BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (TURKISH) | |||||
Associate | TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 | QF-EHEA: Short Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 5 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP1502 | Great Discoveries and Inventions in the History of Science | Fall Spring |
3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
Language of instruction: | Tr |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Associate |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DERYA TARBUCK |
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: | 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 |
Laboratory | % 0 | |
Application | % 0 | |
Field Work | % 0 | |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | % 0 | |
Quizzes | % 0 | |
Homework Assignments | % 0 | |
Presentation | % 0 | |
Project | % 0 | |
Seminar | % 0 | |
Midterms | 2 | % 40 |
Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Paper Submission | % 0 | |
Jury | % 0 | |
Bütünleme | % 0 | |
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 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | ||
Midterms | 2 | 15 | 30 |
Paper Submission | 0 | ||
Jury | 0 | ||
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) | He/she applies theoretical business management knowledge on business life. | |
2) | He/she uses business management function and applies and follows new management technics. | |
3) | He/she performs legal responsibilities of business, follows and applies legislation. | |
4) | He/she can use information and communication tecnologies that necessary for their area, follows technological change and applies new technologies to business system. | |
5) | He/she determines, analyses and solves problems that appear in vocational applications. | |
6) | He/she manages business finance, analyses business financial situation, and solves financial problems. | |
7) | He/she gains management skill by managing and enhanging human resource effectively in accordance with business aims. | |
8) | He/she can understand production and marketing functions as a whole, applies new production and marketing techniques. | |
9) | He/she calculates cost, makes entry, prepares and interprets financial statements. | |
10) | He/she has vocational ethical value that market needs in qualified staff, can use Turkish effectively in writing and speaking communication; have proficiency in foreign language knowledge to making international correspond. | |
11) | He/she follows and applies vocational current and economic developments in national and international area. | 2 |