COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5107 PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HANIFI ÖZCAN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To introduce and to analyse social and philosophical problems based on globalisation and to contribute in researching its recent reflections on culture

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student, at the end of the semester, will get knowledge of the terms pluralism, plurality, dialog, the relations of religions
2   They will get knowledge about some world religions and their validities etc.
3   They will get knowledge about the cultural and social issues that are caused by religious belief systems
4   will have the ability to analyse and make relations between all these information
5   They will be able to research of finding solutions for those problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 As terms: pluralism and plurality.
2 Dialog between religions-pluralism
3 Some pluralistic hypothesis.
4 World beliefs.
5 The truth and scepticism.
6 Religious truth claims.
7 MID-TERM EXAM
8 Eschatological value truth
9 Pluralism and religious experiences.
10 Religion as an interpretation
11 Salvation claims in religions
12 Pluralism and policy
13 Pluralism and history
14 Pluralism and economy

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Prof. Dr. Hanifi ÖZCAN, Maturidide Dini Çoğulculuk.
2. J. Hick, Problems of Religious Pluralism.
3. J. Hick, An Interpretation of Religion

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, question - answer, studying on examples, homework and practice

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students will improve their analyzing and understanding abilities by getting know about these philosophical and social problems caused by globalisation.

Assessment Criteria

Students' achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hanifi.ozcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13:00 - 14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1433453
LO.2433453
LO.3433453
LO.4433453
LO.5433453

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