HKU105 Introduction to Social Sciences

4 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- 1. Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Code HKU105
Name Introduction to Social Sciences
Term 2024-2025 Academic Year
Semester 1. Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 4 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Prof. Dr. Mehmet DEMİR
Course Instructor Öğr.Gör.Dr. Erman EKİNGEN (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

The main purpose of this course is to enable students studying at the faculty of law to have a command of the main discussion topics in fields of social sciences and to gain basic skills to conduct academic research within the fields of social sciences.

Course Content

This course, which is prepared for law school students, is based on explaining the basic characteristics of social sciences and helping them determine the place of law in social sciences. For this reason, lectures will be carried out to gain essential skills to recognize the basic social sciences fields, carry out scientific research in the fields of social sciences in an academic process, and present the results of these studies academically.

Course Precondition

None

Resources

• Aral, Vecdi, Hukuk ve Hukuk Bilimi Üzerine, (7. Baskı, 2021, On İki Levha Yayıncılık, İstanbul). • Sözer, Ali Nazım, ‘Bilim ve Hukuk’, (2014), 20(1), Marmara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Hukuk Araştırmaları Dergisi Prof. Dr. Ali Rıza Okur’a Armağan, 1081. • Yüksel, Mehmet, ‘Bilim Felsefesi ve Sosyal Teori Bağlamında Hukuk Öğretimine Bakmak’, (2013), 3(2), Hacettepe Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, 1.

Notes

Baert, Patrick, Sosyal Bilimler Felsefesi: Pragmatizme Doğru, (2010, Küre Yayınları, İstanbul). • Benton, Ted; Craib, Ian, Sosyal Bilim Felsefesi, (4. Baskı, 2016, Sentez Yayıncılık, Bursa). • Bernal, John Desmond, Bilimin Toplumsal İşlevi, (2011, Evrensel Basım Yayın, İstanbul). • Bozkurt, Enver, Hukukun Temel Kavramları, (14. Baskı, 2021, Yetkin Yayınları, Ankara). • Coskuş, Recai; Altunışık, Remzi; Yıldırım, Engin, Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri, (10. Baskı, 2019, Sakarya Yayıncılık). • Çüçen, A. Kadir, Bilim Felsefesine Giriş, (2. Baskı, 2013, Sentez Yayıncılık, Bursa). • Duverger, Maurice, Sosyal Bilimlere Giriş, (6. Baskı, 2002, Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara). • Erkus, Adnan, Bilimsel Araştırmaya Giriş, (2022, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara). • Gillett, Andy; Hammond, Agela; Martala, Mary, Successful Academic Writing, (2009, Pearson Education Limited, England). • Gordon, Scott, Sosyal Bilimler Tarihi ve Felsefes,i (2015, Küre Yayınları, İstanbul). • Keyman, Selahattin, ‘Hukuki Pozitivizm’, (1978), 35(1-4), Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, 17. • Keyman, Selahattin, ‘Hukukun Bilimselliği Üzerine’, (2001), Prof. Dr. Turan Tüfan Yüce’ye Armağan, 421.


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Has a good command of scientific knowledge and determine the position of social science.
LO02 Explain the relationship between law and social science
LO03 Determines the place of law in social sciences and its relation with other social science fields.
LO04 Recognises social science subjects and masters their basic features and values.
LO05 Knows the basic features of doing research in social sciences.
LO06 Knows the features of academic writing in detail.
LO07 Knows how to access academic resources and how to use these resources in their research.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Explains the fundamental concepts and principles of law. 5
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Evaluates the fundamental legal disciplines and their contents (legal regulations in every field, decisions of judicial bodies and scientific evaluations) by using scientific methods and techniques.
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Identifies legal problems. 3
PLO04 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Recognizes the historical and sociological development process of law and legal norms. 4
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Comprehends the research, analysis and interpretation methods of legal science. 5
PLO06 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Uses appropriate legal interpretation methods in order to find solutions to the identified legal problems.
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Solves the legal problems encountered by using the knowledge has acquired
PLO08 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Exposes the solutions to legal problems separately in terms of de lege lata and de lege ferenda law.
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Takes responsibility as a member of the team to develop solutions to problems encountered in legal practice.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Be sensitive to social and legal problems with a sense of social responsibility. 4
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği By gaining self-learning skills, evaluates the information which has learned with a critical approach. 5
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Uses technical legal knowledge in both Turkish and English verbally or in writing. 3
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Convincingly conveys her/his personal opinion and assessment on a particular legal issue, either orally or in writing. 4
PLO14 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Uses information and communication technologies related to law effectively. 4
PLO15 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Internalizes the understanding of honesty, justice and ethics required by being a lawyer in line with the principles of universal law. 5
PLO16 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Follows the legal developments at national and international.
PLO17 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Adopts a democratic, secular and social state of law.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 1)Introduction to the Module 2)The Concepts of Science, Knowledge and Scientific Research: Definitions, Differences and Relationships Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
2 Basic Areas of Social Sciences I Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
3 Basic Areas of Social Sciences II Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
4 Law and the Place of Law in Social Sciences Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası
5 The Relationship Between Law and Other Social Sciences Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası
6 Writing Academic Research Paper I Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
7 Writing Academic Research Paper II Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
8 Midterm Exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav, Ödev
9 Research Methods in Social Sciences I Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
10 Research Methods in Social Sciences II Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
11 Preparation for Final Project I Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
12 Preparation for Final Project II Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
13 Risks/Disadvantages of Doing Research in Social Sciences Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
14 The Outlook of Culture and Globalization, which are the Basic Concepts in Social Sciences, for Law Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
15 1)Final Project Submission 2)Course Evaluation Scaning books, articles and studies related to the topic and doing prestudy Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
16 final exam Preparation for final exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav, Ödev
17 final project Presentation of final project Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 3 42
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 7 7
Final Exam 1 18 18
Total Workload (Hour) 109
Total Workload / 25 (h) 4,36
ECTS 4 ECTS

Update Time: 07.05.2024 08:06