GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SOCIAL SCIENCES PHILOSOPHY/1300062
Course Title: SOCIAL SCIENCES PHILOSOPHY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assist. Prof. Belma Tokuroğlu
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site7belmat
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  belmat@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
gain critical thinking ability
know the stages of the research.
actively participate in the information acquisition process.
develops basic reading and writing skills philosophically.
 -- 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 science? Why do we deal with science?
2. Week  Positivism, objectivity, subject discontinuity
3. Week  the existence of human will and action in social sciences
4. Week  How do we handle social events?
5. Week  What does the theory, hypothesis, method, data and research universe mean?
6. Week  how do we establish the relation between concept and theory?
7. Week  what is the relation of theory to practice?
8. Week  scientific study
9. Week  on literature review and reading
10. Week  selection of the thesis theme and the process of extraction of thesis plan
11. Week  discussion
12. Week  discussion
13. Week  discussion
14. Week  discussion
15. Week  discussion
16. Week  discussion
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Brian Fay, Çağdaş Sosyal Bilimler Felsefesi; Doğan Özlem, Bilim Felsefesi
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  none
 -- 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
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
5
75
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
4
60
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
2
2
 Final and Studying for Final
1
2
2
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
184
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.36
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To be able to analyze those phenomenon and issues related with the discipline of Management Science through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach and to produce proper solutions.X
2To be capable of following the theoretical and practical developments within the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law on national and international scales.X
3To have competence in the theories and other conceptual approaches related with the discipline of Management Science and to have the capacity to comment on these theoretical constructions from a critical perspective.X
4To gain a repertoire on European Union s administrative structure, local government policy in Turkey, globalization and localitization debates and new approaches in public administration.X
5To be equipped with the knowledge of Turkish Constitutional order, legal framework of human rights and international law.X
6To be able to reach the academic literature on public administration, to prepare a research design based on this theoretical framework, to conduct a scientific research by utilizing both the quantitative and qualitative methods and to analyze gathered data as well as to produce findings out of them.X
7To have professional and social responsibility as well as the skills to produce scientific knowledge in line with the ethical principles; to be able to make scientific publications.X
8To be able to analyze those phenomenon and issues related with the discipline of Management Science through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach and to produce proper solutions.X
9To be capable of following the theoretical and practical developments within the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law on national and international scales.X
10To have competence in the theories and other conceptual approaches related with the discipline of Management Science and to have the capacity to comment on these theoretical constructions from a critical perspective.X