Course Descriptions

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.

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.

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.

Examination of basic concepts, terms and principles in psychological professions. Discussion of the theories, measurement techniques and programs about psychological professions. Learning, application, evaluation, and commenting about the measurement techniques about psychological professions. Examination about the preparation and the implementation of the programs about psychological professions. Examination about the techniques used in individual and group applications in psychological professions.

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.

Critical thinking and logical argumentation. Academic research. Annotations, citations, quotations. Identification of arguments, reasoning, logical cohesion. Debates. Evaluative summary. Interview.

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.

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.

History of occupational health and safety. Work law. Occupational health and safety law. National and international conventions. Occupational diseases. Introduction to the concept of hazard and risk