GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS/4520013
Course Title: AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS
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
  English
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Discuss the problems of our age
Recognize the possible solutions of philosophy to wordly problems
Recognition of the position of philosophy in producing solutions for contemporaray problems

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  What is philosophy? How does it work?
2. Week  The meaning of philosophical evaluation of contemporary problems.
3. Week  Ethics problems
4. Week  Ethics problems
5. Week  Ethic problems
6. Week  Solutions of philosophy
7. Week  Cultural problems
8. Week  Mid-term exam
9. Week  Cultural problems
10. Week  Cultural problems
11. Week  Solutions of philosophy
12. Week  Political problems
13. Week  Political problems
14. Week  Political problems
15. Week  Solutions of philosophy
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
11
9
99
 Searching in Internet and Library
6
5
30
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
4
3
12
 Presentation
1
5
5
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
5
5
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
6
6
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
199
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.96
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
8
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
15X
16X
17X
18X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Emel KOÇ)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/emelkoc)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (emelkoc@gazi.edu.tr)