GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY/FEL 329
Course Title: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY
Credits 4 ECTS 4
Semester 5 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  PROBLEMS OF PHI
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. Nurten Gökalp
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
self-Technology
self-Technology
Man's Personality
Man's Personality
Personality of God
midterm exam
Personality of God
Cratylos-About Language
Apriori Information How it is possible?
final exam
 -- 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  To be able to perceive and evaluate social matters at national and universal level,
2. Week  To be able to do researches and to improve a method about the sociological problems and produce solutions
3. Week  To be able to analyze the social conditions in nineteenth century that caused rising of Sociology
4. Week  to comprehend the founders of sociology that marked the classical period
5. Week  To be able to evaluate leading theorists and their effects on main theories in twenty century which was the development phase of Sociology
6. Week  To be able to interrogate and pose a question on popular contemporary sociological concepts objectively as globalization, multiculturalism, identity a
7. Week  To be able to evaluate sociological process from beginning to current in terms of leading Turkish thinkers at national level
8. Week  To be able to provide the usage of interdisciplinary knowledge for the universal and local problems concerning society and use significant programs as
9. Week  to have an advanced sociological imagination and awareness of social facts
10. Week  to have a capacity to associate sociology with other social sciences
11. Week  to have a capacity to associate sociology with other social sciences (history, philosophy, psychology, political science, literature, business)
12. Week  to detect social problems accuaretely, see the social factors that give rise to these problems and find sociological solutions
13. Week  To connect the sociology dicipline with other sciences
14. Week  to help accumulation of knowlegde in socialogy dicipline
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  . 1.Platon, Alkibiades I, M.E.B.Yayınları 2.M.Foucault, H.Gutman, Patrick H.Hutton, Kendini Bilmek (çev.Gül Çağalı Güven), Om Yayınevi, İstanbul 1999.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
20
 Assignment
5
10
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
1
10
 Practice
1
10
 Quiz
2
10
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
60
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
4
3
12
 Searching in Internet and Library
3
4
12
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
10
2
20
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
6
6
 Final and Studying for Final
1
8
8
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
100
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4
 ECTS: 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1acquiring competence in the advanced sociological imagination and analyzing social realityX
2having the ability to comprehend social issues accurately, to discern their underlining multifactorial causes, to analyze and to propose sociological answersX
3having competence in the ability to analyze profoundly the socio-political conditions of 19th century and the double revolution period in which sociology emerged as a scientific disciplineX
4being closely acquainted with the prominent figures of the Classical Sociology with their works and the major sociological thoughtsX
5having the advanced competence in the analyzing the leading theorists of the 20th century and their influence in social theory in the progress of the sociologyX
6acquiring the critical thinking without being exposed to the contemporary sociological conceptualizing (ex. globalization, multiculturalism, identity, postmodernism) and the one-sided impacts of centers where these concepts are produced.X
7having the ability to evaluate the journey of sociology discipline in Turkey in terms of the prominent thinkers who made significant contributions in the disciplineX
8acquiring the qualified method knowledge that can be utilized in responding to practical problems and the effective use of computer programs (ex. SPSS) in this fieldX
9going beyond the theory/practice divide, having the skills in using both of the methods in the future worksX
10being closely acquainted with the related disciplines of sociology (ex. literature, art, culture, religion, economy etc.) and working with these disciplines to effectively use the sociological imaginationX
11having the capacity and flexibility which are needed to jointly use of sociology and other social sciences (history, philosophy, psychology, political science, literature, management etc) in an interdisciplinary approachX
12being equipped with required knowledge and skills that are sought in both public and private sectors. accordingly, having the proficiency in the use of foreign language computer in addition to having the basic knowledge of the sociology disciplineX