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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
SBE 6027	HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3

Offered By

The Institute Of Health Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CEMAL HÜSEYIN GÜVERCIN

Offered to

Public Health
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COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Laboratory Animal Science
Occupational Health
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Canser Epidemiology Doctorate
Anatomy
Internal Medicine Nursing
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Molecular Pathology
Perfusion Techniques
Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
Basic Oncology
Exercise Physiology
Toxicology
Physical Education and Sport Doctoral
Biochemistry
Biomechanics
Canser Epidemiology
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Histology and Embryology
Medical Biology and Genetics
Basic Oncology
Biophysics
Medical Physics
Fundamentals of Nursing
Physiology
Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
MEDICAL GEOLOGY
Translational Oncology
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Medical Parasitology
Microbiology
Pharmacology
Surgical Nursing
Nursing Management
Basic Neuroscience
Molecular Medicine
Translational Oncology
Molecular Medicine
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Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing

Course Objective

: The objective of this course is to handle basic problems in history of science and to investigate the theories of science and philosophical approaches in history of science.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	At the end of the course, the student will be able to comprehend the basic concepts and questions of history of science and philosophy of science.
2	use the knowledge that is gained from history of science.
3	analyze the problems of history of science and philosophy of science.
4	evaluate the discussions in history of science in terms of new perspectives.
5	create new ideas by adapting the discussions of history of science and philosophy of science to her/his Age.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	A general perspective, Basic concepts-questions-history about history of science, The relationship between history of science and philosophy of science, Vienna Circle, Karl R. Popper, Imre Lakatos, Thomas Kuhn, History of Science I (Science in the Renaissance), History of Science II (Science in the Renaissance), Science in Modern times, Science and Technology

Recomended or Required Reading

Cemal Güzel, Bilim Felsefesi, Istanbul: Kırmızı Yayınları, 2010.
Pascal Acot, Bilim Tarihi, çev. Nermin Acar, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi, 2005.
Sevim Tekeli vd., Bilim Tarihine Giriş, Ankara: Nobel Yayın, 1999.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

question-answer, discussion, lecture.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.50 + FIN* 0.50
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.50 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

One written midterm exam (50%) and one written final exam (50%) are scheduled at the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kurtul.gulenc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 10.30-11.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	15	3	45
Preparation for midterm exam	1	4	4
Preparation for final exam	1	7	7
Reading	3	1	3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	10	1	10
Midterm	1	3	3
Final	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.4
LO.1
LO.2	2	2	3
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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