| Economics (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | UNI236 | ||||
| Course Name: | Critical Thinking | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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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): | Dr. Öğr. Üy. Hanife Bilgili | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | This course aims at expanding students’ capacities on how to distinguish the premise/s and the conclusion of arguments, how to analyze the logical structures of arguments, how to tell well-formed arguments from ill-formed ones. |
| Course Content: | A selective course which provides students from all departments with reasoning, critical, and analytical skills in everyday contexts as well as professional. It is a weekly 3-hour course. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Analyze arguments of others and categorize their reasoning as weak or strong 2) Recognize common fallacies in reasoning 3) Construct good arguments with their acquired skills 4) Read texts or listen to talks and draw the internal structure of the arguments |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction: What is an argument, premises, and conclusion? | |
| 2) | What does it mean to follow? | |
| 3) | Fallacy: an introduction | |
| 4) | Formal vs Informal fallacies | |
| 5) | Formal Fallacies: Examples and applications | |
| 6) | Non-sequitur: Affirming the consequent Denying the antecedent | |
| 7) | Aristotelian Fallacies: Undistributed middle Fallacy of 4 terms Illicit Major-Illicit Minor | |
| 8) | MIDTERM | |
| 9) | Informal Fallacies: Examples and applications | |
| 10) | Ad Hominem, Straw Man, False Analogy, Red Herring | |
| 11) | Confusing what is Necessary with Sufficient | |
| 12) | Fallacy of Composition, Fallacy of Division, Slippery slope, Loaded Question | |
| 13) | False dilemma, Hasty Generalization, Sweeping Generalization, Begging the question | |
| 14) | Statistical Fallacies: Cherry picking, Data dredging, False causality | |
| 15) | Statistical Fallacies: Survivorship bias, Gambler’s fallacy, Regression to the Mean | |
| 16) | FINAL |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Informal Logic: A Handbook for Critical Argumentation, Douglas N. Walton |
| References: | Walter Sinnott Armstrong and Robert Fogelin, Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic. 8th Ed. Wadsworth Cengage Learning. |
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| 1) They have a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on economics using other social sciences and mathematics. | |||||||||||||
| 2) They have knowledge and skill about different functions and interactions of economy. | |||||||||||||
| 3) They use different theoretical approaches to comprehend and solve various economic problems. | |||||||||||||
| 4) They are aware of the needs of society and use their knowledge of economics to meet these needs. | |||||||||||||
| 5) They have in-depth knowledge on the current issues of the Turkish economy and the global economy. | |||||||||||||
| 6) They have in-depth knowledge on the history of the Turkish economy and basic level knowledge on the history of the global economy. | |||||||||||||
| 7) Using various statistical techniques and numerical methods, they establish correct economic models and make analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. | |||||||||||||
| 8) They use a foreign language at least at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | |||||||||||||
| 9) They improve their skills of teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship. | |||||||||||||
| 10) They have universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and adequate knowledge of business law. | |||||||||||||
| 11) Being able to develop positive attitudes with regards to lifelong learning, they identify their individual learning needs and carry out studies to fulfil them. | |||||||||||||
| 12) They express their ideas and solution proposals concerning their field both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | |||||||||||||
| 13) They use information and communication technologies together with a computer software required by the field at least at advanced level of European Computer Driving License . | |||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | They have a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on economics using other social sciences and mathematics. | |
| 2) | They have knowledge and skill about different functions and interactions of economy. | |
| 3) | They use different theoretical approaches to comprehend and solve various economic problems. | |
| 4) | They are aware of the needs of society and use their knowledge of economics to meet these needs. | |
| 5) | They have in-depth knowledge on the current issues of the Turkish economy and the global economy. | |
| 6) | They have in-depth knowledge on the history of the Turkish economy and basic level knowledge on the history of the global economy. | |
| 7) | Using various statistical techniques and numerical methods, they establish correct economic models and make analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. | |
| 8) | They use a foreign language at least at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | |
| 9) | They improve their skills of teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship. | |
| 10) | They have universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and adequate knowledge of business law. | |
| 11) | Being able to develop positive attitudes with regards to lifelong learning, they identify their individual learning needs and carry out studies to fulfil them. | |
| 12) | They express their ideas and solution proposals concerning their field both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | |
| 13) | They use information and communication technologies together with a computer software required by the field at least at advanced level of European Computer Driving License . |
| 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 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 98 | ||
| Midterms | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Final | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Total Workload | 127 | ||||||