| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 4 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Learn regulation about animal rights and development of animal rights.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | The moral status of animals, the nature of animals, the harms of suffering, confinement and death, meat-eating, keeping pets and zoo animals, animal research and Turkish laws relating to the welfare of animals will be examined in this course. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
The Moral Status of Animals |
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2nd Week |
What Animals Are Like? The Harms of suffering, Confinement, and Death-I |
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3rd Week |
What Animals Are Like? The Harms of suffering, Confinement, and Death-II |
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4th Week |
What Animals Are Like? The Harms of suffering, Confinement, and Death-III |
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5th Week |
What Animals Are Like? The Harms of suffering, Confinement, and Death-IV |
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6th Week |
What Animals Are Like? The Harms of suffering, Confinement, and Death-V |
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7th Week |
Meat-eating |
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8th Week |
Midterm Exam |
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9th Week |
Keeping Pets and Zoo Animals-I |
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10th Week |
Keeping Pets and Zoo Animals-II |
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11th Week |
Keeping Pets and Zoo Animals-III |
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12th Week |
Animal Research |
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13th Week |
Laws related to Animal Welfare-I |
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14th Week |
Laws related to Animal Welfare-II |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | -DeGrazia, David, Animal Rights (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
-Singer, Peter, Animal Liberation (New York: New York Review of Books).
-Sungurbey, İsmet, Hayvan Hakları (İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Yayını). |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Practice
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
40 |
| Total(%) |
|
40 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
40 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
60 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
|
|
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
18 |
18 |
| Course hours |
14 |
2 |
28 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
16 |
16 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
14 |
1 |
14 |
| Final exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Homework |
|
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| Total Work Load | 120 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 4 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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