COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 6027 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

The Institute Of Health Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Public Health
Pediatric Nursing
Audiology
Occupational Health
Psychiatric Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Medical Education
Laboratory Animal Science
Histology and Embryology
Anatomy
Internal Medicine Nursing
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Basic Oncology
Toxicology
Exercise Physiology
Biochemistry
Surgical Nursing
Biomechanics
Biophysics
Medical Biology and Genetics
Physiology
Medical Physics
MEDICAL GEOLOGY
Fundamentals of Nursing
Medical Parasitology
Microbiology
Pharmacology
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing
Basic Neuroscience
Nursing Management
Molecular Medicine

Course Objective

: The objective of this course is to handle basic problems in history of science and to investigate the theories of science and philosophical approaches in history of science.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the course, the student will be able to comprehend the basic concepts and questions of history of science and philosophy of science.
2   use the knowledge that is gained from history of science.
3   analyze the problems of history of science and philosophy of science.
4   evaluate the discussions in history of science in terms of new perspectives.
5   create new ideas by adapting the discussions of history of science and philosophy of science to her/his Age.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A general perspective, Basic concepts-questions-history about history of science, The relationship between history of science and philosophy of science, Vienna Circle, Karl R. Popper, Imre Lakatos, Thomas Kuhn, History of Science I (Science in the Renaissance), History of Science II (Science in the Renaissance), Science in Modern times, Science and Technology

Recomended or Required Reading

Cemal Güzel, Bilim Felsefesi, Istanbul: Kırmızı Yayınları, 2010.
Pascal Acot, Bilim Tarihi, çev. Nermin Acar, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi, 2005.
Sevim Tekeli vd., Bilim Tarihine Giriş, Ankara: Nobel Yayın, 1999.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

question-answer, discussion, lecture.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN* 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

One written midterm exam (50%) and one written final exam (50%) are scheduled at the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kurtul.gulenc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 10.30-11.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 3 45
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Reading 3 1 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.14
LO.24
LO.34
LO.44
LO.54

CONTACT INFORMATION
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