Chemistry (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. |
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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Program Outcomes | |||||||||||
1) Knows the basic concepts related to the theory and applications of chemistry, uses theoretical and applied knowledge, can select, develop and design methods. | |||||||||||
2) Makes experimental planning and application for analysis, synthesis, separation and purification methods, provide solutions to the problems encountered and interpret the results. | |||||||||||
3) Expresses the basic principles of sample preparation techniques and instrumental analysis methods used in qualitative and quantitative analysis of items, discusses their application areas. | |||||||||||
4) Has knowledge about the sources, production, industrial applications and technologies of chemical substances. | |||||||||||
5) Makes structural analyzes of chemical substances and interprets the results. | |||||||||||
6) Work individually and in multidisciplinary groups, take responsibility, plan their tasks and use time effectively. | |||||||||||
7) Follows the information in the field and communicates with colleagues by using English at a professional level. | |||||||||||
8) Uses information and communication technologies along with computer software at the level required by the field. | |||||||||||
9) Follows the national and international chemistry literature, transfers the knowledge gained orally or in writing. | |||||||||||
10) Determines self-learning needs, manages/directs his/her learning. | |||||||||||
11) Takes responsibility and adheres to the ethical values required by these responsibilities. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Knows the basic concepts related to the theory and applications of chemistry, uses theoretical and applied knowledge, can select, develop and design methods. | |
2) | Makes experimental planning and application for analysis, synthesis, separation and purification methods, provide solutions to the problems encountered and interpret the results. | |
3) | Expresses the basic principles of sample preparation techniques and instrumental analysis methods used in qualitative and quantitative analysis of items, discusses their application areas. | |
4) | Has knowledge about the sources, production, industrial applications and technologies of chemical substances. | |
5) | Makes structural analyzes of chemical substances and interprets the results. | |
6) | Work individually and in multidisciplinary groups, take responsibility, plan their tasks and use time effectively. | |
7) | Follows the information in the field and communicates with colleagues by using English at a professional level. | |
8) | Uses information and communication technologies along with computer software at the level required by the field. | |
9) | Follows the national and international chemistry literature, transfers the knowledge gained orally or in writing. | |
10) | Determines self-learning needs, manages/directs his/her learning. | |
11) | Takes responsibility and adheres to the ethical values required by these responsibilities. |
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 |