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Program of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (English 30%)

SOS205

LABOR LAWS AND ENGINEERING ETHICS

Course Code
SOS205
Semester
Third Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
2
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study2
SemesterThird Term (Fall)
ECTS2
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Can Understand subject, history and basic problems of Labor Law
  2. Understanding of basic concept of Labor Law
  3. Learn the rules of Labor Contract
  4. Learn rights and duties comes from the Labor Contract
  5. Learn and assess employees working hours
  6. Have knowledge of measures to be taken for occupational health and safety
  7. Learn how to labor contract ending and rights and duties of contractors
  8. Have knowledge of trade unions and the trade union freedom
  9. Have knowledge of the rights of Collective bargaing, strike and lock-out
Mode of Delivery
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionFundamental concepts of labor laws and legislation, and applications, estabilishing work contract, regularization and planning, employer and employee contractual rights due to work contract, regulatory laws for working terms of employee and their good, work health and safety issues, union contracts, strike and lockout rights. Philosophical sources and theory of ethics, self-control and privacy, intimacy, professional beliefs and responsibilities, fundamentals of engineering ethics and applications, legal aspects of engineering applications.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Fundamental concepts of labor laws and legislation and applications
2nd Week Fundamental concepts of labor laws and legislation and applications
3rd Week Estabilishing work contract, regularization and planning
4th Week Employer and employee contractual rights due to work contract
5th Week Regulatory laws for working terms of employee and their good
6th Week Work health and safety issues
7th Week Work health and safety issues
8th Week Union contracts, strike and lockout rights
9th Week MIDTERM
10th Week Union contracts, strike and lockout rights
11th Week Philosophical sources and theory of ethics self-control and privacy,
12th Week İntimacy, professional beliefs and responsibilities
13th Week Fundamentals of engineering ethics and applications
14th Week Legal aspects of engineering applications
15th Week Legal aspects of engineering applications
Recommended or Required ReadingMurat Demircioğlu/ Tankut Centel, İş Hukuku, İstanbul 2010, İş Kanunu
Prof.Dr. E. Tuncay Kaplan/Ferdi İş Hukuku, Gazi Kitapevi, Ankara, 2015.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz 1 2 2
Individual or group work 0 0 0
Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15
Course hours 14 2 28
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10
Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 0 0 0
Quiz 1 1 1
Total Work Load60
Total Work Load / 30 (h)2
ECTS Credit of the Course2
Language of Instruction-
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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