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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS KMY 5062 CLASSIC TEXT READINGS: EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHERS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR IBRAHIM ARAP

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

It is aimed to examine the works of thinkers who have important impact on the political and administrative thought world and put forth their effects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to interpret the ideas of the thinkers 2   Being able to interpret by taking into account the period at which thinkers have lived 3   Being able to evaluate the role of being played in the analyze and observations of thinkers in the emergence of the present case and events 4   Being able to have information about great thinkers of the world of thought 5   Being able to discuss about the formation of the modern political and administrative structure and process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 General overview of the course and meeting. Introducing the students to the subjects of the papers prepared by students 2 Aristotle-Metaphysics 3 Plato-The State 4 Martin Luther- On Christian Freedom 5 Immanuel Kant- The Metaphysics of Morals 6 Voltaire-Tolerance 7 Midterm 8 Thomas Hobbes-Leviathan 9 John Maynard Keynes- 1930 Decline 10 Adam Smith-The Wealth of Nations 11 Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels - The Communist Manifesto 12 Jean-Paul Sartre-Existentialism 13 Vladimir Lenin, What Is To Be Done 14 Arnold Toynbee-Historical Consciousness

Recomended or Required Reading

Batı\'ya Yön Veren Metinler, Derleyen Alev Alatlı, Kapadokya Meslek Yüksekokulu, 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1-In-class discussion in accordance with the readings on the subjects in the content of weekly course. 2-Group or individual researches and presentations of students related with the course subjects. 3-Book review

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

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.arap@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Preparing presentations 1 10 10 Preparing assignments 1 10 10 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

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 LO.1 3 5 LO.2 4 3 LO.3 5 5 2 4 LO.4 3 3 LO.5 4 5