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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ILS 4372 MEANING OF LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET AYDIN

Offered to

Theology Theology (Evening) . .

Course Objective

To provide for students having philosophical knowledge about worth of life and in the light of this knowledge, questioning generally life's, specifically theirs own life's meaning.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student will grasp various meaning problems raised by life. How a person give meaning his or her life What is personal life From which constituents it becomes Is there any meaning of individual life What is personality How do we know our personality and where should we start Student will gain a cognization or recognization degree about this kind of questions. 2   Student will learn philosophical solutions made in the history of thought to this kind of questions. 3   Student will analyse an criticize classical and modern approaches raised as an answer to the meaning of life. 4   Student will learn that physical and psychological factors are together in the constitution of person. 5   Student will learn the place of religion and Prophets in the course of constitution of personal life. He will be aware arguments on how will a personal life be after death

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Fundament of life 2 Raising of cognization: Morality of Nature 3 Homeland love: Constiituon of the nation 4 Homeland love and governing: Good citizenship duties 5 Art and Ethics 6 Meaning and first signatures of meaning 7 Personal dynamics 8 Relation between body and mind 9 Development of personality 10 Individuality of personality 11 Realization of personal life in the example of Prophet 12 Creative soul of Islam 13 Personal life in the future 14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mehmet Türkeri, Hayatın Anlamı ve Ölüm-süzlük, Ankara, lotus yay., 2012. 2. Arthur Schopenhauer, Hayatın Anlamı, çev., Ahmet Aydoğan, Say Yayınları, 2010. 3. Rudof Christoph Eucken, Hayatın Anlamı, Izdüşüm Yayınları, Istanbul 2003. 4. Rudof Christoph Eucken, Yaşamın Anlamı ve Değeri,çev., Ahu Karasulu, Izdüşüm Yayınları, Istanbul 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetaydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Reading 14 3 42 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

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 1 LO.2 1 LO.3 1 LO.4 1 LO.5 1