AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
LAW2082 | Theory of Rights | Fall | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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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 : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ELİF KÜZECİ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None. |
Course Objectives: | This course's main objective is to define the contemporary laws basic principles such as ¨right¨, ¨human rights¨ and ¨public liberty¨. In the manner of this the birth and the evolution to the concepts ¨rights¨ and ¨human rights¨ will be narrated to the students. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The outcomes will be; - Gets basic knowledges about the relation between law and politics. - Apprehends the basic value in the soul of the concepts ¨rights¨, ¨human rights¨ and ¨public liberties¨. - Learns the meanings of the concepts ¨right¨, ¨human rights¨ and ¨public liberties¨. - Learns the historical roots of the concepts ¨human rights¨ and ¨public liberties¨. - Apprehends the modern structure of ¨human rights¨ and ¨public liberties¨. - Gets basic knowledges about the evolution and the approaches to the subject in Turkish history. - Attains enough information to be able to discuss current discussions about the subject. |
I. Explanation of the relation between the concepts ¨right¨ and ¨human rights¨. II. Exposurement of the expression public liberties. III. Ideation source of human rights. IV. Historical evolution of human rights. V. Starting the practices of human rights doctrine. VI. Valuation of modern-democratic understanding of liberty. VII.Human rights and political systems. VIII. Human rights and economic facts. IX. Limitation of human rights. X. Protection of human rights. XI. Limitation of the government and the theory of rights. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Explanation of the relation between the concepts ¨right¨ and ¨human rights¨. | |
2) | Explanation of the relation between the concepts ¨right¨ and ¨human rights¨. - II | |
3) | Exposurement of the expression public liberties. | |
4) | Ideation source of human rights. | |
5) | Ideation the source of human rights- II | |
6) | Historical evolution of human rights. | |
7) | Historical evolution of the human rights- II | |
8) | Starting the practices of human rights doctrine. | |
9) | Valuation of modern-democratic understanding of liberty. | |
10) | Human rights and political systems. | |
11) | Human rights and economic facts. | |
12) | Limitation of human rights. | |
13) | Protection of human rights. | |
14) | Limitation of the government and the theory of rights. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Münci Kapani, Kamu Hürriyetleri, Yetkin, Ankara 1993. Ahmet Mumcu, Elif Küzeci, İnsan Hakları ve Kamu Özgürlükleri, Ankara 2011. Jack Donelly, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice,2003. |
References: | Donald G. Tannenbaum, David Schultz, Siyasi Düşünce Tarihi, Adres, 2011. Gökçen Alpkaya ve diğ., İnsan Hakları, YKY, 2000. İbrahim Ö. Kaboğlu, Özgürlükler Hukuku, İmge, 2002. Leslie Lipson, Uygarlığın Ahlaki Bunalımları, İş Bankası Yayınları, 2000. Mehmet Semih Gemalmaz, Devlet, Birey ve Özgürlük, Legal, 2012. İoanna Kuçuradi, İnsan Hakları: Kavramları ve Sorunları, Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu, 2011. Siyasal Düşünce, der. Michael Rosen, Jonathan Wolff, Dost, 2006. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 70 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 30 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 70 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | 16 |
Midterms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Final | 1 | 30 | 30 |
Total Workload | 89 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. | |
2) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. | |
3) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. | 4 |
4) | Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. | 4 |
5) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. | 4 |
6) | Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. | 3 |
7) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. | 3 |
8) | Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. | 3 |
9) | Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. | 4 |