COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY OF ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBE 6078 PHILOSOPHY OF ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KUBILAY AYSEVENER

Offered to

Statistics
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to demonstrate the philosophical and historical foundations of the concepts of environment and technology with regards to physical and social sciences.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student will be able to have knowledge on the basic issues and problems about the Philosophy of Environment and Technology,
2   have knowledge about the basic concepts of environmental philosophy,
3   grasp the concepts that are discussed with regard to this issue,
4   evaluate the cultural dynamics of the community with a unique viewpoint which he/she lives in with the experince that he/she get,
5   analyse the relations of environment and human, environment and nature, technology and society with regards to concepts such as modern society, modern human, environment, change, ecology, technology, science.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Philosophy and science as fields of knowledge
2 Philosophy of Environment and the Concept of Social Ecology
3 Hierarchical Society
4 Environmental Utilisation and the Dominance Relation
5 Techne
6 Image of Technology 1
7 Image of Technology 2
8 The Social Matrix of Technology 1
9 The Social Matrix of Technology 2
10 Modern Society and the Environment
11 Modern Society and the Technology
12 Environment and Technology as the Image of Science
13 Environment and Technology as the Image of Art
14 Future

Recomended or Required Reading

1. J.M. Bochenski, Felsefece Düşünmenin Yolları, çev. Kurtuluş Dinçer, Ankara: BilgeSu Yayıncılık.
2. Kurtuluş Dinçer, Kısaca Felsefe, Ankara: Pharmakon Kitap.
3. Platon, Lakhes ve Lysis (Platon, Diyaloglar 2, Remzi Kitabevi)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-3:The student s performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.
2. LO 4-6: Will be evaluated by the report of term paper.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in midterm and final exams will be considered in grading.
3. The participation in presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 12 12
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
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LO.5

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