COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD ELECTIVE I (CHEMISTRY IN LITERATURE AND ART)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 2213 FIELD ELECTIVE I (CHEMISTRY IN LITERATURE AND ART) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NALAN AKKUZU GÜVEN

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to understand how literature and science inform each other and the origin and development of these ideas, perspectives, and discoveries, to comprehend both basic concepts of chemistry and their cultural elaboration in literature across the modern period, and to teach both scientific facts and theories and the contexts in which they are produced in order to sharpen students' ability to critically evaluate facts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students will be able to grasp the basic concepts in the history of chemistry by examining the literary and artistic representations of these concepts
2   The students will be able to understand the origin and development of ideas, perspectives and discoveries in chemistry through literary-artistic analysis
3   The students will be able to understand basic concepts in modern chemistry, environmental chemistry, life sciences chemistry, and scientific literacy
4   The students will be able to acquire the ability to critically evaluate the social, cultural, economic, technological and moral dimensions that have shaped the development of modern scientific culture from the Enlightenment to the present
5   The students will be able to acquire the ability to critically analyze literary texts and works of art that refer to chemistry
6   The students will be able to construct strong scientific arguments through literary and artistic analyzes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course introduction
2 Examining the basic concepts in the history of chemistry in the field of literature through a literary work
3 Examining the basic concepts in the history of chemistry in the field of literature through a literary work
4 Examining the elements in the periodic table through their representations in a literary work
5 Examining the elements in the periodic table through their representations in a literary work
6 Examining the elements in the periodic table through their representations in a literary work
7 Examining the elements in the periodic table through their representations in a literary work
8 Mid-term exam
9 Examining chemical reactions and chemical bonds through their symbolic expressions in a literary work
10 Examining chemical reactions and chemical bonds through their symbolic expressions in a literary work
11 Examining chemical reactions and chemical bonds through their symbolic expressions in a literary work
12 Examining chemical reactions and chemical bonds through their symbolic expressions in a literary work
13 Analysis of literary-artistic representations of chemistry concepts, reactions and elements
14 Analysis of literary-artistic representations of chemistry concepts, reactions and elements
15 Analysis of literary-artistic representations of chemistry concepts, reactions and elements
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Goethe, J. W. (1981). Gönül bağları (Die Wahlverwandtschaften)(Çev.Nüzhet Kocamemi). Istanbul: Nadir Basımevi. [Ilk Baskı: 1809]
2. Primo Levi (2011). Periyodik Tablo: Hayatta Kalma Öyküleri (Il Sistema Periodico) (Çev. Feza Özemre). Istanbul: Kırmızıkedi Yayınevi. [Ilk Baskı: 1975]

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, lecture, question-answer,group work.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm, assignment and final exam determines the student's course success grade.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules


Participation in 70% of the classes is compulsory. It is the student's responsibility to attend 70% of the courses during the semester.
- The instructor reserves the right to get various exercises done via individual or cooperative learning in the planned education and training period. The effect of the applications to be made in the evaluation process announced to students at the beginning of the academic year.
- Acts within the framework of the relevant regulation regarding unethical behaviours that may occur in classes and exams.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nalan.akkuzu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 1 1
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.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.144543444
LO.2455344354
LO.35455343455
LO.445544454445
LO.545555545444
LO.645555555534

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