GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION/FEL404A
Course Title: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Credits 2 ECTS 4
Semester 8 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Ali DOMBAYCI
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/dombayci
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  dombayci@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To recognize the philosophy of religion as a philosophical discipline
To be establish the relationship between religional-science and philosophy of religion.
Look at religion as a philosophical theme and the problem domain.
To grasp formation and development processes of the philosophy of religion in the history of philosophy.
Make a philosophical analysis and evaluation about religion.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  What is the philosophy of religion?
2. Week  Philosophy of religion in the context of relationships with religion, science, art and philosophy.
3. Week  The relationship between science of religion and philosophy of religion
4. Week  The basic concepts of philosophy of religion.
5. Week  The fundamental problematics of philosophy of religion
6. Week  The fundamental problematics of philosophy of religion
7. Week  Approaches to the philosophy of religion
8. Week  Mid-term
9. Week  The conceptions of God
10. Week  Theism, Deism, Pantheism, Panenteism
11. Week  The arguments on the existence of God.
12. Week  Atheism, Agnosticism, Fideism
13. Week  Example of the philosophies of religion in the history of philosophy.
14. Week  The discipline of philosophy of religion in Turkey.
15. Week  An overview and evaluation of the Philosophy of Religion
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Mehmet Aydın, Din Felsefesi Mustafa Şekip Tunç, Bir Din Felsefesine Doğru Mehmet Bayraktar, Din Felsefesi C.Sadık Yaran, Din Felsefesi C.Sadık Yaran, Din Felsefesine Giriş Recep Kılıç, Dini Anlamak Üzerine Kenan Gürsoy, Sartre Ateizminin Doğurduğu Problemler Aliye Çınar, Tanrı Yanılgısı Üzerine Mehmet S. Aydın, Tanrı Ahlak İlişkisi
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  There is no training
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
10
2
20
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
2
10
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
5
3
15
 Final and Studying for Final
5
3
15
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
88
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.52
 ECTS: 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Students have got the sufficiency about "department of philosophy and related fields teaching" and "educational sciences". They know the laws and rules about their profession.X
2Students take the theoretical and practical knowledge which is interested in "department of philosophy and related fields teaching" and "educational sciences" to solve the educational problems.X
3Students determine the educational problems and offer a solution these problems. They choose and practise the methods of analytic about these problems.X
4Students explain the theory, the model, the principle and the generalization about philosophy, psychology, sociology and logic. According to this explanation, they declare the basic principles of department of philosophy and related fields teaching.X
5Students know the individual, peripheral and social factors which have an effect on the human relations. By this way, they acquire effective listening, positive feedback and creative problem solving.X
6Students acquire some suffiencies that inquiry, evaluation, decision making, analyse and syntheses, relating between events, comparison, gain a different viewpoint, life-wide learning, logical thinking etc.X
7Students organize activity and material building about related field teaching. They choose and use the educational technology for quality education activity.X
8Students research and evaulate scientifically the notions and the idea about profession of a teacher and the education technology.X
9Students know the basic notion of growing and know the characteristics of adolescence and adult periods.X
10Students research related literature and use data bases. They use effectively the library, internet, the museum and the research center.X
11They acquire the skills that learning to learn, self-regulation, life long learning, critical thinking, creative thinking, logical thinking.X
12Students obey the professional and ethical rules and participate in the collusive practices. They protect the values of democratic, social, scientific, cultural and ethical.X