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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FEL 5046	UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR METIN BAL

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to investigate the works on utopia and dystopia from the point of philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Comprehend the basic concepts of utopian and dystopian approaches.
2	Comprehend the basic questions of utopian and dystopian approaches.
3	Comprehend the basic problems of utopian and dystopian approaches.
4	Know the difference between utopian/dystopian approaches from other approaches from other approaches in philosophy.
5	Analyze utopian/dystopian approaches by comparing this approach with other philosophical approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Philosophical importance of utopia and the works on utopia	Koestler and Darkness at Noon
2	Philosophical importance of dystopia and the works on dystopia	Ray Bradbury and Fahreneit 451
3	Plato and Republic	H. G. Wells and Modern Utopia
4	More and Utopia	Ursula Le Guin and The Dispossessed
5	Bacon and the New Atlantis
6	Socialism Utopian and Scientific
7	Aldous Huxley and Brave New World
8	Midterm Exam
9	Zamyatin adn We
10	Orwell and 1984

Recomended or Required Reading

Platon (1988) Devlet, çev. Eyüboğlu & M. Ali Cimcoz, Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
Plato (1942) The Republic, tr. by Paul Shorey, in two volumes, II, Books VI-X, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press London.
More, Thomas (2004) Utopia, ceç. Vedat Günyol, Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Mina Urgan. Istanbul Işbankası Kültür Yayınları.
Bacon, Francis (2008) Yeni Atlantis, çev. Çiğdem Dürüşken, Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi.
Campanella, Thoma (2008) Güneş Ülkesi, çev. Çiğdem Dürüşken, Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi.
H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) Modern Bir Ütopya.
Wells, H. G. (2005) A Modern Utopia, with an introduction by Francis Wheen, London: Penguin Books.
Morris, William (1905) News from Nowhere, or An epoch of Rest, Being Some Chapters from A Utopian Romance, London: Longmans Green, and Co.
Engels, Friedrich (2004) Ütopik Sosyalizm ve Bilimsel Sosyalizm, çev. Sol Yayınları Yayın Kurulu. Ankara: Sol Yayınları.
Engels, Frederick (1908) Socialism Utopian and Scientific, tr. by Edward Aveling, With a Special Introduction (1892) by the Author [Engels]. Chicago: Charles H.Kerr Company.
Huhxley, Aldous (2017) Cesur Yeni Dünya, çev. Ümit Tosun, sunuş: Margaret Artwood, sonsöz: David Bradshaw, Istanbul: Ithaki Yayınları
Le Guin, Ursula K. (2020) Mülksüzler, çev. Levent Mollamustafaoğlu, Istanbul: Metis Yayınları.
Le Guin, Ursula K. (1994) The Dispossessed, An Ambiguous Utopia, New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Question-Answer

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

none

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5: The student's pergormance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.

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.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

metin.bal@deu.edu.tr

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
Other (watching artwork belong to visual arts)	1	12	12
Midterm	1	1,5	2
Final	1	1,5	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			126

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	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15
LO.1	5	3				5		4		3	5				4
LO.2	4		5					5				4	5
LO.3		5		4	5				5					3	5
LO.4	5			5		4				5		5
LO.5			5	3	4		5			4			5	5

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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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