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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FDB 5125	SKILLS OF PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTX READING AND WRITING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FATIH TOKTAŞ

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to foster the attendants to evaluate the main problems of philosophy such as existence, knowledge, value by reading the original philosophy texts of classical period's philosophers.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To learn the basic opinions of philosophers and how they handle them in their own texts
2	To grasp the methods of philosophers which they used in their works
3	To learn the opinions which philosophers support or reject and their methods of dealing with these opinions
4	To scrutinize the method for writing a philosophical work
5	To learn the profits of history of philosophy for the main area of theology and to transfer the knowledge of philosophy to their life

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	To compare philosophical text with scientific text
2	To compare philosophical text wit literary text
3	To compare philosophical text with art text
4	To compare philosophical text with sacred text
5	The analyse of concepts in Philosophical texts: Example I: Plato Republic
6	The analyse of concepts in Philosophical texts: Example II: Plato Republic
7	Midterm Exam
8	The analyse of question in philosophical texts Example I Plato Republic
9	The analyse of question in philosophical texts Example II Plato Republic
10	Horizantal relations between philosphical texts: Example Nicomachean Ethics.
11	Vertical relation between philosophical texts, Nicomachean Ethics
12	The book of Republic by Plato; Work for writing text
13	Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle; Work for writing text
14	Politics by Aristotle Work for writing text

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Akşit Göktürk (2001), Okuma Uğraşı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul.
2. Oya Adalı (2010), Etkileşimli ve Eleştirel Okuma Teknikleri, Toroslu Kitaplığı, Istanbul.
3. Nermi Uygur (2009), Kuram-Eylem Bağlamı. Çözümleyici Bir Felsefe Denemesi, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul.
4. Platon, (2010). Devlet, çev. Sabahattin Eyüboğlu / M. Ali Cimcoz, Türkiye Iş Bankası Yayınları, Istanbul.
5. Aristoteles, (1997). Nikomakhos'a Etik, çev. Saffet Babür, Ayraç Yayınları, Ankara.
6. Aristoteles, (2010). Politika, çev. Mete Tunçay, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, search, question-answer, observing on the examples, task and practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The attendants will develop the knowledge about the texts of philosophers and their methods

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendants is counted according to the mid term exam, task and their performance during the lectures

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fatih.toktas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparing assignments	1	10	10
Preparing presentations	1	7	7
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	5	65
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	15	15
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2
LO.2	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2
LO.3	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2
LO.4	5	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	2
LO.5	5	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	2

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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