1	Course Title:	THE PROBLEM OF BEING IN OUR AGE
2	Course Code:	FEL5114
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
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. ABDÜLKADIR ÇÜÇEN
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. A. Kadir ÇÜÇEN, Doç. Dr. Ogün ÜREK, Yard. Doç. Dr. Metin Mecermen
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Kadir@uludag.edu.tr; Uludağ Üniversitesi Felsefe Bölümü Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, 16059 Görükle, Bursa - Türkiye. Tel: +90 224 2941826
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 with the help of some basic concepts. Then some contemporary 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 evaluate in a historical context.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Defining being; 2 Learning the related concepts.; 3 Recognizing the problems of being.; 4 Understanding the problems with a philosophical look.; 5 Understanding the differences between the basic theories of being.; 6 Grasping the theories of being in different historical periods.; 7 Analyzing and seeing the contemporary problems of being.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to the topic of being
2	Explaining the concepts which are related with being.
3	Explaining the problem of being in modern philosophy.
4	Explaining the notion of being in 19. yy. century, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche
5	Explaining Hartmann’s understanding of Being I
6	Explaining Hartmann’s understanding of Being II
7	Explaining Heidegger’s understanding of Being I
8	Explaining Heidegger’s understanding of Being II
9	Explaining Heidegger’s understanding of Being III
10	Explaining Heidegger’s understanding of Being IV
11	Explaining Heidegger’s understanding of Being V
12	Explaining Sartre’’s understanding of Being I
13	Explaining Sartre’’s understanding of Being II
14	General evaluation or comments

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Çüçen, Kadir. Varlık Felsefesi, Ezgi Kitabevi, Bursa 2010. Çüçen, A. Kadir Çüçen, Martin Heidegger: Varlık ve Zaman, Sentez Yayıncılık, Bursa, 2012. Cevizci, Ahmet, Metafiziğe Giriş, Paradigma Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001. Platon, Diyaloglar I ve II, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul 1993. Martin Heidegger, Varlık ve Zaman, çev. Aziz Yardımlı, İdea Yayınları, İstanbul Martin Heidegger, Metafizik Nedir? Çev. Yusuf Örnek, TFK Yayınları, 2009. Sartre, Varlık ve Hiçlik, çev. Gaye Eksen ve Turhan Ilgaz, İthaki Yayınları, İstanbul 2011. Nicolai Hartmann, Ontolojide Yeni Yollar, Çev. Lütfi Yarbaş, İlya Yayınları, İzmir. Işık Eren, 20. yy’da Felsefe: Karşı Çıkışlar ve Yeni Arayışlar, Asa Kitabevi, Bursa, 2005. Heidegger, Martin, Nietzsche’nin Tanrı Öldü Sözü”, Asa Kitabevi, Bursa.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	5	20
Final Exam	1	50
Total	7	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	10	2	20
Homeworks, Performances	5	7	35
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	10	10
Others	5	7	35
Final Exams	1	20	20
Total WorkLoad			148
Total workload/ 30 hr			4,93
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 LO2 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 LO3 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 LO4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 LO5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 LO6 4 5 5 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 LO7 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 4

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High