GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION TO LAW/RTS-231
Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO LAW
Credits 3 ECTS 4
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. Ahmet ÇİFTCİ
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  www.gazi.edu.tr/iletisimfakultesi
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  aciftci@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Acqusition of Basic Law information and knowledge.
To be able to solve the daily legal problems.
To be able to prepare oneself for the law courses that will be taken at the upper classes.
To learn basic legal terms of law.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face and question-answer.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Sources of Social Conduct Rules: Religious Rules, Moral Rules, Rules of Goodmanners,Habits and Customs, and Law.
2. Week  Sources of Social Conduct Rules: Law (Legal rules)
3. Week  The concept of law, the source of law, the elments of a legal provision, the aims and objects of law, prequesities of law.
4. Week  The classificition of legal rules, the systems of law, the codificiation of law.
5. Week  The concept of sanction and sorts of sanction.
6. Week  Sources of Turkish positive law. Hierarchy among legal norms.
7. Week  Sources of Turkish positive law.
8. Week  Sources of Turkish positive law.
9. Week  The branches of Positive Law: Public Law - Private Law - Sui Generis Law; and the criteria for this classification.
10. Week  The branches of Positive Law: Public Law - Private Law - Sui Generis Law; and the criteria for this classification, basic legal terms.
11. Week  Interpretation sorts and methods of legal rules.
12. Week  The concepts of 'right', 'freedom', and 'duty'; The classification of rights; Fundamental rights and freedoms and duties.
13. Week  The concept of 'State'; The sorts of State as regards different aspects; The founding elements of a State; The concepts of 'Citizen', "Foreigner
14. Week  The International organizations and the relation between Turkey and International Organizations such as UN, EU, NATO, The Council of Europe, AGIT, İsl
15. Week  ---
16. Week  ---
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1- ÇİFTCİ, Ahmet; Vatandaşlık Bilgisi Demokrasi ve İnsan Hakları, 2. Baskı, Gündüz Yayınevi, Ankara - 2008.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  ---
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
0
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
10
10
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
100
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4
 ECTS: 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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2
3
4
5
1Explains theories, methods, concepts and relationships between concepts about radio television and cinema field.X
2Diagnoses the processes, methods and techniques about the production of scientific knowledge in radio television and cinema field.X
3Express the theoretical and practice-based knowledge about radio television and cinema field.X
4Associates the social, historical, cultural, political and economic dimensions of comunicationX
5Uses shot, production and post production in an effective way in the field of radio television and cinema.X
6Commentates media texts with a with a critical perspective.X
7Uses effectively information and communication technologies.X
8Rearranges the knowledge in other disciplines of the social sciences for using it in the area of expertiseX
9Makes works in the field of radio television and cinema with taking responsibility individually and in groupsX
10Find ways to access the knowledge in the field of radio television and cinema.X
11Follows theories, methods and technologies in the field of radio television and cinema.X
12Transfers his/her ideas and suggestions regarding the problems to the relevant persons and institutions by supporting quantitative and qualitative data.X
13Acts with social responsibility and carry outs works which are appropriate with ethical rules, laws, regulations and legislation in the field of radio television and cinema.X
14Uses competently the theories, methods, tools and technologies in the field of radio television and cinema.X