COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NAFIZE SIBEL GÜZEL

Offered to

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Course Objective

The course objective is to inform students on varioys fields of law; to introduce various legal systems; and to familiarize them with the lingual features of various legal texts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Aybay, Rona (2013) An Introduction to Law, Alfa Basım, Istanbul.
Various texts on the topics specified in the weekly program.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures will be made face-to-face in an interactive way. Students will practice critical thinking and develop reading skills. Reading activities will be performed in a dynamic, critical and effective way, with special emphasis on text types.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

There will be one mid-term and one final exam in a term. Students will be given reading texts and assignments on legal issues. Students will be expected to read the texts, to do the assigned homeworks and to participate in classroom discussion.

Assessment Criteria

1. There will be one mid-term and one final exam.
2. Students will be given reading texts and assignments on legal issues. Students will be expected to read the texts, to do the assigned homeworks and to participate in classroom discussion.
3. Students will be given one assignment for individual research.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is obligatory.
2. Students are expected to be prepared for the lesson.
3. Any attempt at or acts of plagiarism will be considered as disciplinary action.
4. Non-attendance will not be an excuse for the late submission of homework assignment

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes