Seminar II (LAW356) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Seminar II	LAW356	Area Elective	2	0	0	2	3

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	Turkish
Course Type	Area Elective
Course Level	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Problem Solving.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Asst. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Sever
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	The main objective of the course is to make the students have information on making research in specific fields and on professional and academic writing techniques.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Experiences the research methods Can give examples on rules on contents, bibliography, writing introduction and conclusion of the text and citation, footnote Can describe how to give place to judicial decisions and norms in text which are specific to law Having the fundamental competence on writing an article in the field of law and being able to use the databases specific to law Can make comparison on fundamental writing techniques
Course Content	Legal research methods and different aspects of legal writing.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Writing techniques and rules and information on the objective and the exercising of the course
2	The points to take into consideration when beginning a research, written sources, internet and databases
3	Writing techniques: abbrevations, bibliography, citation, plagiarism, footnote
4	Usages peculiar to law, how to use the regulations and judgments in text
5	The points to take into consideration when choosing a topic and how to outline	Choosing of the working topic with pre-research of the studens
6	Preparing draft article: contents and practice from the works which students prepared	Creating a draft contents in the chosen topic
7	Literature review and draft bibliography: practice from the works of students	Creating draft bibliography in conclusion of the literature review of the students
8	Determining the scope and boundaries of the article: preparing introduction and practice from the works of the students	Students’ preparation of the introduction in conclusion of determining the scope and boundaries of the topic
9	Creating subtitles and beginning to write the main text: practice from the works of the students	Preparing presentation and improvement of the article
10	Presentation from the texts which the students prepared (evaluation of the work and the presentation)	Preparing presentation and improvement of the article
11	Presentation from the texts which the students prepared	Preparing presentation and improvement of the article
12	Presentation from the texts which the students prepared	Preparing presentation and improvement of the article
13	Presentation from the texts which the students prepared	Preparing presentation and improvement of the article
14	Presentation from the texts which the students prepared	Preparing presentation and improvement of the article
15	Admission of the article and general evaluation
16	Admission of the article and general evaluation

Sources

Course Book	1. Howard Becker, Sosyal Bilimcilerin Yazma Çilesi, Ankara, 2013.

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	1	20
Laboratory	-	-
Application	1	30
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	1	20
Presentation	1	30
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	-	-
Final Exam/Final Jury	-	-
Toplam	4	100

Percentage of Semester Work	30
Percentage of Final Work	70
Total	100

Course Category

Core Courses	X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	Understands, compares and paraphrases the basic concepts of law as a jurist following common principles of law.					X
2	Solves problems using a critical point of view when necessary, determines and analyses the theoretical and practical problems of law.		X
3	Understands, plans, exercises and coordinates the functions of law, by explaining and practising.			X
4	Understands the strategic, tactical and practical dimensions of private and public law.			X
5	Understands the local, national, international, universal and supranational dimensions of private and public law.		X
6	Understands modern methods and distinctions of law.			X
7	Can successfully participate in disciplinary and interdisciplinary team works.			X
8	Have an open-minded attitude towards learning and attempting.			X
9	Assimilates and complies with the rules related to legal ethics and profession within the framework of social responsibility awareness.				X
10	Can use Turkish effectively both orally and in writing and has communication skills required for a career in the discipline of law.		X
11	Thinks critically and creatively on legal and social problems based on the principle of rule of law and the ideal of justice.			X
12	Understands and practices the national and international dimensions of law by following court case law and practices.		X
13	Prepares and presents a written or oral academic study within the framework of acedemic ethics and rules.					X
14	Uses information technologies related to the profession effectively in solving legal problems.		X
15	Reinforces the knowledge of foreign languages and has a command of legal terminology.			X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory
Application	4	3	12
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	5	1	5
Presentation/Seminar Prepration	2	3	6
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	5	1	5
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload			76