COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 4210 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 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

It is to teach students the correct meaning of political concepts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   apprehend the emergence of the concept of state
2   understand the impact of Ancient Greece on the contemporary political concepts
3   recognize the contribution of Plato and Aristotle to political philosophy
4   apprehend the emergence of feudalism
5   understand the importance of the nation-state
6   recognize the importance of the development of democracy since the French Revolution

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The importance of the concept of politics: can people live without state
2 The structure of state and society in ancient Grecee
3 Democracy: Kleisthenes and Perikles
4 Theorists: Plato: Ideal State and Rules
5 Aristotle: the Constitution of Athenians: Politics
6 Epikuros, Cicero, Seneca
7 St.Augustinious and God Site
8 The Collapse of Rome and the Development of Feudalism
9 The Emergence of the Nation-State; Machiavelli ,Bodin ,Luther, Hobbes
10 Democracy in the Contemporary World; The English Experience: Magna Cart
11 The American revolution, Representative Democracy and establishing a republic
12 Democracy in the Philosophers Thoughts: Locke, Montesquieu

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Alaaddin Şenel,Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi,Bilim ve Sanat Yay.,7.basım,Ankara,1998.
2) Larry Arnhardt,Siyasi Düşünce tarihi,çev.A.K.Bayram,1.basım,Ankara,2004.
3)D.Tanenbaum-D.Schultz,Siyasi Düşünce Tarihi,çev.Fatih Demirci,Adres yay.,Ankara,2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.14
LO.244
LO.3
LO.44
LO.5444
LO.644