GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

EPISTEMOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION/5360007

Course Title:	EPISTEMOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Compulsory

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc. Prof. İbrahim Hakan Dönmez

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

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

ihdonmez@gmail.com

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Acquires a perspective concerning the basic items of epistemology and knowledge.
Can evaluate developments from the perspective of communication epistemology.
Can make discussions on knowledge-truth in the light of epistemology.

-- 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	Introduction
2. Week	Epistemology: Definition
3. Week	Epistemological approaches
4. Week	Knowledge-truth comparison
5. Week	Phenomenology
6. Week	News and sociology of the news
7. Week	The importance of epistemology in communication.
8. Week	Midterm
9. Week	Student presentations.
10. Week	Student presentations.
11. Week	Different approaches to epistemology
12. Week	Communication, ethics and epistemology relation
13. Week	New communication types
14. Week	Student presentations.
15. Week	Student presentations.
16. Week	Final

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Haber, Hakikat ve İktidar İlişkisi, Ç. DURSUN

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

-- 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	16	3	48
Practising Hours of Course Per Week	0	0	0
Reading	15	4	60
Searching in Internet and Library	15	3	45
Designing and Applying Materials	0	0	0
Preparing Reports	0	0	0
Preparing Presentation	15	2	30
Presentation	0		0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	0		0
Final and Studying for Final	0		0
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			183
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.32
ECTS:			7.5

-- 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

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