COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRADE LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MVU 4122 TRADE LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

ACCOUNTING AND TAX APPLICATIONS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR R. ŞEBNEM YAŞAR

Offered to

ACCOUNTING AND TAX APPLICATIONS
ACCOUNTING AND TAX APPLICATIONS (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge of fundamental concepts of Commercial Law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to understand the scope of commercial law.
2   Being able to explain the concepts of commercial enterprise, merchant, and commercial transaction.
3   Being able to distinguish trade name, business name and trademark.
4   Being able to explain the characteristics of different types of companies.
5   Being able to classify negotiable instruments.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and scope of Commercial Law and Turkish Commercial Code
2 Concepts of commercial enterprise, merchant, and commercial transaction
3 Consequences of being a merchant
4 Merchant assistants, current account agreement
5 Trade name, business name
6 Trademark law
7 Unfair competition
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Concept of company, classification of companies, ordinary partnerships
10 General partnerships, general partnerships with limited liability
11 Limited liability companies
12 Stock corporations
13 Cooperatives
14 Concept and classification of negotiable instruments
15 Promissory note, letter of exchange and check

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: Mustafa Çeker, Ticaret Hukuku, Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2018
Supplemantary book: Yılmaz Aslan, Ticaret Hukuku, Ekin Yayınları, 2019

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Question and Answer
3. Case studies

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes will be assessed by mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to attend 70% of the course. For other policies and rules please refer to related regulations of Dokuz Eylül University and The Council of Higher Education.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.yasar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00
Thursday 20:30 - 21:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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