DIGITAL GAME DESIGN
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
BA2161	Business Law	Spring	3	0	3	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:	E-Learning
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. ELİF OKAN
Course Lecturer(s):	Assist. Prof. TUĞBA SEMERCİ VURALOĞLU Assist. Prof. ŞEBNEM KILIÇ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The main objective of this course is to raise legal awareness and legal reasoning about employment and commercial relations for the students of economics and administrative sciences. Therefore, the course aims to equip the students that are out of the legal discipline with entrepreneur skills as well as a comprehensive understanding about their rights and the legal concepts that they would encounter in their professional lives. The examples and discussions included in this course will enable them to navigate successfully and find legal solutions to business problems. They will also be able to conduct fair business practices and to assess legal consequences of their decisions by asking relevant questions about the subject matters and spotting problems with a critical approach.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
1.Determine the unfair business practices and sanctions, also unfair working conditions, such as discrimination and mobbing along with the decent work regulations.
2. Understand the basic terms of Employment Law and Commercial Law.
3. Analyze the rights and obligations of employee and employer, and the legal outcomes of termination of the contract
4. Possess knowledge in types of employment contracts and types of partnerships.
5. Evaluate the concept of concept of sustainability from the perspective of corporate governance rules, sustainable lease certificates, etc

Course Content

Upon successful completion of the course, students will have a broad theoretical background on fair business practices and business ethics principles such as non-discrimination, equality, and challenges against mobbing. By absorbing the course material, they can determine the legal foundations of respect for the differences and assess their deeds. During their activities in businesses, they will have the legal infrastructure necessary for an entrepreneur and can take decision and initiative within the framework of the legal rules that govern business and employment relations. They raise social awareness about social rights in their professional lives. They also have awareness of justice and occupational health and safety issues.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	The birth and development of the employment law will be examined. Within the scope of the course, the individual part of the employment law and its principles will be defined.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 1
2)	The key element for employment contract is the “subordination”. It will be thoroughly examined. The conditions for concluding a valid employment contract, and the terms of “employee”, “employer”, and “workplace” will be discussed as an introduction to the employment law.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 2
3)	The current components of an individual employment contract will be discussed considering distinctive features of the employment contract. The types will also be defined such as “employment contract for definite and indefinite periods”, “part-time and full-time contracts”, “contracts with a trial clause (probation)”, etc.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 3
4)	The obligations of the employee and the employer will be examined separately.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 4
5)	The basic social rights of the employees (such as the regulations on working time and rest periods) will be examined. Annual paid leave, its conditions and consequences will also be discussed.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 5
6)	The ending of an individual employment contract and its legal consequences will be examined. The concept of the just cause and immediate termination (summary termination) and its differences compared with the termination with the notice period will be discussed.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 6
7)	The employment security system and its aim will be introduced. The concept of severance pay, its conditions, and other related consequences arising from the termination of the contract will be discussed.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 7 • To reiterate all content
8)	Following an overview of the commercial law theories and the historical background of commercial law, the main pillars of the law of commercial enterprise will be addressed. The definition, legal nature, and transfer of commercial enterprise, pledge on movables in commercial transactions, the title of merchant and will be introduced.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 8
9)	Consequences of being merchant, merchant assistants, how they are appointed, the scope and limits of representation authority will be explained.	• To follow the video contant • To read the uploaded readings for Week 9
10)	Unfair competition rules with the sanctions of the unfair business practices will be explained. Company law will be introduced, especially as a branch of start-up law. Legal types of companies in Turkish law also will be introduced especially for entrepreneurs. The principle of “Limited Liability” and “Lifting the Corporate Veil” as an exception will be briefly explained.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 10
11)	Organs of the joint stock company, on this regard the board of directors, how they are appointed and dismissed will be addressed. Also, the composition and the organizational structure of the board of directors, the power and duties of the board of directors, rules of board meetings, rights and obligations of directors of the company, liability of directors, invalidity of the board of directors decisions and lastly the issue of conflict of interests will be examined.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 11
12)	Organs of the joint stock company, on this regard the general assembly will be examined.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 12
13)	Shareholders’ rights and obligations, securities, types of them in especially publicly held and private companies and dissolution of joint stock companies with liquidation procedure will be explained.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 13
14)	Concept of sustainability will be briefly explained. On this regard, some remarks, and evaluations about “Corporate Governance Rules”, “Sustainability Principles Compliance Outline” and “Guidelines on Green Debt Instruments”, “Sustainable Debt Instruments”, “Green Lease Certificates” and “Sustainable Lease Certificates” will be discussed. Electronic commerce law also constitutes an important branch for start-ups. The concept and the scope of electronic commerce, parties, features, effects of e-commerce on economic and social life and legislation applicable to e-commerce will be introduced with some remarks and evaluations on Law and secondary legislation on regulation of e-commerce.	• To follow the video content • To read the uploaded readings for Week 14 • To reiterate all content

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Şebnem Kılıç, ed., Introduction to Turkish Business Law, Peter Lang, Berlin 2022.

References:

Other required readings will be uploaded on virtual classroom on weekly basis. If you cannot access any material, please contact the instructor of the course.

Supplementary Resources:
• Tankut Centel, Introduction to Turkish Labour Law, Springer 2017 (accessible as e-book).
• Toker Dereli, Labour Law in Turkey, Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands 2015.
• Ömer Ekmekçi, M. Refik Korkusuz and Ömer Uğur, Turkish Individual Labour Law, On İki Levha Yayınları, İstanbul 2023.
• Mustafa Yasan, Fundamentals of Turkish Commercial Law, Ankara 2023.
• Melih Uğraş Erol, Introduction to Turkish Commercial Law, 4th Edition, Ankara 2022 (accessible via Turcademy).
• Refik Korkusuz and Ferna İpekel Kayalı, ed., Turkish Private Law, 2nd Edition, Ankara 2020.
• Rona Aybay, An Introduction to Law, Der Yayınları, İstanbul 2022.
• Tuğrul Ansay and Don Wallace Jr., Işık Önay, Introduction to Turkish Law, 7th Edition, Wolters Kluwer, The Netherlands 2020.

Other resources for students who demand additional information in Turkish:
• Öner Eyrenci, Savaş Taşkent, Devrim Ulucan, and Esra Baskan, Bireysel İş Hukuku, İstanbul 2020.
• Mehmet Bahtiyar, Ticari İşletme Hukuku, 22. Bası, İstanbul 2023.
• Mehmet Bahtiyar, Ortaklıklar Hukuku, 16. Bası, İstanbul 2022.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	2	% 20
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	13	39
Study Hours Out of Class	12	52
Quizzes	2	6
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		101

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)	Comprehend the conceptual importance of the game in the field of communication, ability to implement the player centered application to provide design.
2)	Analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information and ideas from various perspectives.
3)	Analyze the key elements that make up specific game genres, forms of interactions, mode of narratives and understand how they are employed effectively to create a successful game.
4)	Understand game design theories and methods as well as implement them during game development; to make enjoyable, attractive, instructional and immersive according to the target audience.
5)	Understand the technology and computational principles involved in developing games and master the use of game engines.
6)	Understand the process of creation and use of 2D and 3D assets and animation for video games.
7)	Understand and master the theories and methodologies of understanding and measuring player experience and utilize them during game development process.
8)	Comprehend and master how ideas, concepts and topics are conveyed via games followed by the utilization of these aspects during the development process.
9)	Manage the game design and development process employing complete documentation; following the full game production pipeline via documentation.
10)	Understand and employ the structure and work modes of game development teams; comprehend the responsibilities of team members and collaborations between them while utilizing this knowledge in practice.
11)	Understand the process of game publishing within industry standards besides development and utilize this knowledge practice.
12)	Pitching a video game to developers, publishers, and players; mastering the art of effectively communicating and marketing the features and commercial potential of new ideas, concepts or games.