Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 3 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | PHILOSOPHY | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | GÖRKEM BİRİNCİ (gorkem@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| To handle elements such as state, individual, society, liberty and rights at a philosophical level in through presenting the general and important concepts of political philosophy to students. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Can identify the main notions and theories of political philosophy. |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-2 Understanding and criticising philosophical works from local and universal points of view. PO-9 Communicating, through writing and speech, knowledge obtained, and suggestions made as to how to resolve confronted problems in a systematic and coherent way. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | Can identify main questions and problems of political philosophy and also possible solutions to them. |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy. PO-9 Communicating, through writing and speech, knowledge obtained, and suggestions made as to how to resolve confronted problems in a systematic and coherent way. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | Can evaluate existent political elements on a theoretical level. |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-4 Relating universal philosophical problems to local problems. PO-9 Communicating, through writing and speech, knowledge obtained, and suggestions made as to how to resolve confronted problems in a systematic and coherent way. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| To examine the general concepts of political philosophy such as liberty, right, state or property and under the light of this information obtained, to examine the central problems and questions of political philosophy. Some of these questions are: What is a state and how does it arise? What is the relation between state and individual? What is liberty and how can we draw the limits of liberty and what is the ideal form of government? | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | What is the subject and scope of political philosophy? | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 2 | Concepts of political philosophy such as basic individual, society, state, freedom and simple definitions of these concepts. | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 3 | What is the state and why did it occur? | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 4 | State as a natural being | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 5 | State as an artificial being | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 6 | What is the ideal state? | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 7 | concepts of ideal state | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | philosophical opinions about definition of power and its source. | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 10 | State and freedom | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 11 | State and individual | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 12 | concept of equality | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 13 | concept of justice | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 14 | Current political philosophy approaches. | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 15 | General Consideraton | •Discussion Method •Question and Answer |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | • Rosen, M. ve Wolf, J. (ed.) (2006).Siyasal Düşünce, çev. Çalışkan, S. ve Çalışkan, H.,Ankara: Dost Kitabevi. | |
| 2 | Can, N. (2005). Siyaset Felsefesi Problemleri, Ankara: Elis. | |
| 3 | Toku, N. (2005). Siyaset Felsefesine Giriş, İstanbul: Kaknüs. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Resource books, articles | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 110 | ||