Ä°HA761 - THEORETICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS A
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THEORETICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS A | Ä°HA761 | 3rd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Discussion Other: Paper presentation, Homework | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Harun Tepe | |||||
| Course objective | This course aims to discuss the contemporary views and disputes related to theoretical problems of human rights and to guide the students to formulate their own ideas. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | In this course some theoretical problems of human rights will be issued by means of referring to the views of some philosophers who put theories related to these problems. | |||||
| References | 1. Wellman, C. (1999) The Proliferation of Rights, Westview Pres. 2. Orend, B. (2002) Human Rights. Concept and Context, Broadview Pres. 3. Gorecki, J. (1996), Justifying Ethics. Human Rights and Human Nature, New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers. 4. Shute, S. and Hurley, S.(eds.), (1993), On Human Rights, New York: BasicBooks. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Outlining main theoretical problems of human rights |
| Week 2 | Discussion on the main theoretical problems of human rights |
| Week 3 | Discussion and evaluation of the main theoretical problems of human rights |
| Week 4 | Human rights and human nature: the connection |
| Week 5 | The challenges to human nature and discussions |
| Week 6 | The challenges to human nature and discussions |
| Week 7 | Overviewing the epistemological problems of human rights |
| Week 8 | The specificities of human rights norms |
| Week 9 | The specificities of human rights norms |
| Week 10 | The problem of justification in ethics |
| Week 11 | The problem of validity |
| Week 12 | The validity of human rights |
| Week 13 | The universality of human rights |
| Week 14 | Human rights as ethical rules and their validities |
| Week 15 | Prepairing for final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 40 |
| Presentation | 1 | 40 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 2 | 80 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 6 | 84 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 90 | 90 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 74 | 74 |
| Total Workload | 30 | 173 | 290 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Put in the connection the problems of their profession with human rights, on the ground of the competences acquired during their undergraduate education and human rights education. | X | ||||
| 2. Find solutions for the problems they have to face, in the light of human rights | X | ||||
| 3. Become able to apply the theoretical and practical knowledge they acquired on human rights. | X | ||||
| 4. Find solutions to the complicate problems they have to tackle while exercising their profession, aware of their responsibility and taking as starting point human rights | X | ||||
| 5. Put in connection current problems with the knowledge they acquired on human rights and transmit this knowledge and relevant developments in this area to their colleagues and other groups orally or in writing and by using audio-visual material. | X | ||||
| 6. Evaluate social problems in the light of their professional knowledge and skills acquired in human rights and, if necessary, try to guide them. | X | ||||
| 7. Take into account ethical values while they evaluate information related to their qualification in their expertise area. | X | ||||
| 8. Base all kinds of studies and research on ethical and human rights knowledge. | X | ||||
| 9. Define the educational needs of those who work under their supervision in the light of their human rights professional knowledge and guide their learning activities. | X | ||||
| 10. Use their theoretical and practical knowledge on human rights in education, in teaching and in social services | X | ||||
| 11. Use their professional knowledge in order to develop sensibility to human rights in those around him or her. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest