ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| Psychology (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | PSY105 | ||||
| Course Name: | Introduction to Philosophy | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Compulsory Courses | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. EZGİ ILDIRIM | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | HANİFE BİLGİLİ | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | This introductory course is intended to offer an overview of the basic concepts, issues and theories in western philosophy from a historical-thematic perspective. |
| Course Content: | This course introduces the general nature of philosophical thought from a historical-thematic perspective. It will investigate some major theoretical positions about the fundamental problems of philosophy. The course is essentially composed of four modules: Moral Philosophy, Logic and Reasoning, Philosophical Psychology and Metaphysics. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students will learn to read actively philosophical texts. 2) Students will get an insight into the nature of philosophical survey. 3) Students will become familiar with the discussions about some of the major philosophical issues throughout the history of philosophy. 4) Students will learn to reason creatively with precision. 5) Students will develop critical thinking skills. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Ethics: Good and Evil | |
| 2) | -Ethics and the Law -Utilitarianism | |
| 3) | -Duty Ethics / Deontology | |
| 4) | -Virtue Ethics | |
| 5) | What is Logic? What is it about? What is the use of it? Do we really need it? | |
| 6) | A Little Bit of Symbolic Logic | |
| 7) | How not to Think: Fallacies | |
| 8) | Midterm Exams | |
| 9) | Phenomenology of Ressentiment | |
| 10) | Sociology of Ressentiment | |
| 11) | Modern Morality and Ressentiment | |
| 12) | What is metaphysics? | |
| 13) | The Nature of the Human Mind | |
| 14) | Causation | |
| 15) | FINAL EXAMS |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | -An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, David Hume. https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/hume1748.pdf -An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments, https://bookofbadarguments.com/ -An Introduction to Ethics, Kevin Gibson, Pearson, 2014. -Logic: The Laws of Truth, Nicholas J.J. Smith, Princeton University Press, 2012. -Meditations on First Philosophy, René Descartes. https://yale.learningu.org/download/041e9642-df02-4eeda895-70e472df2ca4/H2665_Descartes%27%20Meditations.pdf -Metaphysics-Book I, Aristotle. http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/metaphysics.1.i.html -Ressentiment, Max Scheler, Marquette University Press, 1994 |
| References: | -An Introduction to Metaphysics, John W. Carroll&Ned Markosian, Cambridge University Press, 2010. -Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://iep.utm.edu -Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| 1) Have the theoretical knowledge related to major sub areas of psychology. | ||||||||||||||
| 2) Apply psychological concepts and theories in a variety of applied settings. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3) Define and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human beings. | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4) Evaluate psychological evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical way. | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5) Collect and analyze psychological research data and interpret and report the findings in accordance to scientific publication rules. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 6) Develop and utilize assessment and measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 7) Have the skills and abilities to follow innovations and developments in psyhology and other related sciences. | ||||||||||||||
| 8) Have knowledge and skills to work effectively on individual or group basis. | ||||||||||||||
| 9) Have knowledge and skills to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | ||||||||||||||
| 10) Behave in accordance with professional code of conduct and ethics related to psychology. | ||||||||||||||
| 11) Behave in an unprejudiced and equal way towards various identity groups such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 12) Have respect for universal values and human and animal rights. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 13) Use a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 14) Use computer softwares as well as information and communication technologies at least Basic level of European Computer Driving Licence. | 3 | |||||||||||||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Have the theoretical knowledge related to major sub areas of psychology. | 3 |
| 2) | Apply psychological concepts and theories in a variety of applied settings. | 2 |
| 3) | Define and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human beings. | |
| 4) | Evaluate psychological evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical way. | 1 |
| 5) | Collect and analyze psychological research data and interpret and report the findings in accordance to scientific publication rules. | |
| 6) | Develop and utilize assessment and measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | 2 |
| 7) | Have the skills and abilities to follow innovations and developments in psyhology and other related sciences. | |
| 8) | Have knowledge and skills to work effectively on individual or group basis. | |
| 9) | Have knowledge and skills to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | |
| 10) | Behave in accordance with professional code of conduct and ethics related to psychology. | 1 |
| 11) | Behave in an unprejudiced and equal way towards various identity groups such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | |
| 12) | Have respect for universal values and human and animal rights. | 1 |
| 13) | Use a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | 2 |
| 14) | Use computer softwares as well as information and communication technologies at least Basic level of European Computer Driving Licence. |
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 | Workload |
| Course Hours | 13 | 65 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final | 1 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 135 | |