LAW3007 Drafting Contracts IBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs FILM AND TELEVISIONGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
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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
LAW3007 Drafting Contracts I Fall 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:
Course Coordinator :
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The main objective of the course is to understand the different kinds of contract that can be made and how they are written. WE will discuss contracts as an instrument of commerce, administration and law and we will analyze how contracts are formed via their structure and content. At the end of the course each student should be able to construct and write relevant clauses for a give contract.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Defines the skeleton of an agreement
II. Creates the style of an agreement
III. Resolves the legal english problems for being able to draft an agreement
IV. Forms different clauses which have to be drafted in an agreement
V. Gives the ability of interpretation of an agreement

Course Content

Week 1: Introduction. Structure. Commencement, Recitals, Operative Part, Definitions Section.
Week 2: Paragraphing and reference use
Week 3: Vocabulary and Style of contracts
Week 4: Dealing with mathematical formula and time periods
Week 5: Legal English constructions
Week 6: Legal English translational tools
Week 7: Various forms of Clause
Week 8: midterm exam
Week 9: Access and Adapt model clauses for purpose
Week 10: Understanding how a contract may be interpreted
Week 11: Different methods of interpretation
Week 12: Translational skills
Week 13: Presentation
Week 14: Review For Final Exam
Week 15: Review For Final Exam
Week 16: Final exam






Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Week 1: Introduction. Structure. Commencement, Recitals, Operative Part, Definitions Section.
2) Week 2: Paragraphing and reference use
3) Week 3: Vocabulary and Style of contracts
4) Week 4: Dealing with mathematical formula and time periods
5) Week 5: Legal English constructions
6) Week 6: Legal English translational tools
7) Week 7: Various forms of Clause
8) Review
9) Week 9: Access and Adapt model clauses for purpose
10) Week 10: Understanding how a contract may be interpreted
11) Week 11: Different methods of interpretation
12) Week 12: Translational skills
13) Week 13: Presentation
14) Week 14: Review For Final Exam

Sources

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Presentation 1 % 20
Midterms 1 % 25
Final 1 % 45
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 55
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 45
Total % 100

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) Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society 4
2) Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art 3
3) Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area 1
4) Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey 1
5) Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product 2
6) Being able to write a script ready to be shot 2
7) Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment
8) Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations
9) Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages
10) Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage
11) Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white 3
12) Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility 5