SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
EUR3321 | EU Law | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Hybrid |
Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Assoc. Prof. CEREN ZEYNEP PİRİM Assoc. Prof. SEMİHA ÖZGÜR ÜNAL ERİŞ Instructor ABDÜLKADİR KAYA |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The overall aim of the course is for the students to attain basic knowledge of the EU legal system. Firstly, the students will be introduced to the historical background of the EU and its institutional structure as well as a cursory overview of the common market. The character of sources of Union law and the legislative process are thereafter will be elaborated. Furthermore, the relationship between the legal system of the EU and those of the Member States will be the main focus of the course. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Evaluate if /how the co-decision procedure enhanced a more democratic environment within the EU. 2. Differentiate between levels of legislation (primary legislation vs. secondary legislation) in terms of their effects. 3. Analyze the case law via the relevant Treaty Articles. 4. Demonstrate the significance and effect of regulations and directives in different member states. 5. Explain the extent and limits of the powers of the European Union, including central principles and the role of EU courts. |
The Development of European Integration; The Role of the Commission; The Role of the Council; The Role of the European Parliament; The EU Legislation; Court of Justice; Actions Against Member States; Judicial Review of EU Acts. Preliminary Rulings; Direct Effect of Community Law; Supremacy of EU Law; “Cassis de Dijon” and the Development of Free Movement Rules. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | The Development of European Integration. | |
2) | The Role of the Commission. | |
3) | The Role of the Council. | |
4) | The Role of the European Parliament. | |
5) | EU Legislation | |
6) | Court of Justice | |
7) | Actions Against Member States | |
8) | Judicial Review of EU Acts. | |
9) | Preliminary Rulings. | |
10) | Direct Effect of Community Law | |
11) | Supremacy of EU Law | |
12) | “Cassis de Dijon” and the Development of Free Movement Rules | |
13) | EU Law- various subjects | |
14) | EU law - various subjects |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Required Reading: PaulCraig and Grainne De Burca, “EU Law”, Oxford University Press, 3rd ed., 2003 (ISBN: 9780199279435) Recommended Readings: Trevor C. Hartley , “The Foundations of European Union Law : an Introduction to the Constitutional and Administrative Law of the European Union”, Oxford University Press, 7th ed., 2010 (ISBN: 0199566755) Nigel Foster, “EC Legislation”, Oxford University Press, 16th ed., 2009 (ISBN: 0199283109) Apart from the main textbooks, essential readings or articles, when there is relevance, will be distributed in advance of the topics. Apart from the main textbooks, essential readings or articles, when there is relevance, will be distributed in advance of the topics. |
References: | Supplemental readings and other media will be assigned on a weekly basis, and can be found via ItsLearning. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 80 |
Midterms | 1 | 1.5 |
Final | 1 | 1.5 |
Total Workload | 125 |
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. |