Course Descriptions
Course Name / Course Code
Hours
Credit
ECTS
The Rise of Modern Science
HSS204
The main theoretical and methodological approaches to study the history of science. The central issues in the history of the physical sciences since the Renaissance; the Copernican Revolution, Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment.
( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
6
AKTS
6Kredi
3Saatler
(3 + 0 + 0 )Human Development and Culture
HSS224
Social evolution. Types of societies: hunting and gathering, agricultural, industrial, post-industrial. Technological innovation, wealth, power, and inequality; Paradoxes of progress. Agricultural Revolution, Industrial Revolution, democratic revolutions. Development and freedom. Culture and social structure. Technological determinism and its critics. Human development in today's world. Information and communication technologies in developing societies. The future as history.
( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
6
AKTS
6Kredi
3Saatler
(3 + 0 + 0 )Science Elective-I
HSS-S-I
Science Elective-I
( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
5
AKTS
5Kredi
3Saatler
(3 + 0 + 0 )Social Science Research Methods
POLS222
Introduction to theory-oriented research in political science. Research problems, research designs, qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques, data processing, data analysis. Interpretation of social science data with special emphasis on quantitative methods, and report writing on the basis of data analysis and findings.
( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
6
AKTS
6Kredi
3Saatler
(3 + 0 + 0 )Ethics, Science and Social Responsibility
HSS300
( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
6
AKTS
6Kredi
3Saatler
(3 + 0 + 0 )Complementary Elective-II
HSS-C-II
Complementary Elective-II
( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
5
AKTS
5Kredi
3Saatler
(3 + 0 + 0 )Departmental Elective-I
HSS-D2-I
Departmental Elective-I
( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
5
AKTS
5Kredi
3Saatler
(3 + 0 + 0 )Departmental Elective-II
HSS-D2-II
Departmental Elective-II
( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
5
AKTS
5Kredi
3Saatler
(3 + 0 + 0 )Departmental Elective-III
HSS-D2-III
Departmental Elective-III
( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
5
AKTS
5Kredi
3Saatler
(3 + 0 + 0 )HSS Elective-I
HSS-HSS-I
HSS Elective-I
( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
5
AKTS
5Kredi
3Saatler
(3 + 0 + 0 )