Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
170201005123	INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY	Elective	3	5	2

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To grasp the meaning and significance of philosophical thinking. • To learn the methods and perspectives of philosophical thinking. • To learn basic philosophical disputes and discussions. • To learn transformations in the field of thought and knowledge through basic discussions and problems in the works of historically significant philosophers.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. Alaaddin Yanardağ

Learning Outcomes

1	Individuals contribute to social criticism and reform in various ways.
2	A better understanding of a particular set of social conditions, often gains us a chance to check the situation better.
3	Knows that Increasing cultural sensibilities is a tool that determines policies which are aware of the existence of different cultural values.
4	Examines the results of adopting a specific policy programs (desired-undesired).
5	Sees the existence of possibility of self-illumination increasing opportunities for groups and individuals to change their living conditions

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

The class focuses on the basic philosophical problems and discussions within the framework of the history of philosophy. Knowledge, science, individual, society, politics, ethics, and arts will be among the topics as these topics discussed by philosophers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, Hobbes, and Kant.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Definition of philosophy, The rise and development of philosophy, the characteristics of philosophical thought
2	Position philosophy among such disciplines as science and art
3	To explain main terms and concepts of epistemology
4	To explain main problems and views on them in epistemology
5	To explain district of research of the philosophy of science
6	To explain main problems and views on them in the philosophy of scienceand structure of class, modern organizations
7	To explain main terms, concepts of the philosophy of Ontology
8	To explain main problems and views on them in Ontology
9	To explain main terms and concepts of ethics
10	To explain main problems and views on them in the ethics
11	To explain main problems and views on them in the philosophy of art
12	To explain main terms, concepts of the philosophy of politics
13	To explain main problems and views on them in the politics
14	To explain main problems and views on them in the philosophy of religion

Recommended or Required Reading

Ahmet Cevizci (2010), Felsefeye Giriş, Nobel Yayıncılık. Sedat Yazıcı (2011). Felsefeye Giriş, Yeni İnsan Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	2	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	2	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Attending Lectures	2	4	8
Discussion	2	4	8
Team/Group Work	2	4	8
Observation	2	4	8
Field Work	1	6	6
Criticising Paper	2	4	8
Self Study	2	4	8
Reading	2	4	8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7
LO1	3
LO2	5
LO3	4
LO4	4
LO5	5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High