COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS: READING AND WRITING II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 2138 PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS: READING AND WRITING II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM DUVA KAYA

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

Gain some experience in producing philosophical text

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   After the completion of this course the students should be able to differentiate different forms of text,
2   distinguish between the strategic differences of different text writing,
3   grasp strategies needed to write phlisophical texts,
4   critically justify strategies needed for writing philosophical texts,
5   produce philosophical texts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Why do we write
2 Why do we write
3 For whom do we write
4 What kind of texts do we write
5 Writing essays
6 Writing essays
7 Writing essays
8 midterm exam
9 writing philosophical essays
10 writing fphilosophical essays
11 writing philosophical essays
12 writing philosophical essays and presentation
13 writing philosophical essays and presentation
14 writing philosophical essays and presentation
15 writing philosophical essays and presentation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Akşit Göktürk, OKUMA UĞRAŞISI (Istanbul: Çağdaş Yayınları)

Alberto Manguel, OKUMANIN TARIHI (Istanbul, Yapıkredi Yayınları)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture, discussion, presentation, reading and writing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + FIN * 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + RST * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5: the student's performance will be avaluated by the questions that will be asked in homework, mitderm, and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1- %70 attendance is required
2- The participation in midterm and final exams, and preperation homeworks and tasks in the class will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

02323019413
ozlem.duva@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 12:00-13:00
Friday 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
midterm 1 1,5 2
final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

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.1455
LO.254545
LO.345444
LO.43544544
LO.555555