BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| BIOMEDICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGY (TURKISH) | |||||
| Associate | TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 | QF-EHEA: Short Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 5 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| GEP1502 | Great Discoveries and Inventions in the History of Science | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | Turkish |
| Type of course: | GE-Elective |
| Course Level: | Associate (Short Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DERYA TARBUCK |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to survey the development of science and technology in a historical context. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; Explains the method regarding the production of scientific knowledge and history of science. Exemplifies important scientific discoveries throughout history. Executes historical method to identify the contribution of civilizations to science. Attributes the ideas of historians regarding the Scientific Revolution. Critiques the applicability of scientific discoveries to technology using historical method. Explains the reasons why Industrial revolution came into being. |
Course Content
| This course will begin with earliest scientific ideas and technological developments and will proceed to medieval, early modern and modern era. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction: Guiding Themes | Coursebook |
| 2) | Tools and Toolmakers | coursebook |
| 3) | Pharoes and Engineers | coursebook |
| 4) | Greek Science | coursebook |
| 5) | Alexandria and Science in the East | coursebook |
| 6) | Science in China and India | coursebook |
| 7) | Science in the New World | coursebook |
| 8) | Science in the New World II | coursebook |
| 9) | Copernicus and Galileo | coursebook |
| 10) | Isaac Newton | coursebook |
| 11) | Industrial Revolution | coursebook |
| 12) | Legacy of the Revolution | coursebook |
| 13) | New Aristotelians | coursebook |
| 14) | The Bomb and the Genome | coursebook |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | James E. McLellan ve Harold Dorn, Science and technology in world history: an introduction (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006) |
| References: | Seçme Okuma Parçaları |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 2 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Midterms | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 92 | ||
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Skill of using math and science knowledge in the problems of the Biomedical Equipment Technology Program | |
| 2) | Cognition skill of recognition, modeling, and resolving of engineering problems in biomedical and related fields | |
| 3) | Reveal of creative projects in the field of biomedical, experimental verification of these projects and skill of interpreting results | |
| 4) | Learning the techniques and safety principles for applications in the field of biomedical and skill of using related measurement tools | |
| 5) | Skill of making disciplinary and interdisciplinary teamwork | 5 |
| 6) | Skill of acting independently, using initiative and creativity | 3 |
| 7) | Skill of monitoring technological developments in their own topic and in general, lifelong learning, learning to learn and renewing itself | |
| 8) | Students learn oral and written communication skills | |
| 9) | Skill of professional and ethical responsibility and entreating sensitive to these | |
| 10) | Having the information about quality standards and management; Skill of complying with management rules, standards and work discipline | |
| 11) | In the light of Ataturk's principles, to have historical information on The Republic of Turkey foundation | |
| 12) | Turkish verbal and written skills to communicate effectively; having at least one foreign language knowledge | 3 |