PSIR202 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
| Course Code: | 3540202 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and International Relations |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. HANDE SÖZER |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
1. To familiarise students with the nature and scope of constitutional law
2. To gain an understanding of basic constitutional principles
3. To facilitate critical analysis on the role of law in society
4. To cultivate the students' ability to identify and analyse some contemporary constitutional issues
Course Content
This course surveys a conceptual and historical introduction to constitutional government and law. Within that framework, it also examines the constitutional movements of the Ottoman Empire and the early Republican period. In the final part of the course, the 1961 and 1982 Turkish Constitutions are analyzed with a comparative outlook.
Course Learning Outcomes
Successful students will be able to:
Understand the nature of constitutional law and its role in the governance of society
Use skills in interpretation & understanding, critical analysis, and communication
Appreciate values related to legal rights & duties, justice & morality, and social awareness & responsibility
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Having academic knowledge in Political Science and International relations disciplines | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Developing an interdisciplinary perspective incorporating other areas of the social sciences as well | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Being capable of evaluating political, economic and social matters at local, national and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Being capable of making sense of, follow and analyze political, economic and social events | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being sensitive to global, environmental and social problems | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Developing a critical mind capable of making constructive criticisms, open to lifelong learning, researching, inquiring, questioning and problems solving | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Being capable of individual work, entrepreneur, good time management and able to actively take part in group work for common purposes | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Having effective communication skills in Turkish and English languages | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Being capable of using communication technologies in reaching to information and organizing and presenting this information in a systematic way | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution