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
GEP0802	Aesthetic and Philosophy	Spring	3	0	3	5

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:	Hybrid
Course Coordinator :	Instructor SERKAN ŞİMŞEK
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The aim of this course is to conduct studies in the field of aesthetics and to provide a historical overview of general art concepts from the perspective of art criticism.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students who successfully complete this course will,
1. discuss philosophical perspectives on Beauty and Art.
2. acquire mastery of terminology related to Aesthetics and Art.
3. learn fundamental philosophical concepts that clarify the phenomena of Beauty and Art.
4. study and articulate prominent aesthetic views within the history of philosophy.
5. recognize the opportunities provided by examining art through a philosophical view.
6. understand ways to address differences between various views on art.
7. comprehend contemporary debates concerning art and artworks.

Course Content

The course have topics such as the objective existence of artworks and the subjective perception of art, beauty and infinity, art and nature, issues of meaning and interpretation in art disciplines, and art as a goal to be achieved. In addition to examining the thoughts of philosophers such as Platon, Aristoteles, Kant, and Hegel on art and beauty, the paradigms of contemporary aesthetics will be discussed through the practice of critically analyzing artworks.
Teaching methods and techniques used in the course are: lecture, reading, individual work, discussion.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction
2)	Contemporary Art Aesthetics and Criticism	Exhibition Discussions
3)	Contemporary Art Aesthetics and Criticism	Exhibition Discussions
4)	Subjectivist and Objectivist Approaches in Art Criticism	Course notes
5)	Normative Epistemology in Art History	Course notes
6)	Speculative Epistemology in Art History	Course notes
7)	Heteronomy and Autonomy in Aesthetics	Course notes
8)	Midterm Week
9)	Platon's Philosophy and Art	Course notes
10)	The Development of Philosophy and Art Thought in Ancient Greece: Pythagoras and Heraclitus	Course notes
11)	Aristotle's Philosophy and Art	Course notes
12)	Aesthetics from Antiquity to the Modern Age: Aristoxenus and Baumgarten	Course notes
13)	Kant's Philosophy and Art	Course notes
14)	Hegel's Philosophy and Art	Course notes

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

None

References:

Afşar Timuçin, Aesthetics, Bulut Publishing, 2008.
Nejat Bozkurt, Theories of Art and Aesthetics, Asa Publishing, 2000.
İoanna Kuçuradi, Looking at Art with Philosophy, Şiir-Tiyatro Publishing, Ankara, 1979.
Hegel, Aesthetics: Lectures on Fine Art.
Hegel, Science of Logic.
Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit.
Kant, Critique of Pure Reason.
Kant, Critique of Judgment.
Aristotle, Poetics.
Aristotle, Politics.
Plato, Symposium.
Plato, The Republic.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 20
Quizzes	3	% 30
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Study Hours Out of Class	13	4	52
Quizzes	3	10	30
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			123

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