COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WESTERN PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 2017 WESTERN PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

HAKAN DIBEL

Offered to

American Culture and Literature (English)

Course Objective

This course aims to examine major Western philosophers and their works, and major philosophical fields within a historical framework.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To identify major Western philosophers and their works
2   To explain major philosophical concepts
3   To recognize the major arguments of significant Western philosophers in selected texts
4   To explain the historical development of the major discussions in each philosophical field
5   To analyze texts and to produce texts argued according to advanced philosophical criteria

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ancient Philosophy Discussion
2 Medieval Philosophy Discussion
3 Rise of Modern Philosophy Discussion
4 Philosophy in the Modern World Discussion
5 Logic and Language Discussion
6 Epistemology and Metaphysics Discussion
7 Ethics, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy Discussion
8 Midterm exam
9 Aristotle Discussion
10 Kant Discussion
11 Hegel Discussion
12 Wittgenstein Discussion
13 Badiou Discussion
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Kenny. A New History of Western Philosophy (2010)
2. Cottingham. Western Philosophy (2007)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading, class discussion, writing

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

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 7 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55