COURSE SYLLABUS

OUR AGE AND PHILOSOPHY

1	Course Title:	OUR AGE AND PHILOSOPHY
2	Course Code:	FLS0524
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	No
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Metin BECERMEN
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. A. Kadir ÇÜÇEN, Prof. Dr. Muhsin Yılmaz
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Metin Becermen mbecermen@uludag.edu.tr; metinbecermen@yahoo.com, Uludag University, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Department of Philosophy, Gorukle Campus, Bursa - Turkey Tel: +90 224 2941834
18	Website:	http://felsefe.uludag.edu.tr/site/node/153
19	Objective of the Course:	First of all, the aim of this course is to establish a framework by reasoning upon being and human being with the help of some basic concepts. Then some philosophers who tried to solve the problem of being are going to be analyzed within this framework. And at last, the problem of being is going to be evaluated in a historical context.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	It is a general elective subject in field knowledge and is important for professional development as it deals with the basic concepts of philosophy.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To see a philosophical problem and reasoning about it.;
2	To identify the problem of human and being in contemporary philosophy.;
3	To look at the problem with texts of the philosopher.;
4	Understanding the problem with the help of a philosophical text.;
5	To solve the problem with the help of a philosophical text.;
6	To put down an evaluation with the help of a philosophical text. ;
7	Understanding the current age.;
8	Searching for answers for the problems of our age.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	General look to the problem of human and being before our age.
2	Nietzsche’s conception of human and superhuman.
3	The notions of God, morality and value.
4	Heidegger’s conception of human.
5	The relation between time and being.
6	Analyzing the concept of Dasein.
7	The concept of being-in-the- world.
8	The Notion of everydayness.
9	Analyzing the concept of care.
10	Analyzing the concept of death.
11	Analyzing existence.
12	Analyzing the concept of temporality.
13	Analyzing the concept of history.
14	General evaluation or comments

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Metin BECERMEN, Hakikatten Yoruma, İktidardan Diyaloga Felsefi Bir Serüven, Bursa: MKM Yayıncılık, 2011. A. Kadir ÇÜÇEN, Heidegger’de Varlık ve Zaman, Asa Kitabevi, Bursa, 2005. Işık Eren, 20. yy’da Felsefe: Karşı Çıkışlar ve Yeni Arayışlar, Asa Kitabevi, Bursa, 2005.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	There will be a midterm and a final exam.
Information	After 7 weeks of lessons, the midterm exam and the final exam including all lessons at the end of the semester will be held in the classical system.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High