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Examining how social ideas are expressed through and portrayed in works of the creative imagination. A selection of literary texts, films, visual representations, and/or essays that speak to a particular social issue or set of interrelated social issues. A variety of themes, such as feminism, globalization, migration, environmentalism, post-colonialism and nationalism. Developing students’ competencies in: written and oral communication skills; creativity and scepticism; and critical thinking.
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Examinaton of the definition of the ‘Other’, starting with the widespread description of the term as the processes by which social groups create boundaries and distinctions, often demonizing, dehumanizing, romanticizing, or exoticizing those who do not fit into their society. Exploring the notions of the Other represented in literature to canvas a human fascination with the foreign and the unknown, unlimited by time, place, or cultural context. Focusing on the ways of perception of the Other in socio-cultural, political, religious, geographic, ethnic, gendered, or racial terms in different cultures or time periods. Exploring human identity in relation to the Otherness of the monstrous, the animal, and the super-, sub-, or extra-human.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”ASIU104″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”ART AND INNOVATION” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Interdisciplinary study of connections between art/design and politics, science, psychology, literature, music. Creative thinking activities. Innovative design studio. Role of images in propaganda, advertising. Impact of masterpieces in society. Visual perception, gestalt, color theory, drawing as a way of thinking, form and function, poetics of space, collaboration, artistic research. Fluxus, public art, information arts, kinetic sculpture, environmental art.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”ASIU107″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”LANDMARKS OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Introducing students a select group of significant monuments in world art and architecture and present the unique aesthetic, cultural and historical issues that frame them; presenting the main methods to analyze and interpret artworks produced in different media. A different time period and culture each week, as wide-ranging as 20th century Europe and America, Safavid Persia, Medieval Europe, Ancient Greece, etc. Social factors in the creation process of artworks, and how the specific cultural context of the artworks influences our reading and understanding of them.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”ASIU109″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”ART OF MUSIC AND MOVEMENT IN THE 20TH CENTURY” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ google_fonts=”font_family:Source%20Sans%20Pro%3A200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]An exploration of the aesthetic concepts of the 20th century musical composition and dance choreography, the arts of creating/organizing sounds and movements. Possible relationships-both diverging and converging-between these two disciplines when brought together on stage in traditional or contemporary inter-disciplinary artistic forms such as dance-musical, music-drama, opera, digital multi-media performance. Considering parallel developments in other artistic fields such as painting, sculpture and cinema. Testing and challenging the boundaries between sound and movement, as well as those investigating the tripartite relation between sound, movement and image. Critical discussions on Aesthetics, Modernity&Postmodernity, High&Low Art, Orientalism&Self-Orientalism, the nature of art and creativity, autonomy of artistic disciplines as well as blurring of boundaries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”ASIU111″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”FILM GENRE” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ google_fonts=”font_family:Source%20Sans%20Pro%3A200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Some of the many questions, concerns and misconceptions raised by the study of film through genre: What is genre? Are film genres a marketing tool, a by-product of journalism or a fundamental way of understanding and discussing motion pictures? Is there such a thing as a `genre film? or is no movie immune to genre criticism? What are the generic tropes associated with certain genres? Can a film belong to more than one genre? Does a film?s genre stay the same over time? Does a genre-based view expand or delimit our conception of a motion picture?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”ASIU115″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”GREEK AND ROMAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ google_fonts=”font_family:Source%20Sans%20Pro%3A200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Public and private architecture and art including mosaics, paintings, reliefs and statuary of the Greek and Roman World. The technical and stylistic developments are placed against the background of the contemporary political and socio-economic situation. Developments in Greece and Italy and areas under Greek and Roman influence including Turkey are addressed in the discourse.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”ASIU118″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”DESIGN THINKING” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ google_fonts=”font_family:Source%20Sans%20Pro%3A200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Exploring the innovation and creative processes through interdisciplinary work and research structures. Understanding design problems independent from their disciplinary boundaries. Gaining an integrative understanding of innovation based on human-centered design.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1516204934380{background-color: #e57373 !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”ECON” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1517468565306{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcore.ku.edu.tr%2Fportfolio-item%2Fecon%2F|title:ECON||”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”ECON100″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS ” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Economic reasoning; basic concepts and processes in microeconomics and macroeconomics; identification and discussion of current economic issues covered in popular economics publications.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1516204959142{background-color: #8caedc !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”EQUR” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1517468607154{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcore.ku.edu.tr%2Fportfolio-item%2Fequr%2F|title:EQUR||”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”EQUR101″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”QUANTITATIVE REASONING USING COMPUTERS” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
Effective assessment of data by applying statistics and computing techniques. Introduction of major data descriptors. Applying spreadsheet tools to facilitate data analysis and consequent decision making. Introduction to flowcharts and algorithms. Algorithmic reasoning for computer programming. Emerging information and computing technologies and the future of computing.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”EQUR121″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”SYMBOLIC LOGIC” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The fundamental concepts of logic such as statement, argument, premise, conclusion, inference, truth, falsity, validity, and invalidity; elements of propositional and predicate logic; conjunction, disjunction and negation of statements; truth tables for complex statements; logical equivalence; tautologies and contradictions; universal and existential quantifiers; truth trees; proof methods.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”MATH101″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”FINITE MATHEMATICS” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Linear algebra and matrix theory; mathematics of finance; counting and the fundamentals of probability theory; game theory.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1516204977745{background-color: #f78c1e !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”ETHR” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1517468627445{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcore.ku.edu.tr%2Fportfolio-item%2Fethr%2F|title:ETHR||”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”ETHC105″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”ETHICS AND EVERYDAY LIFE” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Understanding how we experience freedom, justice, equality, rights, good&evil, judgments, and discrimination in our everyday life from the corner of a grocery store to a doctor’s office, to a court-house or to a class at the university. Analyzing the various ways of ethical reasoning already happening in our everyday interactions in order to enrich and sometimes to challenge the philosophical theories of ethics. Analyzing the already existing theories of ethical reasoning in the history of philosophy to challenge our at times non-reasoning habits. Connections between theory and practice in everyday life through very open discussion of everyday examples in connection to our readings of ethical reasoning from Plato, Aristotle, Mill, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Sartre, Arendt, De Beauvior, etc.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”ETHC108″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”WHY BE GOOD?” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The case for acting ethically rather than unethically. Explores the motivations behind ethical actions, the status of ethical ‘truths’, and the relationship (if any) between an ethical life and a happy life. Examines research on ethical behavior from disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”ETHC109″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]A growing area of philosophy focusing on issues about the value of nature and other living beings and our responsibility towards them. Primary questions dealing with issues of moral responsibility of human beings towards other life forms and on the relative value of nature. Various topics focus on economic and technological development, pollution, the preservation of species, and the uses and abuses of life.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”ETHC113″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”A QUEST FOR ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]A historical introduction to ethical reasoning in order to develop skills to examine our lives. Recognition of the principal problems of ethics in a variety of works. Reading, thinking and writing critically about ethical issues and problems. Examination of theory of knowledge, origins of ethics, ethical responsibility and critiques of ethical theories under the guidance of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1516205345846{background-color: #cedc38 !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”HUMS” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1517468646823{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcore.ku.edu.tr%2Fportfolio-item%2Fhums%2F|title:HUMS||”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”HUMS102″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATIONS” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Fundamental questions about the emergence of the earliest civilizations. Origins of modern humans, the earliest evidence for art and symbolic thinking, the development of agriculture, sedentism and social inequalities as well as the formation of the earliest states. Comparative perspective of the often parallel ways through which these major developments took place across different regions in the Old World and in the Americas.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”HUMS104″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”SEA ROUTES: CIVILZATIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The history, archaeology, art and architecture of societies and civilizations of the Mediterranean region from the prehistory until the 15th century AD. Focusing on the examination, discussion and analysis of the art, architecture, history and religion of various civilizations in Anatolia, Near East, the Levant, Northern Africa, Greece and western Mediterranean countries. Some basic questions such as exchange, continuity and discontinuity, trade, migration, traditions and innovations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”HUMS105″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”FAITH AND POWER: EXPLORING THE WORLD MIDDLE AGES” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Introduction to the key issues in the cultural history of Europe, Near Eastern Mediterranean, Eurasia and Americas from the 5th century A.D. to the 15th century, emphasis on aspects, which have contributed to our modern cultures. Various sources, methods of analysis of history, society, religion and art of medieval cultures as well as their mutual relationships and connections. Focusing on the Byzantine world and Medieval Europe, the rise and spreading of Islamic civilizations, the developments in Eurasian and Mesoamerican civilizations before the 15th century.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”HUMS109″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”THINGS: THE MATERIAL WORLDS OF HUMANITY” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Explores the relationship between people and things. Examines a wide variety of approaches to the world of objects, artifacts and material goods using several disciplines and perspectives, including archaeology, philosophy, materialist and cognitive approaches, consumption studies, phenomenology, social constructivism, actor-network-theory.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”HUMS120″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”TRUTH AND POLITICS” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]An examination of the relationships between truth and power through the history of philosophy from the Greeks to the 20th century. Assessment of the relations between knowledge and political authority through the examination of key texts from Plato, Descartes, Kant, Rousseau, Nietzsche, Marx, etc. Contextualized elucidation of various models of government through their reliance on philosophical and theological worldviews. Examination of the political implication of scientific and philosophical developments.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”HUMS129″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”CRITICAL THINKING” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]An introduction of the distinction between an argument and merely a set of sentences. An examination of the distinction between good cases and bad cases of reasoning. In depth study of some of the basic distinctions between different types of reasoning.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”HUMS130″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHOLOGY” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]An introduction to key aspects of the History of Science and Technology from ancient times to today. Investigating the changing relationship between culture and science and technology, and traces the history of ideas from antiquity to the modern day such as experimentation, the scientific method, a heliocentric solar system, and various ways of measuring and understanding time.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”HUMS131″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”HISTORY, POWER AND PEOPLE” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Examining the world history, politics and society between the 17th century and the early 21th century. Focusing on both chief themes such as nation-states, citizenship, hegemony, colonization, migration and liberalism and major events such as French Revolution, the spread of westernization, the rivalries of the Great Powers, World War I, the spread of Americanization, the rise of Communism, and the spread of globalization. Recourse to a variety of historical, sociological, philosophical sources, the writings of major thinkers to films, photos and cartoons.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”HUMS132″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”ILLUSION : WHEN APPEARANCES DECEIVE” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]An interdisciplinary exploration of how appearances mislead us and strategies for responding to deceptive appearances. Issues to be discussed include: how illusion and hallucination challenge the assumption that perception gives us knowledge of external reality; how theory colors scientific observation; how purveyors of ”fake news” manipulate appearances; and how we can avoid these varieties of perceptual error as individuals, researchers, and citizens. Drawing widely on resources from philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1516205317333{background-color: #9e89c0 !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”SCIE” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1517468692672{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcore.ku.edu.tr%2Fportfolio-item%2Fscie%2F|title:SCIE||”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”SCIE103″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=” LIFE SCIENCES” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]General overview of living organisms. Selected topics on the control of cellular mechanisms. Gene technology and evolution.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”SCIE108″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”WORLD OF CHEMISTRY” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Chemical facts; matter and energy; nucleus, atom and periodic law; chemical bonding; chemical reactions; polymers. The impact of scientific methods and chemical discoveries on our standard of living. Understanding contemporary issues related to atmosphere, hydrosphere, air and water pollution; global warming and renewable energy; recycling.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1515945815718{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”SCIE110″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”PHYSICS OF THE SPHERE” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The importance of the spherical geometry; applications in navigation and communication instruments; geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, celestial sphere; navigation, sailing and flight; spherical coordinates, spherical harmonics, spatial and temporal measurements.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1516205332165{background-color: #0bbcd4 !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”SOSC” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1515952161098{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”SOSC105″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”MIGRATION & GLOBALIZATION” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Present realities of contemporary global migration in the context of social sciences. Critical analysis of the social problems such as social mobility, poverty, gender and education, inequality and citizenship as they relate to migration. Understanding the basic methods used for analysing migration related issues. Exploring fundamental consequences of migration for shaping social relations at local and global levels. Examination of social forces within the contexts of migration and migrant integration.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”SOSC110″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”STATE AND SOCIETY” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]An introductory exploration of state-society relations from an interdisciplinary perspective. Focusing on the questions of what the state is, what the society is, and what the relationship between the two is? The concept of citizenship and how the state relates to citizens through security forces, juridical system, social welfare, education, religion and culture. Working with examples from history, Turkey and other countries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1515945842258{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”SOSC111″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”STUDIES IN POPULAR CULTURE” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]An introduction to a scholarly study of popular culture, with the overall objective of illustrating how pop culture influences our attitudes and worldviews. Dissecting a variety of pop culture texts such as cartoons, children’s literature, youtube videos, commercials, advertisements, websites, music videos, television, film and news broadcasts. Focusing on icons and imagery which address a global dimension of pop culture. Culture through a variety of more specific critical lenses (such as gender, class, race and ethnicity, sexuality, and beauty).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”SOSC119″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.9)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”DATA AND SOCIETY” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23353638″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Familiarize the student with the use, and potential misuse, of data in culture and society. Discussion of the applications of data gathering and analysis, how burgeoning practice interacts with the culture and society. Topics including introductory data science concepts, such as big data and machine learning, understand and critique the arguments regarding policy implications, ethics, etc.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section]