COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLASS AND POLITICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 5069 CLASS AND POLITICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR YEŞIM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

Analyze of various schools which have placed in Marxist theory since Marx from today in terms of history, society and political philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to comment on ideas of philosophers
2   Being able to comment philosophers by considering their period
3   Being able to evaluate the role of analyses of philosophers on today s events and phenomenon.
4   Being able to have information about Marxism
5   Being able to discuss about configuration of modern political and administrative structure

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of homework topics to students
2 Classical Marxism, Marx
3 Engels
4 Luxemburg
5 Lenin
6 Historical Marxism, Thompson
7 Mid Term
8 Lukacs
9 Gramsci
10 Structural Marxism
11 Althusser
12 Poulantzas
13 Postmarxist, Laclau, Mouffe
14 Habermas

Recomended or Required Reading

Antonio Gramsci, Hapishane Defterleri, Çeviren:Adnan Cemgil, Belge Yayınları, 2007

Karl Marx, Kapital 1.cili, Çeviren: Nail Satılgan,Yprdam Kitap, Istanbul, 2011

Louis Althusser, Ideoloji ve Devletin Ideolojik Aygıtları, Çeviren: Alp Tümertekin, Ithaki Yayınları, Istanbul, 2003

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical frame will be formed by the instructor of lesson.The student is responsable for analysing a scientific article about lesson s subject and doing/presenting a homework which s subject is selected by student.

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 * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

tuesday, 11:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 39 39
Preparing presentations 1 34 34
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1554
LO.224355
LO.3434
LO.45342
LO.535