PERFORMING ARTS
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	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:	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.

Learning Outcomes

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.

Course Content

This course will begin with earliest scientific ideas and technological developments and will proceed to medieval, early modern and modern era.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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

Sources

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

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Midterms	2	15	30
Final	1	20	20
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)	They acquire theoretical, historical and aesthetic knowledge specific to their field by using methods and techniques related to performing arts (acting, dance, music, etc.).
2)	They have knowledge about art culture and aesthetics and they provide the unity of theory and practice in their field.
3)	They are aware of national and international values in performing arts.
4)	Abstract and concrete concepts of performing arts; can transform it into creative thinking, innovative and original works.
5)	They have the sensitivity to run a business successfully in their field.
6)	Develops the ability to perceive, think, design and implement multidimensional from local to universal.
7)	They have knowledge about the disciplines that the performing arts field is related to and can evaluate the interaction of the sub-disciplines within their field.
8)	They develop the ability to perceive, design, and apply multidimensionality by having knowledge about artistic criticism methods.
9)	They can share original works related to their field with the society and evaluate their results and question their own work by using critical methods.
10)	They follow English language resources related to their field and can communicate with foreign colleagues in their field.
11)	By becoming aware of national and international values in the field of performing arts, they can transform abstract and concrete concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original works.
12)	They can produce original works within the framework of an interdisciplinary understanding of art.
13)	Within the framework of the Performing Arts Program and the units within it, they become individuals who are equipped to take part in the universal platform in their field.
14)	Within the Performing Arts Program, according to the field of study; have competent technical knowledge in the field of acting and musical theater.
15)	They use information and communication technologies together with computer software that is at least at the Advanced Level of the European Computer Use License as required by the field.