MECHATRONICS (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
ACL4007	Comparative Literature	Spring Fall	3	0	3	6

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:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Associate (Short Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	none
Course Objectives:	This course is designed to give the students a thorough appreciation of the 19th and 20th century literary movements in Europe, United States and Turkey; concentrating on specific genres as seen fit.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students will learn
• to evaluate social, psychological and political perspectives in the texts,
• to discuss major authors and themes related to different periods,
• to present their own perspectives and/or to compare and contrast different concepts in well-developed essays.

Course Content

A selection of works of the most well-known authors of the Western world

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the course
2)	Madame Bovary	Reading
3)	Madame Bovary	Reading
4)	Madame Bovary	Reading
5)	Anna Karenina and MT I	Reading
6)	Anna Karenina and MT I	Reading
7)	Anna Karenina	Reading
8)	Anna Karenina	Reading
9)	The Awakening	Reading
10)	The Awakening	Reading
11)	Aşk-ı Memnu	Reading
12)	Aşk-ı Memnu	Reading
13)	Review / Comparison	Reading
14)	Review / Comparison	Reading
15)	Final examination
16)	Final examination

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (trans. Gerard Hopkins. Introduction by Terence Cave and Notes by Mark Overstall. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998).
Lev Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (trans. Constance Garnett. Revised, edited and with an Introduction by Leonard J. Kent and Nina Berberova. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1978).
Kate Chopin, The Awakening (ed. Margaret Culley. New York: Norton, 1976)
Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil, Aşk-ı Memnu (yay. Haz. Muharrem Kaya. İstanbul: Özgür Yay., 2008)

References:

David Damrosch, “Rebirth of a Discipline:The Global Origins of Comparative Studies.” Comparative Critical Studies 3, 1-2 (2006), pp. 99-112.
Passages from Kamil Aydın's Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat – Günümüz Postmodern Bağlamda Algılanışı (İstanbul: Birey Yay., 2008).

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	16	% 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
Homework Assignments	4	4	16
Midterms	2	10	20
Final	1	12	12
Total Workload			90

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)	To improve fundamental computer knowledge, to encourage students using office and package programs.
2)	Ability to have and use of fundamental mathematics knowledge and skills the usage of relevant materials.
3)	Ability to recognize general structures of machine equipments and the features of shaping
4)	Ability to grasp manufacturing processes and cutting tool materials, materials, statics, mechanics and fluid science fundemantal knowledge.
5)	Ability to draw assembly and auxilary devices as well as to draw whole or details of a system.
6)	Ability to have a knowledge of fundemantal manufacturing process such as turning, milling, punching,grinding and welding techniques and to have a self esteem in order to work behind the bench.
7)	Ability to do computer aided design and write program on digital benches.
8)	Ability to prepare project report, follow up project process and implement projects.
9)	ability to learn the areas of usage of electronic circuit components. Ability to grasp and write programs for micro controllers and for their components. Ability to design relevant circuits.
10)	Ability to understand the electric motors principles and AC-DC analysis
11)	Ability to gain a dominaion on visual programming
12)	Having the ability to communicate efficiently in verbal and written Turkish, to know at least one foreign language in order to communicate with the colleagues and customers.