| Course Name | Fundamentals of Law |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAW 100 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Required | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | To provide a general understanding through the study of different fields and subjects of law. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course aims to develop the student’s knowledge on law within the major domains of fundamentals and general rules of law, sources of law - fundamental rights and freedoms, hierarchy of norms, intellectual rights and advertising law, reason for lawfulness, and the limits of professional practice and types of liability. In summary the course targets to make students explore issues on different aspects of law. |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction: general concepts such as law, justice, legality, invalidity, and binding force. | Melih Uğraş Erol, Fundamentals of Law, İAÜ Yayınları, İstanbul: 2018 |
| 2 | Rules of social order | Melih Uğraş Erol, Fundamentals of Law, İAÜ Yayınları, İstanbul: 2018 |
| 3 | Sources of Law and hierarchy of norms | Melih Uğraş Erol, Fundamentals of Law, İAÜ Yayınları, İstanbul: 2018 |
| 4 | Interpretation of legal rules | Melih Uğraş Erol, Fundamentals of Law, İAÜ Yayınları, İstanbul: 2018 |
| 5 | Court system, constitutional law in terms of state powers | Melih Uğraş Erol, Fundamentals of Law, İAÜ Yayınları, İstanbul: 2018 |
| 6 | Protection of fundamental rights and freedoms | Melih Uğraş Erol, Fundamentals of Law, İAÜ Yayınları, İstanbul: 2018 |
| 7 | freedom of thought and expression, and the right to private and family life | Melih Uğraş Erol, Fundamentals of Law, İAÜ Yayınları, İstanbul: 2018 |
| 8 | Midterm exam | Melih Uğraş Erol, Fundamentals of Law, İAÜ Yayınları, İstanbul: 2018 |
| 9 | journalism as a reason for lawfulness, and the limits of professional practice | |
| 10 | intellectual property law and advertising law | Lecture Notes |
| 11 | civil liability | Lecture Notes |
| 12 | disciplinary liability | Lecture Notes |
| 13 | criminal liability | Lecture Notes |
| 14 | Legal and Criminal Liability | Lecture Notes |
| 15 | Semester Review | Lecture Notes |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Melih Uğraş Erol, Fundamentals of Law, İAÜ Yayınları, İstanbul: 2018 |
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| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 25 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 25 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 75 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 25 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 5 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 5 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 15 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 15 | |
| Total | 120 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to have fundamental knowledge about narrative forms in cinema, digital and interactive media, and the foundational concepts relevant to these forms. | |||||
| 2 | To be able to create narratives based on creative and critical thinking skills, by using the forms and tools of expression specific to cinema and digital media arts. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to use the technical equipment and software required for becoming a specialist/expert in cinema and digital media. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to perform skills such as scriptwriting, production planning, use of the camera, sound recording, lighting and editing, at the basic level necessary for pre-production, production and post-production phases of an audio-visual work; and to perform at least one of them at an advanced level. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to discuss how meaning is made in cinema and digital media; how economy, politics and culture affect regimes of representation; and how processes of production, consumption, distribution and meaning-making shape narratives. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to perform the special technical and aesthetic skills at the basic level necessary to create digital media narratives in the fields of interactive film, video installation, experimental cinema and virtual reality. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to critically analyze a film or digital media artwork from technical, intellectual and artistic perspectives. | |||||
| 8 | To be able to participate in the production of a film or digital media artwork as a member or leader of a team, following the principles of work safety and norms of ethical behavior. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to stay informed about global scientific, social, economic, cultural, political, institutional and industrial developments. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to develop solutions to legal, scientific and professional problems surrounding the field of cinema and digital media. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to use a foreign language to communicate with colleagues and collect data in the field of cinema and digital media. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to use a second foreign language at the medium level. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to connect the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to the field of expertise. | |||||
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