SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
LAW1001	Fundamentals of Law I	Spring	3	0	3	8

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ZAFER KAHRAMAN Instructor İSMAİL PAMUK
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The main objective of the Course is to introduce to the students the basic principles of law that they will need in their daily and professional lives.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Learns the rules of social order and their relations with each other,
II. Lears the characteristics of legal rules distinguishing them from other rules of social order.
III. Learns the principles regarding the application of legal rules.
IV. Learns the sources of law and their characteristics.
V. Learns the legal systems of the world and their distinctive characteristics
VI. Learns the basis of public law private law seperation.
VII. Learns the basic principles of the law of persons.
VIII. Learns the basic principles of the commercial law.
IX. Learns the types of business associations and basic rules applicable to them.
X. Learns the basic concepts of law of obligations

Course Content

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	1. Discussion on Syllbus, class rules and requirements. 2. Law and Other Rules of Social Conduct: -Society and Order	Rona Aybay, An Introduction to Law ( 4. Ed. pp.1-10 and New ed. pp. 21-25)
2)	Law and Other Rules of Social Conduct: 1. Moral Order 2. Religious Order 3. Rules of Manner (Etiquette)	Rona Aybay, An Introduction to Law ( 4. Ed. pp.7-24 and New ed. pp. 26-46)
3)	1. Characteristics Which Distinguish Legal Rules (Norms) from Other Rules of Conduct 2. Application of the Legal Rules	Rona Aybay, An Introduction to Law ( 4. Ed. pp.25-48 and New ed. pp. 47-73)
4)	Application of the Legal Rules	Rona Aybay, An Introduction to Law ( 4. Ed. pp.25-48 and New ed. pp. 47-73)
5)	Sources of the Law	Class note provided by the instructor.
6)	The Judiciary	1) Note provided by the instructor 2) Websites of the high courts
7)	1) Legal Systems of the World 2) Review for midterm exam	Rona Aybay, An Introduction to Law ( 4. Ed. pp. 53-57 and New ed. pp. 77-85)
8)	1) Kamu Hukuku Özel Hukuku Ayrımı 2) Kişiler Hukuku (Gerçek kişiler)	Rona Aybay, An Introduction to Law ( 4. Ed. pp. 59-67 and New ed. pp. 85-92 and 136-140) Tuğrul Ansay & Don Wallance Jr, Introduction to Turkish Law (pp. 92-112)
9)	1) Review of the midterm questions 2) Law of Persons: Legal Persons, Societies and Foundations	Tuğrul Ansay & Don Wallance Jr, Introduction to Turkish Law (pp. 103-112 and 116-117)
10)	1. The Law of Persons (cont’d) 2. Commercial Law	Tuğrul Ansay & Don Wallance Jr, Introduction to Turkish Law (pp. 103-112 and 116-117) The note that will be provided by the instructor
11)	1. Commercial Law (Con't) 2. Business Associations	The notes that will be provided by the instructor
12)	Business Associations (cont'd)	The notes that will be provided by the instructor
13)	Law of Obligations	The Law of Obligations Tuğrul Ansay & Don Wallance Jr, Introduction to Turkish Law (pp.159-173)
14)	Labor Law	Note that will provided by the instructor

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	-Rona Aybay, An Introduction to Law, Alfa Publishing -Tuğrul Ansay & Don Wallance Jr, Introduction to Turkish Law,6th Edition or newer -Notes that will be issued by the instructor
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	10	% 0
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 60
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Midterms	1	30	30
Final	1	50	50
Total Workload			164

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2)	Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3)	Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4)	Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5)	Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6)	Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7)	Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8)	Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9)	Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10)	Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11)	Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12)	Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13)	Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.