GEP0609 Alliance of CivilizationsBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
GEP0609 Alliance of Civilizations Fall 3 0 3 5
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: GE-Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: This course is aimed at helping the student to grasp civilization as a concept, as a phenomenon and as a social reality. This way the student is expected to be able to analyze different civilizations and interpret the new concept of alliance of civilizatiopns with respect to its meaning and possibility.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1.Students shall develop critical thinking
2.Students shall analyze and critique historical development.
3.Students shall synthesize diverse kinds of information and to express ideas clearly and cogently.
4.Students shall develop abilities to recognize and analyze historical problems
5.Students shall understand and critique the concept of civilization.

Course Content

This course deals with the phenomenon of civilization in history with respect to the present global World. It also wants to question the thesis of the clash of civilizations in order to search for he possibility of a meeting ground for civilizations, which will lead to the alliance of civilizations.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction: Humans as the Main Element of Society Compiled Material
2) Theories of Society in Historical Perspective I Compiled Material
3) Theories of Society in Historical Perspective II Compiled Material
4) Culture as a Social Phenomenon and its Manifestation Compiled Material
5) History of Cultures and Social Movements Compiled Material
6) From Cultures to Civilizations: Philosophy of Cilization I Compiled Material
7) From Cultures to Civilizations: Philosophy of Cilization II Compiled Material
8) Midterm exam
9) The Rise of Civilizations in Human History and Ancient Civilizations Compiled Material
10) Conflict and Alliance in Ancient Civilizations Compiled Material
11) New Era Civilizations: İslam Compiled Material
12) New Era Civilizations: Western Compiled Material
13) The Global Age and Civilizations in Contemporary World Compiled Material
14) Relationship Between Civilizations: The Clash and Alliance Thesis Compiled Material

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Derste dağıtılacak.

May be distributed in class.
References: Recep Şentürk, Açık Medeniyet & Çok Medeniyetli Dünya ve Topluma Doğru, İstanbul: Timaş Yayınları, 2010.
Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest, London: Penguin Boooks, 2011;
Roger Osborne, Civilization: A New History of the Western World, New York: Pegasus Book, 2006.

Recep Şentürk, Açık Medeniyet & Çok Medeniyetli Dünya ve Topluma Doğru, İstanbul: Timaş Yayınları, 2010.
Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest, London: Penguin Boooks, 2011;
Roger Osborne, Civilization: A New History of the Western World, New York: Pegasus Book, 2006.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 1 % 10
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 10 3 30
Midterms 1 10 10
Final 1 10 10
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) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.