GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION TO LAW/HİT-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)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/aciftci
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  aciftci@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Acquisition 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,customary law, and Law.
2. Week  Sources of Social Conduct Rules: Law (Legal rules)
3. Week  The concept of law, the source of law, the elements of a legal provision, the aims and objects of law, prequesities of law.
4. Week  The classification of legal rules, the systems of law, the codification of law.
5. Week  The concept of sanction and sorts of sanction. Functions of sanction
6. Week  Sources of Turkish positive law. Hierarchy among legal norms.
7. Week  Sources of Turkish positive law.(Laws, Decrees having Force of Law)
8. Week  Midterm
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  International organizations and the relation between Turkey and International Organizations such as UN, EU, NATO, The Council of Europe, AGIT
15. Week  Genel değerlendirme
16. Week  Final
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1) ANSAY, Tuğrul, WALLACE JR, Don; Introduction to Turkish Law, 3 th Edition, Klumer Law and Taxation Publishers, Deventer, Netherlands-1987. 2) GÜVEN, Kudret; General Principles of Turkish Law, Gazi Büro Kitabevi, Ankara-1996. 3) AYBAY, Rona; An Introduction to Law, Aybay Yayınları, Second Edition, İstanbul-1998.
 -- 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
3
42
 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
8
8
 Final and Studying for Final
1
18
18
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
110
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.4
 ECTS: 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Explains theories, methods, concepts and interconceptual relationships in the field of Public Relations and Advertising.X
2Diagnoses the processes, methods and techniques about the production of scientific knowledge in Public Relations and Advertising.X
3Expresses the theoretical and practice-based knowledge in Public Relations and Advertising.X
4Associates the social, historical, cultural, political and economic dimensions of comunication.X
5Develops the skills required for an efficient use of modern technique and tools necessary for communicational practices.X
6Analyzes media texts from a critical perspective.X
7Uses information and communication technologies effectively .X
8Rearranges the knowledge in other disciplines of the social sciences in order to use it in the area of expertise.X
9Carries out studies in the field of public relations by taking responsibility in both individual and in team works.X
10Find ways to access information in the field of Public Relations and Advertising.X
11Follows theories, methods and technologies in the field of Public Relations.X
12Transfers his/her ideas and suggestions on problems to relevant people or institutions by fostering these ideas and suggestions with qualitative and quantitative data.X
13Acts with social responsibility and carries out works which are appropriate with ethical rules, laws, regulations and legislation in the field of Public Relations and ADvertising.X
14Uses the theories, methods, tools and technologies in the field of Public Relations and Advertising competentlyX