LAW3065 Humanitarian LawBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
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
LAW3065 Humanitarian Law Spring 0 2 1 4
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 : Instructor MEHMET CENGİZ UZUN
Course Lecturer(s): Instructor ABDÜLKADİR KAYA
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to provide students with a legal and critical understanding of the major concepts and issues of International Humanitarian Law and to give all students an opportunity to develop their own analytic work.
As for analytic work, students are given opportunity to discuss in-depth some humanitarian crises such as, the wars in Bosnia and Croatia, The Rwandan genocide, operations in Afghanistan, and Iraq and the implications of the war on terrorism on the humanitarian agenda.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Recognize the major concepts and issues of International Humanitarian Law.
II. Experiment and develope analytic work on the implimentation of Four Geneva Conventions and its additional Protocols.
III. Analyze and given opportunity to extrapolate on the humanitarian crises such as, the wars in Bosnia and Croatia, The Rwandan genocide and discuss in-depth the probable preventive measures.
IV. Evaluate the challenges to humanitarian principles in time of armed conflict and peace operations and recognize the implications of the war on terrorism on the basis of the humanitarian agenda.

Course Content

Introduction to the International Humanitarian Law; International & non-international armed conflict, Persons protected under international humanitarian law, Humanitarian Law in practice.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the International Humanitarian Law --
2) International armed conflict --
3) Non-international armed conflict --
4) Persons protected under international humanitarian law --
5) (Part 1 of 4) Geneva Conventions and their additional Protocols --
6) (Part 2 of 4) Geneva Conventions and their additional Protocols --
7) (Part 3 of 4) Geneva Conventions and their additional Protocols --
8) (Part 4 of 4) Geneva Conventions and their additional Protocols --
9) (Part 1 of 5) Humanitarian law during the fight against terrorism; internal armed clashes etc, ad hoc international courts and their decisions. --
10) (Part 2 of 5) Humanitarian law during the fight against terrorism; internal armed clashes etc, ad hoc international courts and their decisions. --
11) (Part 3 of 5) Humanitarian law during the fight against terrorism; internal armed clashes etc, ad hoc international courts and their decisions. --
12) (Part 4 of 5) Humanitarian law during the fight against terrorism; internal armed clashes etc, ad hoc international courts and their decisions. --
13) (Part 5 of 5) Humanitarian law during the fight against terrorism; internal armed clashes etc, ad hoc international courts and their decisions. --
14) Review of the semester

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: İnsancıl Hukuka Giriş, Doç.Dr.Ayşe Nur Tütüncü, Mart-2006 İstanbul. Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım A.Ş.

On the Laws of War, Adam Roberts, Richard Guelff, Oxford University Press, 2002
References: --

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Final 1 % 100
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 0
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 100
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 2 28
Final 1 60 60
Total Workload 88

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.