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
LAW3007	Drafting Contracts I	Spring	0	2	1	4

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	E-Learning
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. ZAFER KAHRAMAN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course provides an in-depth exploration of the principles and practices of contract drafting. Students will learn how to create clear, concise, and enforceable contracts through a combination of theoretical instruction and practical exercises. Emphasis will be placed on understanding legal requirements, addressing potential issues, and mastering the language of contracts.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students who successfully complete this course will:
1. Understand the fundamental principles of contract law.
2. Develop skills to draft clear and enforceable contracts.
3. Learn to identify and address common contractual issues.
4. Gain proficiency in using standard contractual clauses.
5. Enhance ability to review and revise existing contracts.

Course Content

1. Overview/Translating the Business Deal into Contract Concepts
2. The Building Blocks of Contracts: The Seven Contract Concepts (1): Representations & Warranties, Covenants and Rights
3. The Building Blocks of Contracts: The Seven Contract Concepts (2): Conditions, Discretionary Authority, and Declarations
4. Drafting a Contract’s Parts (Overview)
5. Introductory Provisions & Definitions
6. Action Sections & Closing-Related Provisions
7. Endgame, Boilerplate Provisions & Signatures
8. Midterm
9. Drafting Termination & Renewal Clauses, Handling Disputes
10. Drafting Confidentiality Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
11. Drafting Force Majeure & Hardship Clauses
12. Drafting Indemnity, Limitation of Liability & Risk Allocation Clauses
13. Vitiating Factors & Remedies for breach of contract
14. Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Overview/Translating the Business Deal into Contract Concepts
2)	The Building Blocks of Contracts: The Seven Contract Concepts (1): Representations & Warranties, Covenants and Rights
3)	The Building Blocks of Contracts: The Seven Contract Concepts (2): Conditions, Discretionary Authority, and Declarations
4)	Drafting a Contract’s Parts (Overview)
5)	Introductory Provisions & Definitions
6)	Action Sections & Closing-Related Provisions
7)	Endgame, Boilerplate Provisions & Signatures
8)	Midterm
9)	Drafting Termination & Renewal Clauses, Handling Disputes
10)	Drafting Confidentiality Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
11)	Drafting Force Majeure & Hardship Clauses
12)	Drafting Indemnity, Limitation of Liability & Risk Allocation Clauses
13)	Vitiating Factors & Remedies for breach of contract
14)	Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

Sources

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
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	13	2	26
Study Hours Out of Class	13	6	78
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			108

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.