NEW MEDIA
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
GEP0822	Logic I	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
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	Tomakestudentsto be acquaintedwithsubject-mattersandconcepts of logicandtolearntheway of thinking on thosesubject-mattersandconcepts.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Thestudentswhosucceeded in thiscourse;
Aftersuccessfullycompletingthiscoursethestudentwill be able
•Recognises main problems of logic
•Explainstherelationbetweenclassiclogicandotherdisciplines
•Identify main concepts of philosophyandrelationbetweenthem.
•Thinkscorrectandconsistently.
•Describestheconceptfully.
•Improvesmentalexecution.

Course Content

Concept, definition, predicables, proposition, reasoning, fallacies.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Definition of logic, arguments in daily life	Course notes
2)	Logicalvalidity	Course notes
3)	Reasoning	Course notes
4)	Short history of logic	Course notes
5)	Language andsentence	Course notes
6)	Meaning and truth value	Course notes
7)	Sentences and relation ship between them	Course notes
8)	Standard form	Course notes
9)	Direct and indirect arguments	Course notes
10)	Predicate logic	Course notes
11)	Sentences form in predicatelogic	Course notes
12)	Translations	Course notes
13)	Modal sentences	Course notes
14)	Modal reasoning	Course notes

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Mantık (Doğru düşünme yöntemi), Cemal Yıldırım, Bilgi Yayınevi, 1999. Önermeler Mantığı, Ali Nesin, Nesin Yayıncılık, 2011.
References:	Klasik Mantığa Giriş, İbrahim Emiroğlu, Ankara 2004, Klasik Mantık, NecatiÖner, Ankara 1991 Gazali’nin Mantık Anlayışı,İbrahimÇapak, Ankara 2005

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Homework Assignments	2	% 20
Midterms	1	% 20
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	14	3	42
Homework Assignments	2	10	20
Midterms	1	15	15
Final	1	20	20
Total Workload			97

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)	To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication.
2)	To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level.
3)	To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them.
4)	To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends.
5)	To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner.
6)	To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents.
7)	To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.
8)	To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit.
9)	To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication.
10)	To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels.