COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STRUCTURALISM AND POST-STRUCTURALISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5035 STRUCTURALISM AND POST-STRUCTURALISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR METIN BAL

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

Discussing structuralist and poststructuralist assumptions

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students will be able to know main structuralist and and poststructuralist
2   specify diffrent and similar points of view among them,
3   discuss these diffrent and similar points of view,
4   evaluate structuralist and poststructuralist assumptions,
5   demostrate the others his/her evaluation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Structuralism: Saussure
2 Structuralism: Saussure
3 Structuralism: After Saussure
4 Poststructuralism: Derrida
5 Poststructuralism: Derrida
6 Comparison and discussion
7 Comparison and discussion
8 Midterm
9 Presentation and discussion
10 Presentation and discussion
11 Presentation and discussion
12 Presentation and discussion
13 Presentation and discussion
14 Presentation and discussion
15 Presentation and discussion
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Ferdinand de Saussure, GENEL DILBILIM DERSLERI (Istanbul: Multilingual Yabancı Dil
Yayınları, 1998)
Jacques Derrida, GRAMATOLOJI (Ankara: BilgeSu Yayınları, 2010)
Richard Harland, SUPERSTRUCTURALISM ( Londra/NewYork: Routledge, 1987)
Russell, Bertrand. History of Western Philosophy. Oxon: Routledge, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table"

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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be evaluated by his/her presentation
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. R. Levent Aysever
0232 301 79 17
levent.aysever@deu.edu.tr
http://www.leventaysever.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 10 130
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 35 35
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 250

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.24454435
LO.35444445
LO.4554445
LO.55545