ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| English Language and Literature (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | UNI322 | ||||
| Course Name: | Critical Reading In Philosophical Texts | ||||
| Semester: | Spring | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. İBRAHİM EYLEM DOĞAN | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | İBRAHİM EYLEM DOĞAN | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | This course aims to improve students’ abilities in philosophical reading, thinking, and writing. |
| Course Content: | This course aims to improve the skills of reading philosophical texts in a critical perspective, conducting philosophical research and writing argumentative philosophical texts. Seminal texts in philosophy will be selected and read along with the class. Emphasis will be given to the textual material and issues in reading and understanding. An overview of the following will be provided: The nature of the text, specificity of philosophical texts, text and context, issues in translation, interpretation and understanding. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students will learn to read critically philosophical texts. 2) Students will learn to interpret a philosophical text by placing it in its relevant contexts. 3) Students will learn to reconstruct and critically examine the claims made by the text. 4) Students will learn to think critically about major philosophical problems. 5) Students will become familiar with the discussions about some of the major philosophical issues throughout the history of philosophy. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction and Conceptual Framework | - |
| 2) | Spinoza 1 | Selections from Tractatus Theologico-Politicus |
| 3) | Spinoza 2 | Selections from Tractatus Theologico-Politicus |
| 4) | Spinoza 3 | Selections from Tractatus Theologico-Politicus |
| 5) | Spinoza 4 | Selections from Tractatus Theologico-Politicus |
| 6) | Nietzsche 1 | Selections from Beyond Good and Evil |
| 7) | Nietzsche 2 | Selections from Beyond Good and Evil |
| 8) | Midterm Exam | |
| 9) | Nietzsche 3 | Selections from Genealogy of Morals |
| 10) | Nietzsche 4 | Selections from Genealogy of Morals |
| 11) | Scheler 1 | Selections from Ressentiment |
| 12) | Scheler 2 | Selections from Ressentiment |
| 13) | Scheler 3 | Selections from Ressentiment |
| 14) | Scheler 4 | Selections from Ressentiment |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | -Benedict de Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus -Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Genealogy of Morals -Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals -Max Scheler, Ressentiment |
| References: | -Benedict de Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus -Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Genealogy of Morals -Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals -Max Scheler, Ressentiment |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| Program Outcomes | |||||||||||||||
| 1) Uses academic English language skills effectively. | |||||||||||||||
| 2) Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail. | |||||||||||||||
| 3) Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features. | |||||||||||||||
| 4) Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics. | |||||||||||||||
| 5) Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples. | |||||||||||||||
| 6) Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way. | |||||||||||||||
| 7) Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features. | |||||||||||||||
| 8) Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective. | |||||||||||||||
| 9) To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types. | |||||||||||||||
| 10) Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |||||||||||||||
| 11) Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |||||||||||||||
| 12) Uses a second foreign language at B1 General Level at least according to the European Language Portfolio criterion. | |||||||||||||||
| 13) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of European Computer Driving License. | |||||||||||||||
| 14) Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences. | |||||||||||||||
| 15) Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups. | |||||||||||||||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Uses academic English language skills effectively. | |
| 2) | Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail. | |
| 3) | Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features. | |
| 4) | Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics. | |
| 5) | Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples. | |
| 6) | Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way. | |
| 7) | Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features. | |
| 8) | Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective. | |
| 9) | To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types. | |
| 10) | Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |
| 11) | Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |
| 12) | Uses a second foreign language at B1 General Level at least according to the European Language Portfolio criterion. | |
| 13) | Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of European Computer Driving License. | |
| 14) | Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences. | |
| 15) | Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups. |
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| total | % 100 | |