Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | KAMU YÖNETİMİ (TEZLİ YÜKSEK LİSANS) | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | LEYLA KAHRAMAN (lkahraman@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The aim of this course is to examine the views of philosophers and political theorists who have shaped political thought in the West, starting from Ancient Greek political thought until the French Revolution, and the political and social facts and changes that form the historical background of these views. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Can associate political philosophy theories and problems with today's problems |
PO-1 Gain theoretical and practical compelling knowledge in the field of political science, management science, law, urbanization and environmental struggles.
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| LO-2 | They will be able to realize that the political thought of Ancient Greece, the Middle Ages and the Modern Age is the basis of later political thought. |
PO-1 Gain theoretical and practical compelling knowledge in the field of political science, management science, law, urbanization and environmental struggles.
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| LO-3 | They will be able to compare the political thought of today with the political thought of the past. |
PO-1 Gain theoretical and practical compelling knowledge in the field of political science, management science, law, urbanization and environmental struggles.
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| LO-4 | Students who successfully complete this course can use abstract concepts with their concrete content. |
PO-1 Gain theoretical and practical compelling knowledge in the field of political science, management science, law, urbanization and environmental struggles.
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| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| The content of this course; Ancient Greek political thought, Roman political thought, medieval and Christian political thought constitute the subjects. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Entrance | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 2 | Scope, subjects, sources, method, obligations of the course. | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 3 | Discussion on the following questions: What is politics? What is philosophy? What is Political Philosophy? Why do we have to deal with philosophy and political philosophy in general in a Western-oriented way? How can the past discussions of political philosophy be related to the present? | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 4 | Ancient Greek world, the birth of philosophy in Ancient Greece and natural philosophers. | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 5 | Sophists and Socrates. | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 6 | Plato. | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 7 | Aristotle | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | The idea of the decadence of the "polis" world: Epicureanism and the Stoics. | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 10 | Founding of Rome and its transformation from Republic to Empire; its social and institutional structure; "Roman republicanism" and "Roman realism". | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 11 | Legalization of politics and Polybius. | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 12 | Seneca and Cicero. | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 13 | From the rise of the empire to the rise of Christianity: Early Christian thought and Christians. | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 14 | Patristic Philosophy and Augustine, Scholastic philosophy and Thomas of Aquinum. | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 15 | Papal-Kingdom conflicts and the opinions of the parties to the conflict: John of Salisbury, Jean of Paris, et al. | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Ağaoğulları, M. ve Köker, L.(2008). İmparatorluktan Tanrı Devletine, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları: Ankara. | |
| 2 | Ağaoğulları, M. (2009), Kent Devletinden İmparatorluğa, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları: Ankara. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Lecture Notes, Bilgisayar | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 30 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 5.Report | 16 | 1 | 20 |
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 40 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 4 | 14 | 56 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 4 | 7 | 28 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 4 | 7 | 28 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Total work load; | 170 | ||