COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHENOMENOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6139 PHENOMENOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ADIL ÇIFTÇI

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To deeply investigate phenomenology as a philosophical, epistemological and methodological approach along with taking consideration its historical process and to teach sociological methods relied on phenomenology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will learn the history of phenomenology and its basic approach.
2   They will meet the founders of phenomenology along with their theories.
3   They will see the impact of phenomenology on sociological methods.
4   They will learn Romantic hermeneutics as a method.
5   They will gain phenomenological imagination in social sciences.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Philosophical Roots: Kant
2 Philosophical Roots: Husserl
3 Transcendental Phenomenology: Husserl
4 Existantial Phenomenology: Heidegger
5 Existential Phenomenology: Schutz
6 Solipsism: Berkeley
7 Hermeneutics: Dilthey
8 Midterm Exam
9 Hermeneutics: Gadamer
10 Romantic Hermeneutics
11 Phenomenological Sociology: Weber
12 Ethnomethodology: Garfinkel
13 Symbolic Interactionism: Mead
14 Wrapping Up: Phenomenological Imagination

Recomended or Required Reading

Adil Çiftçi, Anlayıcı Yaklaşım ve Din Sosyolojisi için Uzanımları.
Adil Çiftçi, Nasıl Bir Sosyal Bilim: Temel Sorunlar ve Yaklaşımlar.
Adil Çiftçi, Yorumlayıcı Sosyoloji , DEU Ilahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi.
Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time, trans. J. Stambaugh and D. Schmidt.
Heidegger, Martin. Basic Problems of Phenomenology, trans. A. Hofstadter.
Husserl, Edmund. Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological
Philosophy: First Book: General Introduction to a Pure Phenomenology, tr. F. Kersten.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Research, Interactive, Term paper and application of theory.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

adil.ciftci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 14:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Reading 14 5 70
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 240

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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