COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EUROPEAN UNION LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IRL 5013 EUROPEAN UNION LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

International Relations (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR PINAR KARACAN

Offered to

International Relations (English)

Course Objective

This course aims to provide a general knowledge on the legal system of the European Union.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   be able to identify and analyze the basic principles of EU law
2   be able to follow current development in the field in order to discuss relevant topics
3   be able to evaluate the framework of EU law
4   will be able to use the terminology in order to discuss the relevant issues.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Historical Development
3 EU after Lisbon
4 Institutions I
5 Institutions II
6 Characteristics of EU law
7 Midterm
8 sources
9 Enforcement: direct effects
10 Enforcement: Prelimanry rulling
11 Enforcement: Court and the type of cases
12 General introduction on freedoms
13 Exceptions
14 Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, term paper and presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. will understand the legal framework of EU law.
2. will understand the development and enforcement of EU law
3. will evaluate concepts and relevant rules
4. will work with EU legal sources

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attending at least 70% of lectures is mandatory. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

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 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 45 45
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 2 2
final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 164

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14
LO.23
LO.33
LO.44