PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY
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
IB3310	International Business Law	Spring Fall	3	0	3	5

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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:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Instructor İSMAİL PAMUK
Course Lecturer(s):	Instructor İSMAİL PAMUK Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYŞE ŞAHİN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	An examination of the principles, foundations, and institutions of international law regulating financial, commercial, maritime, and trade transactions across international frontiers. This is private international law, which is distinguished from public international law, or traditional interstate relations, and international organization. International business law includes, but is not limited to, the World Trade Organization (WTO), international business transactions, international conflict of laws, problems of international trade and investment, and the overall legal structure of international economic relations.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course knows;
1. Basic characteristics of Public International Law, its sources and persons;
2. Relevance of Private International Law to international business disputes;
3. International Economic Organizations to include their establishment, mandates and organs;
4. Issues of International Economic Law to include regulation of the international trade and international monetary system;
5. Rules governing International Sales Contracts as regulated under CISG.
6. Major contracts types covered by INCOTERMS and responsibilities of the parties for every type.
7. Rules of Conventions regarding the international carriage of goods with different methods to include carriage by road, by sea, by rail and by air;
8. Payment methods and documentation in international sale contracts;

Course Content

Public International Law;
Subjects of the International Business Law;
International Economic Organizations;
Private International Law;
Regulation of the International Trade:
International Monetary System;
International Sales Contracts;
Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods;
Payment Methods and Documentation in International Sale Contracts
Foreign Investment

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	-Discussion on Syllabus, class rules and requirements. -Introductory remarks -Public International Law	Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.249-261.
2)	-Subjects of the International Business Law -International Economic Organizations	Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.281-311
3)	Private International Law	Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.262-281. Tuğrul Ansay& Eric. C. Schneider, Introduction to Turkish Business Law, (2nd Edition) pp.221-232
4)	Regulation of the International Trade	Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.311-338
5)	-Regulation of the International Trade -International Monetary System	Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.311-338 and pp.339-374.
6)	International Monetary System	Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.339-374
7)	Midterm
8)	International Sales Contracts	Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp. 375-408
9)	-International Sales Contract	Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp. 375-408
10)	Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods	Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp. 409-438
11)	Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods	Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp. 409-438
12)	Payment Methods and Documentation in International Sale Contracts.	Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp. 440-465.
13)	International Commercial Arbitration in Turkey	Tuğrul Ansay& Eric. C. Schneider, Introduction to Turkish Business Law, (2nd Edition) pp. 245-257
14)	Foreign Investment	Tuğrul Ansay& Eric. C. Schneider, Introduction to Turkish Business Law, (2nd Edition), pp. 233-245

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	- Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing). -Tuğrul Ansay& Eric. C. Schneider, Introduction to Turkish Business Law, (2nd Edition)
References:	Milletlerarası Ticaret Hukuku, Nuray Ekşi 2010

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	2	% 70
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 30
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 70
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Midterms	1	25	25
Final	1	35	35
Total Workload			144

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)	To prepare the students to become communication professionals by focusing on strategic thinking, professional writing, ethical practice and innovative use of traditional and new media
2)	To be able to create effective public relations plans using fundamental planning components that include situation analysis, public profile, objectives, strategies and tactics.
3)	To be able to apply theoretical concepts related to mass communication, consumer behavior, psychology, persuasion,sociology, marketing, and other related fields to understand how public realtions works.
4)	To be able to have the ability to explain and identify problems associated with the relationships between events and facts in the areas of public relations, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
5)	To be able to analyze primary and secondary research data in the fields of perception and reputation management and corporate communication practices.
6)	To be able to search, write, and design articles, newsletters, and fliers, brochures, and announcements, in styles and formats appropraite various audiences, mediums and settings.
7)	To be able to apply the underlying theories of communication and the necessities of work safety to different types of public relations processes and campaigns.
8)	To be able to develop creative and persuasive management skills in terms of reputation, employee relations, leadership and similar corporate practices.
9)	To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity or as a team in generating solutions to given scenarios which can occur in public relations processes.
10)	To be able to understand how an organizational culture works and how employees and leaders create messages as a communication tool.
11)	To be able to critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools and ideas in the field of public relations.
12)	To be able to to use information, communication technologies and computer software with the required level of public relations, marketing communication, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
13)	To be able to explain and describe business marketing activities, economics, business law and global business practices.
14)	To be able to recognize national and international, social and cultural dimensions of public relations.