Seminar II (LAW356) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Seminar II LAW356 2 0 0 2 3
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
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
1 2 3 4 5
1 Skills to understand, compare and paraphrase the basic concepts of law as a jurist following common principles of law. X
2 Skills to solve problems using a critical point of view when necessary , to determine and analyse the theoretical and implementation problems of law. X
3 Contribution to understanding, planning, exercising and coordinating the functionss of law, by explaining and practising. X
4 Skills to understand the strategic, tactical and practical sides of private and public law. X
5 Skills to understand the local, national, international, universal and supranational sides of private and public law. X
6 Skills to understand the modern methods and differences of law. X
7 Skills to participate in/inter disciplinary group works succesfully. X
8 Skills to adopt open minded behaviors in the way of learning and attempting. X
9 Skills to assimilate and carry the rules of ethics and profession within the framework of social responsibility X
10 Skills to use Turkish efficiently in writing and speaking, and have the communication talent that is required by a law related career. X
11 Skills to approach critically and creativly on the legal and social problems in terms of rule of law and ideal of justice. X
12 Skills to understand and practice the national and international sides of law through caselaw and judical implementations. X
13 Skills to prepare/present a written or oral academic study within the framework of acedemic ethic and rules. X
14 Skills to use vocational information technologies efficiently in solving legal problems. X
15 Skills to reinforce knowledge of foreign languages and command of legal terminolgy. 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