COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF CHEMISTRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 1103 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF CHEMISTRY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

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

To explain the historical development process of chemistry, to explain the relationship between chemistry and alchemy, to examine the basic concepts of chemistry together with the basic concepts of philosophy and to explain chemistry topics from philosophical perspectives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understands the historical processes of developments in chemistry.
2   Explains the relationship between chemistry and alchemy and clarifies
3   Explains the assumptions and methodology underlying the philosophy of chemistry and the chemistry
4   Explains the relationship between the chemistry and philosophy of chemistry.
5   Analyzes the conceptual issues (nature of matter, atomism, chemical bonding and synthesis) that have emerged in chemistry and have inherent questions from past to present from philosophical perspectives.
6   Explain traditional issues in the philosophy of science such as realism, reduction, explanation, verification and modeling in the context of chemistry.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts related to Chemistry and Philosophy of Chemistry
2 Chemistry in Early Civilizations
3 Chemistry in Ancient Greece and Rome
4 Chemistry in Medieval Europe and the Islamic World
5 Chemistry during the Renaissance
6 Chemistry in the 17th and 18th Centuries
7 Chemistry in the 19th and 20th Centuries
8 Midterm exam
9 Determinism, Atomic Theory and Scientific Reality
10 Ontology, Epistemology and Reduction in the Philosophy of Chemistry
11 Theories of Chemistry and Fundamental Question(s)
12 The Vienna Circle and the Effects of Philosophers on the Philosophy of Chemistry (Thomas Kuhn's philosophy of science)
13 Philosophers' Influences on the Philosophy of Chemistry (Lakatos' philosophy of science)
14 The Effects of Philosophers on the Philosophy of Chemistry (Popper's philosophy of science)
15 Postmodern chemistry philosophy of science
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Tez, Z. (2020). Bilimde ve Sanayide Kimya Tarihi (3.baskı). Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık
2. Scerri, E., & McIntyre, L. (Eds.). (2014). Philosophy of chemistry: growth of a new discipline (Vol. 306). Springer.
3. Weisberg, M., Needham, P., & Hendry, R. (2011). Philosophy of chemistry. https://seop.illc.uva.nl/entries/chemistry/
4. Yıldırım, C. (2014). Bilim Felsefesi. Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, brainstorming, question-answer, group work, research.

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 points determine the students' achievement.

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)

senol.alpat@deu.edu.tr, 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)
Labratory 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 1 11
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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