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
GEP0502	Great Discoveries and Inventions in the History of Science	Fall 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:	English
Type of course:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	E-Learning
Course Coordinator :	Assoc. Prof. DERYA TARBUCK
Course Lecturer(s):	Assoc. Prof. DERYA TARBUCK
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course aims to understand how scientific knowledge is produced, changes, and affects social life through major discoveries and inventions that have occurred in different periods of scientific history. Important developments in many areas, from astronomy to medicine, from mathematics to physics and technological innovations, will be discussed in a time period extending from ancient times to the modern era. The main purpose of the course is to enable students to understand how scientific thought has evolved in a historical context and to provide a perspective that will enable them to critically evaluate the mutual relationship between science and society. It will be emphasized that inventions are not only the product of individual geniuses, but also structures shaped by the intellectual, cultural, and political conditions of the period. In this context, the course will provide students with conceptual tools to understand the historical development of scientific knowledge and will provide them with the ability to use this information in the evaluation process of scientific and technological developments in today's world.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
At the end of this course, students are expected to:

Identify and explain important scientific and technological discoveries from ancient times to the modern era,
Grasp the historical, cultural and philosophical contexts in which these great discoveries emerged,
Analyze the effects of scientific developments on society, politics, economy and the world of thought,
Work critically with primary and secondary sources related to the history of science,
Follow how scientific thought and practices evolved in different civilizations and periods,
Evaluate individuals, institutions and knowledge networks that played a role in the development of science,
Question the interrelationships between science, technology and society through historical and current examples,
Develop historical thinking skills (such as establishing causality, creating chronology, interpreting evidence)

Course Content

This course offers a comprehensive and global survey of the development of science and scientific thought across civilizations and time periods, highlighting the diverse cultural, philosophical, and technological contributions to human knowledge.

Throughout the course, video lectures and lecture notes are provided each week; starting from the 5th week, weekly assignments are given to ensure that students understand the topics in depth.
Teaching methods and techniques used in the course are: lecture, individual work, reading and use of digital resources.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	PREHISTORY AND HISTORY VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES
2)	RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES
3)	HELLENIC SCIENCE VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES
4)	HELLENISTIC SCIENCE VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES
5)	ISLAMIC CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT
6)	CHINA’S CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT
7)	INDUS RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATION AND SCIENCE VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS AND SCIENCE VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT
8)	MIDTERM WEEK
9)	EUROPE AND SCIENCE VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT
10)	COPERNICUS VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT
11)	GALILEO VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT
12)	NEWTON VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT
13)	DARWIN VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT
14)	EINSTEIN VIDEOS AND LECTURE NOTES WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

A. C. Crombie, Augustine to Galileo: The History of Science A.D. 400–1650

Peter Dear, Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge and Its Ambitions, 1500–1700

David Wootton, The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution

Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Patricia Fara, Science: A Four Thousand Year History

George Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science (seçmeler)

Steven Shapin, The Scientific Revolution

References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 5
Homework Assignments	10	% 35
Final	1	% 60
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Study Hours Out of Class	13	3	39
Homework Assignments	10	3	30
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			110

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.	4
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.	3
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.	3