COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY THEORIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 3007 CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY THEORIES COMPULSORY 4 0 0 5

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CEM SERKAN ATLI

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

To make students understand contemporary philosophical movements, including their major philosophers.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to analyze the views of representatives of critical theory.
2   Trying to understand contemporary philosophers
3   To understand the importance of the positivist movement in contemporary philosophy.
4   To get to know the postmodern philosophy movement and its pioneers

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to contemporary philosophy
2 Positivist philosophy
3 Critical philosophy
4 Marx's philosophy
5 Frankfurt School
6 Frankfurt School
7 General evaluation
8 Midterm
9 Habermas
10 Modern philosophy
11 Post-modern philosophy
12 Post-modern philosophy
13 Post-structuralism
14 Post-structuralism
15 General evaluation
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Bedia Akarsu,Çağdaş Felsefe Akımları,M.E.B.yay.,Istanbul,1979.
2) Nejat Bozkurt,20.yüzyıl düşünce akımları,Sarmal yay.,1.basım,Istanbul,1995.
3)David West,Kıta Avrupası Felsefesine Giriş,çev.Ahmet Cevizci,Paradigma yay.1.basım.,Istanbul,1998.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, presentation, question and answer.

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

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr.Öğr. Üyesi Cem Serkan Atlı
mail: cemserkan.atli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 133

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1
LO.25555
LO.35
LO.455