Course Descriptions

Resources and scarcity; supply and demand; the mixed economy; market structure; national income, business cycles, unemployment and inflation; economic growth and productivity; money, banking and monetary policy; international trade and finance

Data description. Text analysis. Summary and paraphrase of simplified research articles and data charts. IMRAD Summary. Critical thinking and logical argumentation skills to express an informed opinion. Presentation of information to an audience in an academic setting.

The meaning and definiton of philosophy. The fundamental issues, problems and theories in philosophy. Major philosophers in the history of philosophy. Philosophical theories developed on issues like knowledge, science, being, morality, politics, religion, language and art. The relationship between wisdom, knowledge, reality and justification. Rationalism, empiricism, emotivism, universalism, relativism, objectivism, subjectivism, scepticism. Problems of free will and determinism, alienation, freedom and justice.

The transition from a hunting-gathering society to agricultural production and sedentary life. The main political, economic, scientific, philosophical, artistic and religious developments in the history of humanity from the beginning of the agricultural revolution until the medieval period. The ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, Greek and Roman civilizations and their impact on later civilizations.

New communication technologies and the new challenges. How new methods of sending and receiving information are transforming the media and society. Internet; the fastest-growing communications technology. Effect of internet on society in general and the media. Environment and labor costs of information and communication technologies. Different perspectives on social media.

Sets of real numbers. Functions. Special functions. Symmetry, translations and reflections. Lines. Quadratic functions. Systems of equations. Exponential and logarithmic functions. Properties of logarithms. Limits and continuity. The derivative. Rules for differentiation. The chain rule. Derivatives of logarithmic and exponential functions. Implicit differentiation. Logarithmic differentiation. Higher order derivatives. Relative extrema. Absolute extrema on a closed interval. Concavity. The second derivative test. Asymptotes.

Communication, items of communication, types of communication, oral and written communication and presentation, effective communication skills. The definition and the importance of language. The relationship between language and society, language and culture. The relationship between language and literature. Spoken language, written language, native language, standard language, dialect, special languages. Features of meaning, sound and style (structure) of Turkish. Rules of writing and punctuation. Features and types of narration. Subject and limitation of the subject. Written language and its features. The layout of written narration (planning of written narration), wording, types of written narration, features of written narration, expressional failure.

Critical thinking and logical argumentation. Academic research. Annotations, citations, quotations. Identification of arguments, reasoning, logical cohesion. Debates. Evaluative summary. Interview.

The increasing influence of Christianity and Islam during the Medieval period. The Renaissance as a reaction to Medieval culture. Scientific, philosophical, artistic developments during the Renaissance and Early Modern period. The age of the Enlightenment and the 1776 American, the 1789 French revolutions. The abolishment of monarchy, theocracy, feudalism; the emergence of the separation of powers, secularism, property rights. The 19th century industrial revolution, the 20th century technological revolution and the developing antagonism between capitalism and socialism.

The history and development of literature. The earliest examples of literature in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India and Ancient Greece. Literature during the Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Enlightenment period and 19th century in Europe. Literature in Asia, Latin America, North America and Africa. Major figures in the history of literature such as Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe, Hugo, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky.

Overview of interactions science, technology and society; science - technology relations, and technology - environment relations. Public understanding of science. Scientific process and scientific method. Social sciences and medicine. Ethics in science, technology and engineering. Risk assessment and precautionary principle. Science and technology policies. Case studies related to science, technology and society relations.

Introduction to basic IT theory and terminology. Basic skills in a word processor programs, such as MS Word to create documents, format text, apply styles. Basic skills in a spreadsheet program, such as MS Excel, to create and format spreadsheets, including the use of mathematical formulas and to summarize given data in the form of graphics.

Introduction to the key concepts, theories, and issues in developmental, personality, social, industrial, clinical, and atypical psychology. Definitions of basic mechanisms underlying the above mentioned processes. Related theories, types and importance of clinical therapies and topics in daily life. Introduction to the logic of designing awareness programs. Student presentations of various sub-disciplines of psychology.

Features and types of narration. Types of writing and dialogue. The narration of oral and written communication, presentation skills, language and communication skills through selected texts of World and Turkish literature. The relationship between language and literature. Enrichment of language through literature. Inventive literature texts. The relationship between consideration and language. Analyze of terms and concepts through literary texts. The summary of literary movements in Turkish literature.

The concepts of reform and revolution. The Ottoman heritage and the Westernism. Tanzimat and its outcomes. The first constitutional experience. Hamidian regime and its characteristics. The CUP and the constitutional opposition to Abdülhamid. The Constitutional Revolution of 1908. Balkan Wars. First World War and its social aspects. The Independence War. The regime of revolutions. One-Party System. The debates on a new economy.

The concept of art. The role of the visual arts. The history of art. Visual arts from the prehistoric through the modern era. The language of the visual arts: architecture, sculpture, painting. The Ancient World: Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman Art. The Middle Ages: Early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic Art. Renaissance: Early and High Renaissance and Baroque Art. The Modern World: Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Twentieth Century Art and Pop-Art.

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Introduction to statistics. Describing data and frequency distributions. Describing data and graphic presentation. Central tendency and dispersion measures. Probability and permutation and combination. Discrete probability distributions. Continuous probability distributions. Normal probability distribution. Sampling methods and distribution of sample statistics. Central limit theorem. Point estimation and confidence intervals.

Introducing science and science branches. Workflow of science. Differences between science and pseudoscience. Analytical thinking. Types of hypothesis. Construction of hypothesis. Differences between hypothesis, theory and law. Experimental design. Basic subjects in chemistry, biology and physics. Nobel prizes and some examples. Technology and science. Applications of natural sciences. Science with ethical aspects.

Nature and methodology of political science, basic concepts, political institutions and political behavior, political parties and pressure groups, political participation, elections and voting behavior, state and bureaucracy.

The founding dynamics of the Republic. Economic policy between statism and liberalism. The debates on Kemalism as an ideology. Kadro movement. New generation of Republican intellectuals. Second World War and Turkey. Integration to the Post-war World order. The Cold War and Turkey. Democratic Party. The 27 May Military Intervention and the constitution of 1961. 1960s new cultural and political dynamics. 12 March Military Intervention. Cyprus as an international question and the formation of European Union. The 1970s and political polarization. The 1980 military intervention and the 1982 Constitution. Özal governments. Social transformation in Turkey from 1980s to 1990s.

Social evolution. Types of societies: hunting and gathering, agricultural, industrial, post-industrial. Technological innovation, wealth, power, and inequality; Paradoxes of progress. Agricultural Revolution, Industrial Revolution, democratic revolutions. Development and freedom. Culture and social structure. Technological determinism and its critics. Human development in today's world. Information and communication technologies in developing societies. The future as history.

Sociological Method. Individual as the Sociological Unit of Analysis. Groups, Organizations and Society. Structures of Power and Inequality. Social Class, Gender, Race, Ethnicity. Global Inequality. Government and Political Power. Social Institutions: Work and Economy; Political Systems; Mass Media and Religion. Social change. Globalization. Functionalism. Conflict Theory. Symbolic Interactionalism.

The central ideas, methods, and debates in the anthropological study of human thought and behavior. Survey of ways of life in many different societies. The ways anthropologists have tried to understand societies. Hands-on ethnographic research. Tools, techniques and approaches for research and analysis. Ethnocentrism. Cultural relativism.

The main theoretical and methodological approaches to study the history of science. The central issues in the history of the physical sciences since the Renaissance; the Copernican Revolution, Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment. Social Darwinism and Eugenics. The Atomic theory and its implications. Theory of Relativity, and Quantum Theory. The Chemical Revolution. Scientific theories of the human mind

Introduction to theory-oriented research in political science. Research problems, research designs, qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques, data processing, data analysis. Interpretation of social science data with special emphasis on quantitative methods, and report writing on the basis of data analysis and findings.

The development of cultural studies as an approach to read and understand culture. The production of meaning in culture. German Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, British Cultural Studies, American Cultural Studies. Structuralism, post-structuralism, postmodernism. Representations of gender, race, ethnicity, East and West. Orientalism. Narration of nation. Analysis of texts, advertising, newspapers, magazines, fashion, film and photography.

A historical, sociological and philosophical analysis of the formation of modernity in the world. The Renaissance, Reformation and Enlightenment in Europe. Scientific, philosophical, artistic and political developments in Europe. The 1776 American and the 1789 French revolutions. Separation of powers, property rights, secularism, the freedom of expression and the press, parliamentary and constitutional systems. The abolishment of monarchy, theocracy and feudalism. The industrial revolution and the emergence of capitalism. The antagonism between capitalism and socialism. Socialist revolutions around the world. The debate between modernism and post-modernism.

Interpret and analyze the major achievements in art and architecture for centuries, from early Renaissance art to modern art. Introduction of the "rebirth" of painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy and Europe before and after the Renaissance. Following the evolution of art for centuries, art movements such as Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism and the concept of modern art are analyzed and interpreted. The meanings and theories carried by the art works are studied in historical perspective in chronological order. Aesthetics, social/political/religious/cultural/economic/scientific developments and their effects are discussed by applying visual and contextual analyses.

The development of science and technology from the Enlightenment to the present. The Industrial Revolution, and the emergence of engineering. Industry, time and clocks. Interdependency of science and technology. The development of medical sciences, biotechnologies and information technologies. . Technology and militarism. Technology and environmental change. Science and technology in the Ottoman Empire and in Turkey in the context of global developments.

Area Elective-II

General Elective-I

The basic theories of philosophy of morality and political philosophy. The foundations of value judgements, actions and choices. The relationship of morality with reason and emotion. The problem of free will and determinism. Universalism, relativism, objectivism and subjectivism in Ethics. Normative theories in ethics: Eudaimonism, hedonism, utilitarianism, altruism, egoism. The capitalism-communism antagonism and theories of socialism. Issues in Applied Ethics such as suicide, euthanasia, abortion, genetic engineering, animal rights, environmental problems and armament. The theories of philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Proudhon, Nietzsche and Marx on morality and politics.

The relationship between knowledge and science. The characteristics of scientific knowledge and theories. The problem of demarcation. The distinction between science and pseudo-science. Scientific method. Observation and experimentation. Models of scientific explanation. The principle of causality. Types of inferences: Induction and deduction. Truth, falsity and validity. The distinction between fact and fiction. Falsifiability, verifiability, empirical testability, cognitive meaning. Scientific revolutions and transformations. Theories of paradigm and progressive research programmes.

The basic theories of the Philosophy of Art. The definition and structure of art. The foundations of aesthetic judgements. The relationship between aesthetic judgements with reason and emotion. The concepts of beauty and ugliness, order and chaos, harmony and disharmony. Universalism, relativism, objectivism and subjectivism in Aesthetics. The relationship between aesthetic judgements and the structure of the mind. The theories of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Fichte, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche on art.

Social construction of science and technology. Sociological aspects of science and technology. Ethnographic studies of scientific work. Ethical aspects of scientific and technological change. Technologies and everyday life. Scientific knowledge and scientific knowledge making. Scientific paradigms and boundaries of science. Lab studies. Science in a post-truth world. Technology, industry and labor relations.

The debates about the cultural consequences of globalization. The homogenizing versus crystallization of cultures in the face of global forces. The role of national cultural policies, international organizations and local communities in the protection of cultural heritage. Debates about authenticity, tradition, and hybridization as the consequences of cultural mingling.

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Basic elements and principles of environmental quality. Concept of ecosystem. Resources, mineral cycles in living systems. Population, food and hunger; energy and environment. Effects of human activities on health and environment. Waste and disease. Water pollution, water pollutants and control. Air pollution, local and global problems. Solid wastes and management. Land use and misuse. Technology and environment. Industrial pollution, waste minimization, hazardous substances and wastes. Societal and ethical problems.

Area Elective-IV

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Area Elective-VI

General Elective-II

General Elective-III

Development of arguments, reasonings and inferences through an analysis of texts. An analysis of a variety of texts in philosophy, the social sciences and literature. Inductive and deductive inferences. Validity, consistency and contradiction. Conclusions based on premises and justification. The relationship between analytical reasoning and creativity. Reading, understanding and interpreting a text. The significance of critical thinking.

Conducting a detailed research on a particular topic related to Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy, Sociology, History, Art, Literature, Science and Technology etc) and writing a report on this topic. Developing the ability of research, reading, writing, presenting, analytical and creative thinking, argumentation, inference and justification. Contributing to interdisciplinary research and perspectives through the report and thesis.

Area Elective-VII

General Elective-IV

General Elective-V