COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 4008 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY COMPULSORY 4 0 0 6

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKAN ÇÖREKCIOĞLU

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

It is to teach students the correct meaning of political concepts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   the students will be able to use their knowledge about the history of political philosophy
2   to analyze texts by applying political concepts
3   to compare the main political theories and different political philosophies
4   to distinquish the historical development of political philosophy
5   to employ a critical perspective

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The importance of political philosophy, its emergence and the problem of political judgment
2 The structure of state and society in ancient Grecee
3 Plato and the theory of state
4 Aristotle and the political community
5 Politics an law in the Hellenistic period
6 God-state in the Middle Ages
7 the modern paradigm and the tradition of contract
8 Midterm exam
9 Machiavelli's political theory
10 Hobbes and modern state
11 Locke and liberalism
12 Rousseau and republicanism
13 Kant and the reconstruction of contract tradition
14 Hegel and his critique of the contract tradition
15 General assessment
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Alaaddin Şenel,Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi,Bilim ve Sanat Yay.,7.basım,Ankara,1998.
2) Larry Arnhardt,Siyasi Düşünce tarihi,çev.A.K.Bayram,1.basım,Ankara,2004.
3)D.Tanenbaum-D.Schultz,Siyasi Düşünce Tarihi,çev.Fatih Demirci,Adres yay.,Ankara,2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13
LO.224
LO.33344
LO.434
LO.54433