private law, explanations on the different branches of law, the basic concepts of law and institutions, to gain general information on legal trends.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows and explains the rules regulating social life, the general principle of law, the legal principles and the concepts.
2   Understands and applies the logic of solutions to current legal problems.
3   Classifies in various aspects of the rules and grades.
4   Explains the branches of law with samples.
5   Helps to explain the general structure of the judicial organization.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Society and law
2 Specialty of legal principles
3 Sources of law
4 Branches of law
5 Branches involved in the area of the public law
6 Branches involved in the area of the private law
7 Interpretation and application of law
8 Midterm exam
9 To apply sanctions in law
10 To apply sanctions in law
11 The basic concepts of law and institutions
12 The basic concepts of law and institutions
13 Jurisdiction
14 Jurisdiction

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Anayurt, Ömer (2011), Hukuka Giriş ve Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi; Gözler, Kemal (2011). Genel Hukuk Bilgisi, Bursa: Ekin Yayınevi; Aybay, Aydın/Aybay Rona (2011), Hukuka Giriş, Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

question-answer, discussion

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exam, attendance

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

basak.karpuz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.144
LO.24
LO.34
LO.433
LO.5