Non-Thesis Master Program in Economic Law

Introduction

Programme Profile

The main goal of the programme is procuring well qualified expert jurists in economic law, with intense technical knowledge, capacity to analyze and resolve complicated legal problems and ability to conduct academic research on certain legal problems.


Qualification Awarded

Master’s Degree in Economic Law


Level of Qualification

Master's Degree (Second Cycle)


Access Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in law, economics, business administration, political sciences, international relations, communcation or engineering; ÜDS (Interuniversity Board Foreign Language Proficiency Examination) score of minimum 65 or KPDS (Public Service Foreign Language Proficiency Examination) score of 65 in English, French or German.


Programme Requirements and Regulations

The Master’s Degree in Economic Law is awarded to students who have successfully completed all the compulsory/facultative courses in the curriculum (60 ECTS) with a cumulative grade point average of minimum 2.75 out of 4.00.


Recognition of Prior Learning

Students may be exempted from the courses that they have taken in another university, in case the related commission of the Institute confirms that the content of the relevant courses are compatible.


Programme Outcomes

1 Recognizing positive norms in economic law and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology,
2 Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems,
3 Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyze and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy,
4 Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions,
5 Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems,
6 Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system,
7 Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in economic law in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner,
8 Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals,
9 Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems,
10 Being able to explain and utilize academic study methodologies in order to conduct academic research on a certain legal problem.


Occupation Profiles of Graduates

The degree enables the holder to exercise the practice of economic law, as counsel, judge, consultant, manager/administrator and/or in similar status.


Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.


Grading Scheme and Grade Distribution Guidance

For each course taken, the student is given one of the following letter grades:
 

Letter grades
AA
BA
BB
CB
CC
F
BL
BS
P
Grade points
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
2.00
0.00
-
-
-

 
A student who has received a letter grade of “AA”, “BA” or “BB” in any course is considered successful. Students who have received a grade of “CB” or “CC” are also considered successful provided that their cumulative grade point average is at least “2.75”. The letter grades “P” and “F” indicate “Pass” and “Fail”, respectively. The grade BL is given to a student who sucessfully completes the Master’s Thesis, whereas “BS” denotes a failing grade for Master’s Thesis.
 
Cumulative Grade Point Averages (CGPA): The total credit points for a course are obtained by multiplying the grade points by the credit hours. In order to calculate CGPA the sum of total credit points earned in all the courses taken by a student is divided by the sum of all credit hours.


Mode of Study

Full- time


Communication

Head of Department (or equivalent): Koordinatör: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehtap İpek İŞLETEN
Adress: Galatasaray Üniversitesi Çırağan Cad. No:36, 34349 Ortaköy/İstanbul
Telephone: 0212 227 44 80
E-Mail: mehtap.ipek@gmail.com


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