FACULTY OF BUSINESS
Department of Economics
GENS 207 | Course Introduction and Application Information
Course Name |
Scientific Thinking and Society
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
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Application/Lab
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Local Credits
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ECTS
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GENS 207
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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4
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Prerequisites |
None
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Course Language |
English
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Course Type |
Service Course
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Course Level |
First Cycle
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to help the students to develop a critical perspective about science and its relationship with society. In the first part of the course, the period during which modern science was born will be discussed in a broader fashion. In the second part, the focus will be on a series of issues taken from more recent periods of history of science. This course is for students that are interested in popular science. |
Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course is designed to discuss the relationship between science and the society that generates it. |
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Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | ||
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Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
1 | Introduction; presentation of the course and related questions; The Three Revolutions | Course syllabus |
2 | Types of Societies and their technologies | Machionis, J. (2017) “Society and Technology” |
3 | Sapiens and the Cognitive Revolution | Harari, Y. (2015), Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind, Part One: The Cognitive Revolution |
4 | Guns, Germs, and Steel I: Yali’s Question | Diamond, J. (1997), Guns, Germs and Steel, Prologue: “Yali’s Question”; Part I “From Eden to Cajamarca” |
5 | Guns, Germs and Steel II: Agricultural Revolution | Diamond, J. (1997), Guns, Germs and Steel, Part 2: “The Rise and The Spread of Food Production” |
6 | Dawn of Civilizations, Birth of Natural Philosophy and the Aristotelian Worldview | Lecture Notes |
7 | Ptolemy and the Geocentric Model | Lecture Notes |
8 | Nicholaus Copernicus and the Heliocentric Model | Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 1, “Renaissance Men” pp. 21-32 |
9 | Tycho Brahe and his observations & Johannes Kepler and the movement of planets | Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 2, “The Last Mystics” |
10 | First Scientists: Galileo and others, Part I | Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 3, “The First Scientists” |
11 | First Scientists: Galileo and others, Part II | Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 3, “The First Scientists” |
12 | René Descartes, Christiaan Huygens, Robert Boyle and first steps of science | Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 4, “Renaissance Men” (Descartes: pp. 118-126; Boyle pp. |
13 | Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton | Gribbin, J. (2002) Science: A History Chapter 5, “Newtonian Revolution” (Hooke: pp. 151-164; Newton pp. 172-188) |
14 | Semester Review | Lecture Notes |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Final examination |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Reading 1: Machionis, J. (2017) “Society and Technology”, in Machionis, J. (2017) Sociology, 16th Edition, pp. 118-123, Pearson: Hoboken Reading 2: Harari, Y. (2015), Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind, HarperCollins: New York Reading 3: Diamond, J. (1997), Guns, Germs and Steel. The Fates of Human Societies, W. W. Norton: New York Reading 4: Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History 1543–2001, Penguin: London |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exams | ||
Midterm |
2
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60
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Final Exam |
1
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40
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Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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60
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Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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40
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Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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Study Hours Out of Class |
16
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1
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16
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Field Work |
0
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Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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Portfolio |
0
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Homework / Assignments |
0
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Presentation / Jury |
0
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Project |
0
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Seminar / Workshop |
0
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Oral Exam |
0
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Midterms |
2
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15
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30
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Final Exam |
1
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20
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20
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Total |
114
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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1 | To be able to acquire a sound knowledge of fundamental concepts, theories, principles and methods of investigation specific to the economic field. |
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2 | To be able to apply adequate mathematical, econometric, statistical and data analysis models to process economic data and to implement scientific research for development of economic policies. |
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3 | To be able to participate in academic, professional, regional, and global networks and to utilize these networks efficiently. |
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4 | To be able to have adequate social responsibility with regards to the needs of the society and to organize the activities to influence social dynamics in line with social goals. |
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5 | To be able to integrate the knowledge and training acquired during the university education with personal education and produce a synthesis of knowledge one requires. |
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6 | To be able to evaluate his/her advance level educational needs and do necessary planning to fulfill those needs through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically. |
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7 | To be able to acquire necessary skills to integrate social dynamics into economic process both as an input and an output. |
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8 | To be able to link accumulated knowledge acquired during the university education with historical and cultural qualities of the society and be able to convey it to different strata of society. |
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9 | To be able to take the responsibility as an individual and as a team member. |
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10 | To be able to attain social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis. |
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11 | To be able to collect data in economics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) |
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12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of economics. |
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