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نموذج وصف المادة الدراسية

 

 

Module Information

معلومات المادة الدراسية

Module Title

Democracy and Human Rights

Module Delivery

Module Type

Complementary

☒ Theory

☒ Lecture

☐ Lab

☐ Tutorial

☐ Practical

☐ Seminar

Module Code

BOG1136

ECTS Credits

2

SWL (hr/sem)

50

Module Leve

UGx11  UGII

Semester of Delivery

1

Administering Department

CHPR

 College

COGE

Module Leader

م.م. فاطمة هادي

 e-mail

E-mail

Module Leader’s Acad. Title

Lecturer

Module Leader’s Qualification

MSc

Module Tutor

Name (if available)

 e-mail

E-mail

Peer Reviewer Name

Name

 e-mail

E-mail

Scientific Committee Approval Date

01/06/2023

Version Number

1.0
               

 

 

Relation with other Modules

العلاقة مع المواد الدراسية الأخرى

Prerequisite module

None

Semester

 

Co-requisites module

None

Semester

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Module Aims, Learning Outcomes and Indicative Contents

أهداف المادة الدراسية ونتائج التعلم والمحتويات الإرشادية

 Module Objectives

أهداف المادة الدراسية

 
  1. Understand the concept and evolution of human rights.
  2. Explore the perspective of human rights in different religions and divine laws (Judaism, Christianity, Islam).
  3. Examine human rights in medieval, modern, and contemporary eras.
  4. Study the guarantees and protections of human rights at the national level.
  5. Analyze violations of human rights, focusing on the crimes of the Ba'ath Party.
  6. Discuss human rights in the face of new challenges such as terrorism, human trafficking, administrative corruption, and intellectual property.
  7. Examine political systems in terms of power exercise (monocracy, individualism, democracy).
  8. Understand the concept and evolution of democracy.
  9. Identify the characteristics and features of democracy.
  10. Explore different types of democracy (direct, semi-direct, representative democracy).
  11. Discuss the components of a democratic system.

Module Learning Outcomes

 

مخرجات التعلم للمادة الدراسية
  1. Acquire a comprehensive understanding of the concept and historical development of human rights.
  2. Recognize the intersection of human rights with various religious and divine laws.
  3. Analyze the evolution and progression of human rights in different historical periods.
  4. Understand the mechanisms and guarantees for protecting human rights at the national level.
  5. Evaluate the violations of human rights, specifically examining the crimes committed by the Ba'ath Party.
  6. Assess the challenges posed to human rights in contemporary society, including terrorism, human trafficking, administrative corruption, and intellectual property.
  7. Gain knowledge about different political systems and their exercise of power.
  8. Comprehend the concept and evolution of democracy.
  9. Identify the characteristics and advantages of democratic systems.
  10. Compare and contrast various types of democracy, including direct, semi-direct, and representative democracy.
  11. Develop an understanding of the essential components of a democratic system.

Indicative Contents

المحتويات الإرشادية

Indicative content includes the following.

 

مفهوم حقوق الإنسان و تطوره ، حقوق الانسان في الاديان و الشرائع السماوية( اليهودية ، المسيحية ، الاسلام)، حقوق الانسان في العصور الوسطى والحديثة والمعاصرة ، ضمانات حقوق الإنسان وحمايتها على الصعيد الوطني،أنتهاكات حقوق الانسان ( جرائم حزب البعث )، حقوق الانسان في ظل تحديات جديدة ( الارهاب ،الاتجار بالبشر، ظاهرة الفساد الإداري ، الملكية الفكرية) ، الأنظمة السياسية من حيث ممارسة السلطة ( المونوقراطية -الفردية- ، الديموقراطية ) ،مفهوم الديمقراطية و تطوره ، خصائص و مميزات الديمقراطية ،  أنواع الديمقراطية ( المباشرة ، شبه المباشرة ، الديمقراطية النيابية  ) ، مقومات النظام الديمقراطي .

 

Learning and Teaching Strategies

استراتيجيات التعلم والتعليم

Strategies

 

The main strategy that will be adopted in delivering this module is to encourage students’ participation in the exercises, while at the same time refining and expanding their critical thinking skills. This will be achieved through classes, interactive tutorials and by considering types of simple experiments involving some sampling activities that are interesting to the students.

 

 

Student Workload (SWL)

الحمل الدراسي للطالب محسوب لـ ١٥ اسبوعا

Structured SWL (h/sem)

الحمل الدراسي المنتظم للطالب خلال الفصل

30

Structured SWL (h/w)

الحمل الدراسي المنتظم للطالب أسبوعيا

2

Unstructured SWL (h/sem)

الحمل الدراسي غير المنتظم للطالب خلال الفصل

20

Unstructured SWL (h/w)

الحمل الدراسي غير المنتظم للطالب أسبوعيا

1

Total SWL (h/sem)

الحمل الدراسي الكلي للطالب خلال الفصل

50

 

 

Module Evaluation

تقييم المادة الدراسية

 

As

Time/Number

Weight (Marks)

Week Due

Relevant Learning Outcome

Formative assessment

Quizzes

2

10% (10)

5 and 10

LO #1, #2 and #3

Assignments

2

20% (20)

2 and 12

LO #3, #4 and #5

Projects / Lab.

0

10% (10)

Continuous

All

Report

1

10% (10)

13

LO #4,and #5

Summative assessment

Midterm Exam

1.5hr

10% (10)

7

LO #1 - #4

Final Exam

2hr

50% (50)

16

All

Total assessment

100% (100 Marks)

 

 

 

 

 

Delivery Plan (Weekly Syllabus)

المنهاج الاسبوعي النظري

Week 

Material Covered

Week 1

Introduction to human rights: Concept and evolution.

Week 2

Human rights in religions and divine laws.

Week 3

Human rights in medieval, modern, and contemporary eras.

Week 4

Guarantees and protections of human rights at the national level.

Week 5

Violations of human rights: The crimes of the Ba'ath Party.

Week 6

Human rights challenges: Terrorism, human trafficking, administrative corruption, intellectual property.

Week 7

Political systems: Exercise of power (monocracy, individualism, democracy).

Week 8

Introduction to democracy: Concept and evolution.

Week 9

Characteristics and features of democracy.

Week 10

Types of democracy: Direct, semi-direct, and representative democracy.

Week 11

Components of a democratic system.

Week 12

Introduction to human rights: Concept and evolution.

Week 13

Human rights in religions and divine laws.

Week 14

Human rights in medieval, modern, and contemporary eras.

Week 15

Guarantees and protections of human rights at the national level.

Week 16

Preparatory week before the final Exam

 

Delivery Plan (Weekly Lab. Syllabus)

المنهاج الاسبوعي للمختبر

Week 

Material Covered

Week 1

 

Week 2

 

Week 3

 

Week 4

 

Week 5

 

Week 6

 

Week 7

 

 

Learning and Teaching Resources

مصادر التعلم والتدريس

 

Text

Available in the Library?

Required Texts

Marks, Stephen P. 2014. Human Rights: A Brief Introduction. Working Paper, Harvard School of

Public Health.

No

Recommended Texts

"Democracy: A Very Short Introduction" by Bernard Crick.

No

Websites

https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/23586712/Human%20Rights-A%20Brief%20Introduction%2c%202014%20ed.pdf?sequence=1

                         

                                                                     Grading Scheme

مخطط الدرجات

Group

Grade

التقدير

Marks %

Definition

Success Group

(50 - 100)

A - Excellent

امتياز

90 - 100

Outstanding Performance

B - Very Good

جيد جدا

80 - 89

Above average with some errors

C - Good

جيد

70 - 79

Sound work with notable errors

D - Satisfactory

متوسط

60 - 69

Fair but with major shortcomings

E - Sufficient

مقبول

50 - 59

Work meets minimum criteria

Fail Group

(0 – 49)

FX – Fail

راسب (قيد المعالجة)

(45-49)

More work required but credit awarded

F – Fail

راسب

(0-44)

Considerable amount of work required

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Marks Decimal places above or below 0.5 will be rounded to the higher or lower full mark (for example a mark of 54.5 will be rounded to 55, whereas a mark of 54.4 will be rounded to 54. The University has a policy NOT to condone "near-pass fails" so the only adjustment to marks awarded by the original marker(s) will be the automatic rounding outlined above.