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Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: UNI377
Course Name: Law, Politics and Society
Semester: Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: Turkish
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: University Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. İŞTAR GÖZAYDIN
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. İştar Gözaydın
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: The aim of the Law, Politics and Society course is to provide participants with basic knowledge and skills in the interactions of state, modernity, law and society. This course focuses on the general knowledge necessary to provide students with an awareness of political and social relations in the world and country in which they live.
Course Content: This course includes basic information about the concepts of law, state, politics and society and the relations between them.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) 1. Explains law, state and society and related concepts and the relations between them. law.
2) Have knowledge about the historical processes related to law, state and society.
3) Interprets the effects of law and politics on society in the process of modernity.
4) Understands the position of the individual within the framework of law and politics.
5) Explains the changing roles of law, state and society and the individual.
6) Read the differentiations in world and national politics with the concepts of law.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) What is modernity? Nation and nation state
2) What is law? What is politics? What are rights?
3) The State
4) Political systems
5) Democracy
6) Rights/human rights/categories
7) Civil society/public opinion
8) mid-term
9) Political parties and elections
10) Constitutions
11) Law and judiciary
12) Legislative power
13) Executive power
14) Bureaucracy

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Andrew Heywood (2022). Siyaset
References: course notes

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering.
2) Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming.
3) Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems.
4) Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods.
5) Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database.
6) Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility.
7) Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes using statistical programs effectively.
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education.
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills.
10) Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal knowledge.
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them.
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms.
13) It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering. 3
2) Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming. 3
3) Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems. 3
4) Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods. 3
5) Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database. 3
6) Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility. 3
7) Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes using statistical programs effectively. 3
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. 3
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. 3
10) Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal knowledge. 3
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. 3
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. 3
13) It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. 3

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 1 % 30
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 40
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 15 45
Homework Assignments 3 7
Midterms 8 26
Final 8 38
Total Workload 116