INTERNATIONAL FINANCE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0607 | Ethics | Fall Spring |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor HAKAN KURUNÇ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to introduce students with some basic concepts and discussions of ethics to enable them to think critically and philosophically.. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The student will be able to distinguish ethics by gaining insight into its basic concepts, questions and problems The student will be able to analyze ethics by understanding the differences between it and other philosophical disciplines. The student will be able to evaluate the problems of ethics The student will be able to apply the methods and concepts of ethics to the contemporary moral problems. The student will be able to comprehend the relationship between ethics and history of ethics |
To introduce basic concepts and problems of ethics; to gain insight to the history of ethics. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction, Critical Reasoning. Analysing Moral Reasoning | Course notes |
2) | The Turn to Reason. Why be Moral? | Course notes |
3) | Introduction to Subjectivism and Objectivism | Course notes |
4) | The Moral System: Moral rules, Moral ideals | Course notes |
5) | Reason, Knowledge and Scepticism | Course notes |
6) | Plato's dialogue: Meno | Course notes |
7) | Plato's dialogue: Crito | Course notes |
8) | Understanding Virtue Ethics | Course notes |
9) | Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics | Course notes |
10) | Moral Principles and Moral Theories | Course notes |
11) | Kant (Deontology) – Categorical Imperative | Course notes |
12) | Bentham and Mill - Utilitarianism | Course notes |
13) | Ethics and Animals. Ethics and Environment | Course notes |
14) | Capital Punishment. Ethics and War | Course notes |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Annas, Julia: 2000, Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, Oxford U.P Chappell, Timothy: 2009, Ethics and Experience, Durham, Acumen Publishing. Hooft, Stan von: 2006, Understanding Virtue Ethics, Chesham, Acumen Publishing MacIntyre, Alasdair: 1998, A Short History of Ethics, 2.ed., London, Routledge. Thomson, Anne: 1999 Critical Reasoning in Ethics: A Practical Introduction, London, Routledge. |
References: | A.Cevizci, Etiğe Giriş, Paradigma Yayınları, İstanbul, 2. Baskı, 2007. Aristoteles, Nikomakhos’a Etik, (çev. S. Babür), Ayraç Yayınevi, Ankara, 1998. Immanuel Kant, Ahlâk Metafiziğinin Temellendirilmesi (çev.: İ. Kuçuradi), TFK Yayınları, Ankara, 1995. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Quizzes | 2 | % 25 |
Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Midterms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 97 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To correctly identify the problems and to be able to ask the correct questions | 2 |
2) | To have the ability for problem solving and to utilize analytical approach in dealing with the problems of finance | 1 |
3) | To understand and grasp the full details of theoretical arguments and counter arguments | 1 |
4) | To be fully prepared for a graduate study in finance and to have lifelong learning awareness | 1 |
5) | To be able to apply theoretical principles of finance to the realities of practical business life | 1 |
6) | To develop solutions for managerial problems by understanding the requirements of international financial markets | 1 |
7) | To think innovatively and creatively in complex situations | 3 |
8) | To be able to make decisions both locally and internationally by knowing the effects of globalization on business and social life | 2 |
9) | To have the competencies of the digital age and to use the necessary financial applications | 1 |
10) | To be able to use at least one foreign language both for communication and academic purposes | 2 |
11) | To understand the importance of business ethics and to take decisions by knowing the legal and ethical consequences of their activities in the academic world and business life | 3 |
12) | To develop an objective criticism in business and academic life and having a perspective to self-criticize | 3 |