ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| Management Information Systems (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | UNI248 | ||||
| Course Name: | Paradox | ||||
| 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 Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | This course aims at expanding students’ capacity to think rigorously about paradoxes and introducing students to a number of core topics in metaphysics, philosophy of logic, probability, and philosophy of language. |
| Course Content: | A selective course which introduces students from all departments to the world of paradoxes, the way they work, the ways to refute them, and reveals the theoretical illusion that grants them their strength. It is a weekly 3-hour course. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Analyze paradoxes and draw their structure. 2) Categorize paradoxes according to the philosophical foundation behind them 3) Discuss the philosophical implications of paradoxes. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction | |
| 2) | What is a paradox? | |
| 3) | How do paradoxes work? | |
| 4) | Metaphysical Paradoxes: The Ship of Theseus | |
| 5) | Vagueness: Sorites Paradox | |
| 6) | Infinity: Achilles and Tortoise | |
| 7) | Self-Reference: The Liar Paradox | |
| 8) | MIDTERM | |
| 9) | Self-Reference: The Pinocchio Paradox | |
| 10) | Metaknowledge: The Crocodile Paradox | |
| 11) | Principle of Sufficient Reason: Buridan’s Donkey | |
| 12) | Likelihood: Raven’s Paradox | |
| 13) | Set Theory: Barber Paradox | |
| 14) | The Closure Principle: The Lottery Paradox | |
| 15) | Probability: The Monty Hall Problem The Paradox of Surprise Test | |
| 16) | FINAL |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Mark Sainsbury, ‘Paradoxes’, 1995, Cambridge University Press. |
| References: | Selected readings from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on plato.stanford.edu |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| 1) It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering. | |||||||||||||
| 2) Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming. | |||||||||||||
| 3) Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems. | |||||||||||||
| 4) Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods. | |||||||||||||
| 5) Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database. | |||||||||||||
| 6) Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility. | |||||||||||||
| 7) Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes using statistical programs effectively. | |||||||||||||
| 8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | |||||||||||||
| 9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. | |||||||||||||
| 10) Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal knowledge. | |||||||||||||
| 11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. | |||||||||||||
| 12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | |||||||||||||
| 13) It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | |||||||||||||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering. | 3 |
| 2) | Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming. | 3 |
| 3) | Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems. | 2 |
| 4) | Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods. | 3 |
| 5) | Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database. | 3 |
| 6) | Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility. | 2 |
| 7) | Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes using statistical programs effectively. | 3 |
| 8) | Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | 3 |
| 9) | Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. | 3 |
| 10) | Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal knowledge. | 3 |
| 11) | Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. | 2 |
| 12) | Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | 3 |
| 13) | It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | 3 |
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 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation
| 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 | ||||||