GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NATURE OF SCIENCE/1520118
Course Title: NATURE OF SCIENCE
Credits 3 ECTS 8
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
It is expected that students will gain considerable knowledge of major issues within the philosophy of science and the course to help students to expr
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  What is Philosophy? What is the Philosophy of Science?
2. Week  Basic logic İnduction & Deduction
3. Week  The study of philosophy of science, and an overview of 20th century philosophy of science
4. Week  Positivism on scientific change and scientific progress
5. Week  Neo-positivism, the Vienna Circle and basic principles of science
6. Week  Positivism and its downfall.
7. Week  Popper: What is science?
8. Week  Mid Term exam.
9. Week  Popper: What is a scientific explanation?
10. Week  Popper: Theory of conjectures and refutations (falsificationism)
11. Week  The revolution against the positivist
12. Week  Kuhn on the role of history of science, and the nature of normal science
13. Week  Kuhn on priority of paradigms, crises and the emergence of new theories
14. Week  Kuhn on the response to crises, and scientific revolutions
15. Week  Revolutions as changes of worldview, resolution of revolutions, and progress through revolutions
16. Week  Final exam.
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
5
8
40
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
5
25
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
4
5
20
 Presentation
4
5
20
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
5
5
25
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
5
5
25
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
197
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.88
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
8
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Course develops student’s skills of expression and researchX
2Grasping the inter-disciplinary interaction related to his fieldX
3The ability to use the expert-level theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in his fieldX
4Interpreting and forming new types of knowledge by combining the knowledge from the area and the knowledge from various other disciplinesX
5Solves the issues of his field by using scientific methodsX
6The ability to carry out a specialist study related to his area independentlyX
7Developing new strategic approaches to solve the unforeseen and complex problems arising in the practical processesX
8Coming up with solutions while taking responsibilityX
9Fulfilling the leader role in the environments where solutions are sought for the problems related to his fieldX
10Evaluates issues with a critical eye and encourages learningX
11Transferring the current developments in the area and his/her own work within the national and international environments orally, visually and in written formsX
12Ability to see and develop social relationships and the norms directing these relationships with a critical look and the ability to take action to change these when necessaryX
13Having proficiency in a foreign language and establishing written and oral communication with that languageX
14Uses computer programs competent enough for his departmentX
15Using communication technologies efficiently and according to the needs of the departmentX
16Collects data related to the field, reviews and makes conclusions; implements and shares them by considering ethical valuesX
17Develops different perspectives related to the field, plans them and assesses them within the quality frameworkX
18Internalizes the knowledge gained in the field, transforms it into a skill and uses it with interdisciplinary studiesX
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Ayten Koç. Aydın)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (www.gazi.edu.tr/~aytenaydin)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (aytenaydin@gazi.edu.tr)