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COURSE DESCRIPTION

RHETORIC OF SCIENCE/4310127

Course Title:	RHETORIC OF SCIENCE
Credits	3	ECTS	7
Course Semester	2	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

Lists the concepts of scientific rhetoric and explains them
Familiarizes with different scientific writing styles
Lists the differences of science writing for public and for scientists

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is lecturing

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Generation process of scientific knowledge
2. Week	Writing the scientific knowledge in a convincing way and defending it
3. Week	Writing the scientific knowledge in a convincing way and defending it (continued)
4. Week	Development of rhetoric in the history of science
5. Week	Development of rhetoric in the history of science (continued)
6. Week	Argumenation in science
7. Week	Midterm examinations
8. Week	Argumenation in science (continued)
9. Week	Scientific communication targeting scientists and general public
10. Week	Scientific communication targeting scientists and general public (continued)
11. Week	Development of popular science literature and ways of portraying science in popular publications
12. Week	Development of popular science literature and ways of portraying science in popular publications (continued)
13. Week	Science writing for children and the youth
14. Week	Science writing for children and the youth (continued)
15. Week
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	20
Assignment	1	20
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	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	12	1	12
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing	6	3	18
Preparing a Presentation	3	4	12
Presentation	2	3	6
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	2	13	26
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	2	13	26
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			184
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.36
Course Credit (ECTS):			7

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1				X
2				X
3		X
4		X
5				X
6						X
7				X
8			X
9						X
10				X
11				X
12				X
13				X
14					X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Dr. M. Fatih TAŞAR)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/web/mftasar/)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(mftasar@gazi.edu.tr)

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