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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0502 | 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. |
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 |
Course Lecturer(s): |
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. |
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. |
This course will begin with earliest scientific ideas and technological developments and will proceed to medieval, early modern and modern era. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Midterms | 2 | 15 | 30 |
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 92 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | List the relations between concepts and institutions related to various legal disciplines and this concepts and institutions. | |
2) | Have the knowledge of legal methodology and methods of comment. | |
3) | Comment the modern legal gains with the historical knowledge. | |
4) | Have the knowledge of philosophical currents of thought which are the bases of legal rules. | |
5) | Have the knowledge of legal regulations, judicial decisions and the scientific evaluations related to them. | |
6) | Resolve the juridical disagreements in light of legal acts, juridical decisions and doctrine. | |
7) | Use at least one foreign language as scientific language. | |
8) | Have the knowledge of the political and juridical foundation of the state. | |
9) | Have the knowledge of the historical development of the rights of individuals and societies and of the basic documents which are accepted throughout this development. | |
10) | Have the ability to resolve the disagreements which can violate the social order in national or international level. | |
11) | Have the ability to prevent the juridical disagreements between individuals. | |
12) | Have the knowledge of international and comparative law systems. | |
13) | Have the knowledge of the construction and the conduct of the national and international commercial relations. | |
14) | Use Turkish in an efficient way both verbal and written. | |
15) | Have the professional and ethical responsibility. | |
16) | Have the knowledge on the European Union’s legislation and institutions. | |
17) | Have the knowledge on juridical regulations and applications related to economical and financial mechanisms. | |
18) | Have the knowledge of the operation of the national and the international judicial bodies. |