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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
KY206B2History of Political Thought IICompulsory245
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course; as a continuation of the first lessons SDT-I, to teach students the important events, thinkers and concepts of the political thought
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Sinan Yazıcı
Learning Outcomes
1Students will learn utopian and their political ideas
2Students will learn Contractarians and their political thinking.
3Students will learn about the thought of the Enlightenment.
4Students, will learn the intellectual and political conditions which caused the French Revolution, the progress of the revolution and its consequences.
5Students will have a point of view on important people and concepts of political thought.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
In this course, the progress of political thought will examine starting from the Reformationand the Renaissance until the French Revolution in the process
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1 introduction and the general framework for the lessons
2Machiavelli and the Prince
3Utopians
4Jean Bodin’sState Conception
5Thomas Hobbes and the Social Contract
6Spinoza and Ethics
7Midterm
8John Locke and the Social Contract
9Enlightenment
10Montesquiu: The Spirit of Laws
11Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Social Contract
12The French Revolution I
13The French Revolution II
14Final
15
16
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Mehmet Ali Ağaoğulları (Ed.); Batı’da Siyasal Düşünceler, İletişim Yayınları 2. Alaeddin Şenel; Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi, Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları 3. Jeffrey Abramson; Minerva’nın Baykuşu, Dipnot Yayınları. 4. Mete Tunçay (Der.) Batı’daSiyasalDüşüncelerTarihi, YeniÇağ, SeçilmişYazılar, BilgiÜniversitesiYayınları 5. Mete Tunçay (Der.) Batı’daSiyasalDüşüncelerTarihi, Yakın Çağ, SeçilmişYazılar, BilgiÜniversitesiYayınları 6. M.Ali Ağaoğulları, Kral Devletten Ulus Devlete, İmge. 7. M.Ali Ağaoğulları, Ulus Devlet ya da Halk Egemenliği, İmge.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination12020
Final Examination13232
Team/Group Work14456
Self Study14342
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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1
PO
2
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3
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4
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5
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LO112222113
LO212221114
LO312222114
LO411222114
LO513222114
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High