Course Descriptions

History of Turkish Republic I is a two-semester course that aims to shed light on the political, economic, social and cultural processes playing part in the formation of today’s Turkey. The first semester of the course deals with the general characteristics of the state and social structure in the Ottoman Empire first and then focuses on the period from the beginnings of the modernization process to the end of First World War. We will study the Ottoman reform and centralization movements as well as their legacy for the Republic of Turkey

In the first term of the course, which is planned as a two-term course, it is aimed to examine the reflection of modernization movements on our literature from the Ottoman period to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey through selected thought texts and fictional texts.

Oryantasyon dersi öğrencilere üniversite hayatına uyum sürecinde ihtiyaç duyacakları akademik ve sosyal yetkinlikleri kazandırmayı hedeflemektedir. Dersi tamamlayan öğrencilerin iletişim, sosyal, profesyonel ve etik sorumluluklar gibi ilerleyen dönemlerde ve profesyonel hayatta faydalı olacak kazanımları edinmelerinin yanında, 21. Yüzyıl yetkinlikleri olarak tanımlanan yetkinlikler hakkında farkındalık kazanmaları amaçlanmaktadır. Ders, birinci sınıf bahar döneminde okutulması planlanan Kariyer Planlama dersi için giriş dersi niteliği de taşımaktadır.

“Nature, Science, Human I” aims to provide students with the curiosity and desire to learn scientific thinking, and introduce some of the basic concepts of physical, chemical, and biological sciences. The course promotes students’ awareness of science and support them in achievement of higher levels of scientific literacy. It promotes critical thinking and problem solving skills.

The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the history of mathematics, the emergence and development of mathematical concepts, and the relationship between these developments and mathematics today. The course also offers a general introduction to topics such as infinity, proof techniques, the role of mathematics in nature and art, basic cryptographic methods, the axiomatic structure of mathematics, and mathematical reasoning.

Bu ders, çeşitli tarihsel dönemlerden sanat eserlerinin, nesnelerinin ve işlerinin incelenmesi yoluyla sanatın anlamı, dönüşümü ve işlevini öğrenciye aktarmayı ve sanat tarihine kısa bir giriş yapmayı amaçlamaktadır. Resim, heykel, mimarlık, tasarım, baskı, fotoğraf, enstalasyon, performans, reklamlar ve hareketli görüntü gibi çok çeşitli medya ve mecra aracılığıyla görsel kültürün nesneleri ve pratiklerini tartışmaya açarak, ders öğrencilere sanatsal üretimin sosyal kültürel ve tarihsel koşullarına dair kapsamlı, disiplinlerarası ve yaratıcı bir bakış açısı kazandıracaktır.

Definitions of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Essentials of microeconomics. Operations of markets. Scarcity and resource allocation. Demand and supply analysis and elasticities. Market efficiency and welfare. Consumer and producer surplus. Cost analysis of firms. Perfect competition and imperfect competition. Monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition. Externalities and internalities. Economics of factor markets.

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.

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.

The second term of the course will begin with a discussion on the National Struggle and the transition from the Ottoman Empire to Republic of Turkiye. It will then deal with the institutionalization of the Republic and basic dynamics of the multi-party system. We will study the development of democracy, on the one hand, and the economic crises, political instabilities, and military interventions that disrupted the democratization process, on the other. Among the topics we will address in this semester are the phenomena of migration and urbanization, social movements and cultural change in the history of the Republic.

In the second term of the Turkish course, it is aimed to examine the reflection of modernization movements on our literature from the last days of the Ottoman Empire and the years of occupation of our country, through the National Struggle years, the victory of our War of Independence, and from the establishment of the Republic of Turkey to the present day, through selected thought texts and fictional texts

The objective of this course is to create career awareness, to enable students to have information about different sectors, to recognize the tools they can use for their own development, and to direct stu-dents to areas where they will be productive.

“Nature, Science, Human II” aims to encourage and enable students to develop inquiring minds and curiosity about science and the natural world. The course introduces the basic laws of nature and promotes students’ awareness of how science and technology affect our lives. It develops students’ scientific literacy and motivates them to value scientific knowledge and skills.

Essentials of macroeconomics. Measuring a nation's income and cost of living. Inflation, unemployment, investment and saving. Money and banking. Open economy macroeconomics. International integrations. Introduction to economic growth and development.

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

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.

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 objective of this course is to provide students with a foundational level of skills and competencies to solve complex problems through an interdisciplinary approach and creative thinking methods.

Bu ders edebiyat, sinema, sanat, mimarlık, mühendislik, matematik, felsefe, siyaset, ekonomi ve benzerleri gibi alanlardaki önemli eserlerin akademik çalışmasında temel derstir. Ders, öğrencilerin dönem boyunca bu derste sunulan başlıca eserlerle tanışmalarına ve farklı alanlardaki bu önemli eserlerle kendi görüş, bakış açısı ve zevklerini geliştirmelerine yardımcı olmayı amaçlamaktadır. Öğrencilerin dönem sonunda bu farklı alanlarda ve önemli çalışmaları hakkında bağımsız, analitik ve eleştirel düşünmeyi geliştirecek akademik araçlarla donatılması beklenmektedir.

Toplum, Bilim ve İnsan dersinin başlıca amacı, öğrencileri insan ve toplum arasındaki ilişki hakkında kapsamlı, disiplinlerarası, analitik ve eleştirel bir anlayış geliştirmek üzere özendirmek ve yönlendirmektir. Öğrencilere bireyler ve sosyal dünyaları hakkındaki belli başlı bazı kavramları, yaklaşımları ve konuları tanıtmayı hedefleyen dersi tamamlayan öğrencilerin ,sosyal bilimlerin diğer disiplinler ile benzerliklerini ve farklılıklarını kavramaları, insanoğlunun bir canlı türü olarak evrimi ile ilgili eleştirel bir anlayış geliştirmeleri, insanların sosyal çevreleri ile ilişkilerinin farklı yönleri hakkında bilgi edinmeleri, insanların çeşitli gruplar, kurumlar ve sosyal yapılar ile bu ilişkileri neden ve nasıl geliştirdiğini açıklayabilmeleri hedeflenmektedir.

Bu dersin amacı: Ahlaklı bir hayat nasıl tanımlanır? İyi ve erdemli birey kimdir? “İyi” ve “kötü”, “doğru” ve “yanlış” arasındaki çizgiyi kim belirler? İyi yurttaş kimdir? Bir yurttaş olarak, kadın/erkek olarak, toplum üyesi olarak hayatlarımızı nasıl yaşamamız gerekir? Modern birey kimdir? Teknoloji, ahlaki yargılarımızı nasıl etkiler? Etik, hukuk, ahlak ve kültürel alanları ilgilendiren bu tarz sorgulamaları günlük hayatımızda sıklıkla yapmaktayız. Bu ders, bu tür soruları tartışmak amacıyla birey ve yurttaş olmanın anlamlarına değinmekte; toplumsal hayatın düzenleyici bileşenlerini ahlak, hukuk, etik ve normlar ile ilişkilendirerek tartışmakta; birey ve iktidar arasındaki ilişkiyi devlet, toplumsal cinsiyet, aile, din ve gözetim gibi konular üzerinden ele almaktadır. Ayrıca, modernleşme kavramını merkeze alarak, değer yargılarının “evrensel” boyuttaki inşasını Doğu ve Batı kültürleri arasındaki iktidar ilişkileri bağlamında sorgulamaktadır.

The rise and evolution of the nation-state system, the operation of balance of power, deterrence, coercion, conflict, diplomacy, crisis management, and the role of international law and institutions in inter-state relations.

The dynamics that have evolved from the French Revolution through the collapse of the empires and the establishment of nation-states. The history of the 19th Century balance of power and the rise and course of conflicts leading to World War I.

Introduction to the use of statistics in economics and administrative science analysis. Basic statistical concepts used by social scientists. Displaying data. Measures of central tendency and variability. Frequency distributions. Normal distribution. Basic concepts of probability. Sampling distribution and hypothesis testing. One-sample hypothesis testing in social research.

Introduction to academic genres. Key figures in particular areas of academic life. Synthesizing different sources. Key scientific figure. Reading about and listening to a scientific process. Choosing and describing a scientific process in speech and writing. Reports of different research methods. Lab report or literature search. Passive voice, adverbial clauses and adjective clauses. Understanding and using key vocabulary from a particular domain.

The consequences of World War I and the international system between the two World Wars. The failure of the attempts to build a global security by the League of Nations; the "Great Depression" and the rise of fascism; developments leading to the disastrous World War II.

Fundamentals of law pertaining to its meaning, resources, norms and its raison d'etre. The rules of law, law-justice relations, resources of law, hierarchy of law norms, human rights, the rule of law, and comparison of different law systems. Differences between private law and public law.

Similarities and differences between various political systems. State-society relations, parliaments and governments, democratic institutions, policy making processes, political parties and party systems, electoral systems, central-local relations and political culture. A comparative survey of various Western, non-Western, democratic and authoritarian systems.

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.

Meaning and historical development of theory of international relations. Classification of main theories; emphasis on theories related to the changing structure of the world order and globalization.

The origins and nature of international law. The character of the modern state system and legal organization of international society.

Area Elective-I

General Elective-I

Examination of Ancient Greek, Roman, and medieval political thinkers, the analysis of their major contributions to the development of modern political theory. The essence and nature of concepts and themes related to political theories.

General principles, Major topics and essential terminology of the over-expanding area of business. Issues of general management. The dynamics of Turkey and actual Turkish business cases.

Characteristics of International Organizations and their evolution, structure and functions. International Organizations within the context of the international system.

The territory and jurisdiction of states. International treaties. International disputes and the maintenance of law and order in international era.

General Elective-II

Selected works from modern political theorists, historical development of political theory. The nature of modern political thought and its links with classical thought. Concepts, themes, and ideologies that emerged after the French Revolution. Major thinkers, their relevance to such themes as liberty, democracy, election, representation.

Research question; Various elements of a research design; Literature overview; Ethical issues; Conducting independent research.

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Area Elective-IV

General Elective-III

Examination of the state tradition in Turkey; understanding the interaction of state, politics, and society; secularism, civil-military relations, problems of democracy; transition to multi-party politics and its problems; parliamentary system and political parties; political participation, interest groups and civil society.

Main trends affecting Turkish Foreign Policy. The rules and principles characterizing the way it is performed, within the general framework of an evolutionary process since the end of World War II.

Historical background of the social and institutional structures and development issues in the Middle East. Concept and ideologies like Arabism, Islam and Modernization. Contemporary conflicts and treaties that formed modern delimitation of the region.

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General Elective-IV

General Elective-V