Information Package / Course Catalogue
Human Rights And Democracy
Course Code: SYB255
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to provide students with information about human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention on human rights, the philosophical foundations of human rights and democracy, the Society Convention, collective life, the process of transforming the principle of human rights and democracy into Behavior, Human Rights in the dimensions of input, process and output in the primary

Course Content

Understanding the historical development of human rights, understanding the transition process of human rights to International Space, understanding how human rights are protected at national and international levels, understanding the importance of human rights and Citizenship Education.

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Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to define the concept of human rights.
2.To be able to explain the sources and extent of human rights.
3.To be able to define the qualifications of human rights.
4.To be able to explain the emergence of human rights thinking.
5.To summarize the legal development of the concept of human rights.
6.To be able to explain that human rights are a universal concept.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Vahap Coşkun, İhsan Dağı, Nezir Akyeşilmen (2015) Human Rights and Democratization Process., AOF Publish No:1674
2.David Beetham (2015) Democracy and Human Rights, Liberte Publishing
3.Tayyip Duman, Nuri Yavuz, Necmettin Karakaya (2016), Human Rights Democracy and Citizenship Education, Pegem A Yayıncılık
4.Andrew Clapham (2007) Human Rights, Oxford Publishing
5.Andrew Clapham, Susan Marks (2005) International Human Rights Lexicon, Oxford Publishing
6.Jack Donnelly (1989) Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice,
7.Draft Committee (1948) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts related to human rights, philosophical bases of thinking about human rights.
Week 2 - Theoretical
The concept of democracy, the emergence and development of democracy.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Social contract theory and its impact on human rights.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Democracy approaches.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Human rights and the development of democracy in our country, 1982 Constitution of the Republic of Turkey.
Week 6 - Theoretical
National and international legal arrangements related to human rights.
Week 7 - Theoretical
National and international institutions and activities in the field of human rights protection and development.
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Democracy in school and in the family, what should we teach, why?
Week 10 - Theoretical
Basic problems about human rights and democracy.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Discussion of the concept of equality and equality.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Discussion of the concept of freedom and freedom.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Discussion of human rights violations in sports areas and examples.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Discussion of human rights violations in sports areas and examples.
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141584
Individual Work38333
Midterm Examination1527
Final Examination1527
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)131
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes