FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Department of Sociology
GEAR 211 | Course Introduction and Application Information
Course Name |
Communication, Literature and Philosophy
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
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Application/Lab
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Local Credits
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ECTS
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GEAR 211
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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5
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Prerequisites |
None
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Course Language |
English
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Course Type |
Service Course
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Course Level |
First Cycle
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This module aims to introduce students to analytic thinking and philosophizing via short readings and analysis of literary texts, art works, photography and cinema. |
Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course focuses on the historical trajectory of western philosophy in parallel to its relations particularly with literature and art, and generally with culture and communications. |
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Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
1 | Presentation and an overview of the course, course organization, requirements and methods of evaluation. | |
2 | Essential Questions of Philosophy: Ancient Greece | Clerk, ‘Ancient Philosophy, in Kenny, 1-53 |
3 | Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Times | ‘Descartes to Kant’, in Kenny, 107-193 |
4 | Enlightenment, Modernity and Reason | Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose; ‘Descartes’ in Russell, 511-520, Umberto Eco, ‘The Return of the Middle Ages’ in Eco,Travels in Hyperreality, 59-86 |
5 | Modernity, Science, Progress and Dangers | Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. Descartes in Russell, 511-520 |
6 | Discussion on the Consequences of Modernization | 'Descartes to Kant' in Kenny, 107-193. |
7 | Consciousness, Identity and Freedom: Lord and Bondsman | Orhan Pamuk, The White Castle. ‘Hegel’ in Kenny 201 -206. |
8 | Discussion on Lord/Bondsman and East/West | Hegel’ in Kenny 201 -206. Hall, ‘The West and the Rest’ (Handout) |
9 | Ethics: Modern and Postmodern | Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment. ‘Kantian Morality’, in Kenny, 190-192; ‘Nietzsche’, in Kenny 216-221 |
10 | Modernity and Social Injustice | John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath Movie: Germinal ‘ Marx and the Young Hegelians’ & ‘Capitalism and its Discontents’, Kenny, 304-309. Russell, Ch. XXVII. Karl Marx |
11 | Modernity, Power, Bureaucracy and Surveillance | Franz Kafka ‘The Trial’ Movie ‘Kafka’ SEP ‘Weber’; SEP ‘Foucault’ (Handouts) |
12 | Rousseau: “Natural Man” and Degeneration | Joseph Conrad, ‘Heart of Darkness’ Movie ‘Apocalypse Now’ Quinton ‘Rousseau’ in Kenny 329-332 Freud, ‘Civilization and Its Discontents’ (Handout) |
13 | Existentialism | Albert Camus, The Stranger. Existentialism,SEP |
14 | Philosophy and Psyche | Franz Kafka ‘Metamorphosis’ Yusuf Atılgan ‘Anayurt Oteli’ & Movie Modules on Freud (Handout) Kenny, .’Sigmound Freud’, pp. 343-350. |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Revision |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins, The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy. Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, Sir Anthony Kenny, An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose Orhan Pamuk, The White Castle Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment Franz Kafka ‘The Trial’ Joseph Conrad, ‘Heart of Darkness’ Franz Kafka ‘Metamorphosis’ Yusuf Atılgan ‘Anayurt Oteli’ Albert Camus, The Stranger John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation |
1
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10
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Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments |
1
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30
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Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exams | ||
Midterm |
2
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60
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Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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70
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Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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30
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Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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Study Hours Out of Class |
15
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5
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75
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Field Work |
0
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Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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Portfolio |
0
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Homework / Assignments |
0
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Presentation / Jury |
0
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Project |
1
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20
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20
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Seminar / Workshop |
0
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Oral Exam |
0
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Midterms |
2
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10
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20
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Final Exam |
0
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Total |
163
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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1 | To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories. |
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2 | To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods. |
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3 | To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology. |
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4 | To be able to determine the appropriate methods in the design of the planning stage and conclusion of a sociological project, individually or as part of a team. |
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5 | To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination. |
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6 | To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions. |
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7 | To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research. |
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8 | To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. |
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9 | To be able to analyze different aspects of the social world by drawing on the knowledge produced by other disciplines of the social sciences. |
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10 | To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research. |
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11 | To be able to collect sociological data and communicate with sociologists and other social scientists in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). |
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12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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