SKB616 - POLITICAL THEORY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLITICAL THEORY | SKB616 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Academic Staff | |||||
| Course objective | This course analyses political theories from the Enlightenment to the end of the 19th century. It has an exclusive focus on concepts. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Social contract, power, state, democracy, equality, liberty, justice, class, alienation, sovereignty, individual, reason, civil society. | |||||
| References | Bloch, Ernst. On Karl Marx. Herder and Herder, New York, 1971. Hegel, George Wilhelm Friedrich. The Phenomenology of Mind. Dover, New York, 2003. Hobbes, Thomas. Behemoth or the Long Parliament. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1990. Jessop, Bob. Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought. Routledge, London, 1999. Kant, Immanuel. Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006. Locke, John. Two Treatises of Government. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988. McClelland, John S. A History of Western Political Thought. Routledge, London and New York, 1996. Montesquieu. Persian Letters. Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1973. de Tocqueville, Alexis. Democracy in America. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2000. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Introduction to Political Theory |
| Week 3 | Social Contract and Political Theory: Sovereignty and Power |
| Week 4 | Social Contract and Political Theory: Sovereignty and Power |
| Week 5 | Theories of State in the Enlightenment, Equality, Justice, Liberty, Sovereignty |
| Week 6 | Midterm I |
| Week 7 | Theories of State in the Enlightenment, Equality, Justice, Liberty, Sovereignty |
| Week 8 | Theories of State in the Enlightenment, Equality, Justice, Liberty, Sovereignty (Montesquieu, Rousseau, Kant) |
| Week 9 | Categorical Imperative and Universal Peace: Immanuel Kant |
| Week 10 | Individual, Reason, Liberty: Immanuel Kant and G. W. F. Hegel |
| Week 11 | Midterm II |
| Week 12 | Theory of Civil Society, Democracy: Alexis de Tocqueville and G.F.W. Hegel |
| Week 13 | Critique of Bourgeois Society: Alienation |
| Week 14 | Critique of Bourgeois Society: Alienation |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the Final Exam |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 50 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 110 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 16 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 17 | 204 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 29 | 37 | 270 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. To acquire advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of specialization. To understand the interactions with other disciplines and analyze social structure and dynamics. | X | ||||
| 2. To develop skills for doing and planning research, and analyzing/evaluating data in the field of specialization. To find solutions to the problems faced during the research process. | X | ||||
| 3. To contribute to related literature by conducting a research independently or as a member of a research team. To do leadership and to have a vision. | X | ||||
| 4. To follow the scientific literature in the field of specialization. To evaluate the data by critical thinking and to be committed to lifelong learning. | X | ||||
| 5. To communicate effectively in oral and written base. To master a foreign language and to use computer and information technology effectively in the field of specialization. To share knowledge at scientific platforms with this oral and written communication skill. | X | ||||
| 6. To feel social responsibility. To have a capacity and awareness to contribute to the society. | X | ||||
| 7. To appreciate social, cultural, scientific, and ethical values while conducting studies in the field of specialization. To contribute to the solution of problems faced in this process in the work life. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest