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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS AVB 5024 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE EU ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

European Union

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OĞUZ ŞIMŞEK

Offered to

European Union

Course Objective

To examine development, principles, institutions and legal basics of democracy and human rights in EU.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to have full knowledge of legal factors which constitutes basis of modern Europe. 2   To be able to express legal structure regarding protection of human rights at the level of Europe. 3   To be able to classify institutions, principles and guarantees of democracy in EU. 4   To be able to explain supervision types regarding protection of human rights at the level of Europe. 5   To be able to classify the legal evolution of Europe in the process of adopting democracy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction, general information 2 Notions of human rights and democracy 3 Development and human rights and democracy, prelude to legal documents of them 4 Fundamental documents regarding protection of human rights and democracy at the level of Europe 5 Development of protection of human rights and democracy in EU 6 Basic legal documents and guarantees regarding human rights and democracy 7 Preperation, creation and systematics of EU constitution 8 Midterm Exam 9 EU Charter of Fundamental Rights - Rights in the Chapter of Dignity 10 EU Charter of Fundamental Rights- Rights in the Chapter of Freedoms 11 EU Charter of Fundamental Rights - Rights in other Chapters 12 Presentation 13 Presentation 14 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Basic literature, Meyer, Charta der Grundrechte der Europaeischen Union. Other Resources

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, homework, seminar

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action. 2. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory. 3. All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparing presentations 1 10 10 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 LO.1 5 5 5 5 5 LO.2 5 5 5 5 5 LO.3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5