COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 7061 CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY, NON-THESIS (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKAN ÇÖREKCIOĞLU

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY, NON-THESIS (Evening)

Course Objective

Exploration of modern political philosophy with its major themes and schools.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows modern schools of political philosophy
2   Understands how to relate modern political philosophy to the history of political philosophy
3   Grasps the the differentiation between various schools of political philosophy
4   Presents the major issues which gave rise to the differentiation of various schools of political philosophy
5   Investigates the contemporary significance of various schools of political philosophy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The place of modern political philosophy in the history of political philosophy
2 The place of modern political philosophy in the history of political philosophy
3 Problems of modern political philosophy
4 Major concepts of modern political philosophy
5 Major schools of modern political philosophy
6 Major figures and thoughts of modern political philosophy
7 Major works of modern political philosophy
8 Midterm exam
9 Social and political thought in modern political philosophy
10 Social and political thought in modern political philosophy
11 Social and political thought in modern political philosophy
12 Current schools in modern political philosophy
13 Current schools in modern political philosophy
14 Current schools in modern political philosophy
15 General assessment
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

- Will Kymlica, Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefesine Giriş, çev. Ebru Kılınç, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Istanbul, 2006.
- Cogito (kolektif), sayı 74: Siyaset Felsefesi, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul, 2013.
- Derda Küçükalp, Siyaset Felsefesi, Say Yayınları, Istanbul, 2011.
- Siyaset Felsefesi Sözlüğü (kolektif), Iletişim Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2003.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table".

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be evaluated by his/her presentation.
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the assignment of the students and 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.
3. The participation in presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Doğan Göçmen
0 232 301 94 04
dogan.gocmen@deu.edu.tr
http://dogangocmen.wordpress.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 6 3 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
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.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1545
LO.25
LO.3554
LO.4
LO.5455