TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn regulation about animal rights and development of animal rights.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	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.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week The Moral Status of Animals 2nd Week What Animals Are Like? The Harms of suffering, Confinement, and Death-I 3rd Week What Animals Are Like? The Harms of suffering, Confinement, and Death-II 4th Week What Animals Are Like? The Harms of suffering, Confinement, and Death-III 5th Week What Animals Are Like? The Harms of suffering, Confinement, and Death-IV 6th Week What Animals Are Like? The Harms of suffering, Confinement, and Death-V 7th Week Meat-eating 8th Week Midterm Exam 9th Week Keeping Pets and Zoo Animals-I 10th Week Keeping Pets and Zoo Animals-II 11th Week Keeping Pets and Zoo Animals-III 12th Week Animal Research 13th Week Laws related to Animal Welfare-I 14th Week Laws related to Animal Welfare-II
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	-DeGrazia, David, Animal Rights (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002). -Singer, Peter, Animal Liberation (New York: New York Review of Books, 1975; rev. edn., 1990). -Sungurbey, İsmet, Hayvan Hakları (İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Yayını, 1992).
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	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(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No