Course Descriptions

Overview of interactions science, technology and society; science - technology relations, and technology - environment relations. Public understanding of science. Scientific process and scientific method. Social sciences and medicine. Ethics in science, technology and engineering. Risk assessment and precautionary principle. Science and technology policies. Case studies related to science, technology and society relations.

Introduction to basic IT theory and terminology. Basic skills in a word processor programs, such as MS Word to create documents, format text, apply styles. Basic skills in a spreadsheet program, such as MS Excel, to create and format spreadsheets, including the use of mathematical formulas and to summarize given data in the form of graphics.

Introduction to the key concepts, theories, and issues in developmental, personality, social, industrial, clinical, and atypical psychology. Definitions of basic mechanisms underlying the above mentioned processes. Related theories, types and importance of clinical therapies and topics in daily life. Introduction to the logic of designing awareness programs. Student presentations of various sub-disciplines of psychology.

Features and types of narration. Types of writing and dialogue. The narration of oral and written communication, presentation skills, language and communication skills through selected texts of World and Turkish literature. The relationship between language and literature. Enrichment of language through literature. Inventive literature texts. The relationship between consideration and language. Analyze of terms and concepts through literary texts. The summary of literary movements in Turkish literature.

The concepts of reform and revolution. The Ottoman heritage and the Westernism. Tanzimat and its outcomes. The first constitutional experience. Hamidian regime and its characteristics. The CUP and the constitutional opposition to Abdülhamid. The Constitutional Revolution of 1908. Balkan Wars. First World War and its social aspects. The Independence War. The regime of revolutions. One-Party System. The debates on a new economy.

The concept of art. The role of the visual arts. The history of art. Visual arts from the prehistoric through the modern era. The language of the visual arts: architecture, sculpture, painting. The Ancient World: Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman Art. The Middle Ages: Early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic Art. Renaissance: Early and High Renaissance and Baroque Art. The Modern World: Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Twentieth Century Art and Pop-Art.

Area Elective-I

Introduction to statistics. Describing data and frequency distributions. Describing data and graphic presentation. Central tendency and dispersion measures. Probability and permutation and combination. Discrete probability distributions. Continuous probability distributions. Normal probability distribution. Sampling methods and distribution of sample statistics. Central limit theorem. Point estimation and confidence intervals.

Introducing science and science branches. Workflow of science. Differences between science and pseudoscience. Analytical thinking. Types of hypothesis. Construction of hypothesis. Differences between hypothesis, theory and law. Experimental design. Basic subjects in chemistry, biology and physics. Nobel prizes and some examples. Technology and science. Applications of natural sciences. Science with ethical aspects.

Nature and methodology of political science, basic concepts, political institutions and political behavior, political parties and pressure groups, political participation, elections and voting behavior, state and bureaucracy.