MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0803 | Contemporary Philosophy | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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): |
Assoc. Prof. SONGÜL DEMİR Instructor TUĞRUL ÖZKARACALAR |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to make an introduction to the principles of modern thought from a historical perspective |
The students who have succeeded in this course; After successfully completing this course the student will be able •set forth the elements discussed by the philosophers during the last decades •make a study on one of them •Defining contemporary thinking •Determining the various areas of contemporary philosophy •Contemporary philosophers and its thoughts |
•Neo-Kantianism, philosophy of life, Dilthey, Historism, Hermeneutic Pragmatism, constructivism- |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction | |
2) | What is the contemporary philosophy? | Course Note |
3) | What is the hermenuetik? | Course Note |
4) | W. Dilthey and Gadamer | Course Note |
5) | Marksism and wsetern marxism | Course Note |
6) | G.Lukacs, A Gramschi | Course Note |
7) | Frankfurt School:Adorno ve Horkheimer | Course Note |
8) | Ü habermas and the Theory of Communicative Action | Course Note |
9) | Structuralism, sauussre | Course Note |
10) | R. Barthes | Course Note |
11) | Lacan, althuser | Course Note |
12) | Post modernism: lytord | Course Note |
13) | Post structuralism,: Faucault | Course Note |
14) | J. derrida | Course Note |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | |
References: | " Peter Watson, Ideas – A History From Fire to Freud, Phoenix Paperback, 2006.E. Levinas. Sonsuza Tanıklık (Seçme Metinler). Metis Yayınları, Zaman ve Başka-Metis Yayınları. " "J. Derrida. Toplumbilim 10-Derrida Özel sayısı, Cogito özel sayısı. " |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 30 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
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 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 1 | 14 |
Midterms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 91 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Utilize the wealth of information stored in computer databases to answer basic biological questions and solve problems such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases. | 3 |
2) | Acquire an ability to compile and analyze biological information, clearly present and discuss the conclusions, the inferred knowledge and the arguments behind them both in oral and written format. | 5 |
3) | Develop critical, creative and analytical thinking skills. | 5 |
4) | Develop effective communication skills and have competence in scientific speaking, reading and writing abilities in English and Turkish. | 3 |
5) | Gain knowledge of different techniques and methods used in genetics and acquire the relevant laboratory skills. | 4 |
6) | Detect biological problems, learn to make hypothesis and solve the hypothesis by using variety of experimental and observational methods. | 5 |
7) | Gain knowledge of methods for collecting quantitative and qualitative data and obtain the related skills. | 3 |
8) | Conduct research through paying attention to ethics, human values and rights. Pay special attention to confidentiality of information while working with human subjects. | 5 |
9) | Obtain basic concepts used in theory and practices of molecular biology and genetics and establish associations between them. | 5 |
10) | Search and use literature to improve himself/herself and follow recent developments in science and technology. | 5 |
11) | Be aware of the national and international problems in the field and search for solutions. | 4 |