Course Descriptions

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.

Basic grammatical structures and sentence patterns. Basic range of simple expressions about personal details and needs of a concrete type. Basic greeting and leave-taking expressions. Daily routines. Definitions about people and places. Personal profiles. Social networking. Informal e-mails.

The meaning and definiton of philosophy. The fundamental issues, problems and theories in philosophy. Major philosophers in the history of philosophy. Philosophical theories developed on issues like knowledge, science, being, morality, politics, religion, language and art. The relationship between wisdom, knowledge, reality and justification. Rationalism, empiricism, emotivism, universalism, relativism, objectivism, subjectivism, scepticism. Problems of free will and determinism, alienation, freedom and justice.

The development of the sciences in the context of the history of civilization. Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Renaissance, Early Modern era, Modern era. The distinction between the natural sciences and the social sciences. The influence of the developments in the natural sciences on the emergence of the social sciences. The cultural, political and philosophical factors which enabled the developments in the sciences. Major scientists in the history of science: Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Anaxagoras, Democritus, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Herodotus, Ptolemaeus, Aristarchus, Strabo, Galen, Machiavelli, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Pasteur, Weber, Marx, Freud, Jung, Einstein.

Sets of real numbers. Functions. Special functions. Symmetry, translations and reflections. Lines. Quadratic functions. Systems of equations. Exponential and logarithmic functions. Properties of logarithms. Limits and continuity. The derivative. Rules for differentiation. The chain rule. Derivatives of logarithmic and exponential functions. Implicit differentiation. Logarithmic differentiation. Higher order derivatives. Relative extrema. Absolute extrema on a closed interval. Concavity. The second derivative test. Asymptotes.

Introduction to the scientific research methods, scientific criterion and techniques, comparison of the scientific knowledge with other ways of knowing in daily life. Examination of neuroscience, basic biological, motivational, developmental and cognitive processes that underlie behaviors. Definition and examples of perception, thinking, learning, memory, language, creativity, heuristics, communication, behaviors, and emotions. Introduction of basic theoretical perspectives about psychology.

Comparison of the subfields of psyhology, the related professions, the situation in Turkey, inviting the experts and representatives to class inorder to discuss the details of the state of art.of various

Communication, items of communication, types of communication, oral and written communication and presentation, effective communication skills. The definition and the importance of language. The relationship between language and society, language and culture. The relationship between language and literature. Spoken language, written language, native language, standard language, dialect, special languages. Features of meaning, sound and style (structure) of Turkish. Rules of writing and punctuation. Features and types of narration. Subject and limitation of the subject. Written language and its features. The layout of written narration (planning of written narration), wording, types of written narration, features of written narration, expressional failure.

Simple grammatical structures and sentence patterns. Description or presentation of people, living or working conditions, daily routines, likes/dislikes. Phrases and expressions related to areas of most immediate priority (e.g. personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment.) Comparisons. Formal e-mails.

Sociological Method. Individual as the Sociological Unit of Analysis. Groups, Organizations and Society. Structures of Power and Inequality. Social Class, Gender, Race, Ethnicity. Global Inequality. Government and Political Power. Social Institutions: Work and Economy; Political Systems; Mass Media and Religion. Social change. Globalization. Functionalism. Conflict Theory. Symbolic Interactionalism.