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
SOC1051	Introduction to Philosophy	Fall	3	0	3	7

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. AYŞE NİLÜFER NARLI
Course Lecturer(s):	Instructor TUĞRUL ÖZKARACALAR Dr. Öğr. Üyesi KAYA AKYILDIZ
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Course Objectives:	The aim of this course is to describe the foundations of philosophy. The course gives due attention to specific philosophical questions related to the relationship between the idea of self that emerges in modernity along with the scientific worldview, on the one hand, and social structures in general, on the other.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course will be able to:

(1)Identify various conceptual approaches to philosophy

(2)Describe major theories about knowledge

(3)Acquire conceptual and analytical thinking related to
philosophy

(4)Develop to apply theoretical ideas to social science

(5) Develop to build micro and macro link in analyzing philosophy by using several theories

Course Content

In this course specific philosophical questions related to the relationship between the idea of self that emerges in modernity along with the scientific worldview, on the one hand, and social structures in general, on the other will be taught.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction
2)	What is Philosophy?	[Craig, chp. 1]
3)	What Should I Do?	[Craig, chp. 2]
4)	How Do We Know?	[Craig, chp. 3]
5)	How Do We Know?	[Craig, chp. 3]
6)	Course review and homework submission	Homework submission
7)	What I am?	[Craig, chp. 4]
8)	Some Themes	[Craig, chp. 5]
9)	Of “isms”	[Craig, chp. 6]
10)	Some High Spots	[Craig, chp. 7]
11)	Some High Spots	[Craig, chp. 7]
12)	Assignment Presentation	Assignment presentation (oral)
13)	Homework submission	Homework submission
14)	Assignment Presentation	Assignment Presentation (Oral) continue from the 12th week

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Edward Craig, “Philosophy – A Very Short Introduction”, Oxford University Press, 2002
References:	* William Outhwaite, “The Philosophy of Social Science”, in: Bryan S. Turner, The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory”, pp. 47-70. Additional readings will be announced. Haftalık ek okumalar duyuralacaktır.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Homework Assignments	2	% 20
Presentation	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 20
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
Study Hours Out of Class	14	5	70
Presentations / Seminar	1	10	10
Homework Assignments	2	20	40
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			167

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.