COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POST-HUMANISM DISCOURSE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6006 POST-HUMANISM DISCOURSE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's and Family Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NEVZAT KAYA

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to introduce "Posthumanist Discourse" from different perspectives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To analyze how all kinds of "discriminatory" definitions harm the grand whole.
2   To observe existence as a network of biological and psychological relationships.
3   To determine that the History of Marginalization always leads to negative and pathological consequences.
4   To distinguish the foundations of the history of unnamed "Posthümanism" from Nietzsche to Braidotti.
5   To distinguish the aesthetics, styles and art that accompany posthümanist discourses.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Course Content
2 Humanism, Antihumanism, Posthumanism
3 Posthumanism: A Culture Critical Metadiscourse
4 "Gender" from the Perspective of Posthumanism
5 Posthumanism as Imaginative Counter-Discourse
6 Posthumanism as Reintegrative Inter-discourse
7 Midterm Exam
8 Posthumanism: Utopia or Distopia
9 Text Analysis
10 Text Analysis
11 Text Analysis
12 Student Presentation
13 Student Presentation
14 Student Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Carel van Schaik, Elisabeth Bronfen, Judith Butler, Juri Lotman, Rosi Braidotti, Donna J. Haraway.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments and presentations.

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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory.
4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.kaya@deu.edu.tr
Phone: 02323019494

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 3 33
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 5 55
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.155
LO.2
LO.35
LO.44
LO.55