BUSINESS (ENGLISH)
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code:

5010003057

Ders İsmi:

Critical Thinking

Ders Yarıyılı:

Fall

Ders Kredileri:

Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
2		2	3

Language of instruction:

Ders Koşulu:

Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?:

Type of course:

Üniversite Seçmeli

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Course Coordinator :

Öğr.Gör. Erkan KOLAT

Course Lecturer(s):

Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives:	The aim of this course is to increase students' scientific and philosophical thinking skills by enabling them to comprehend the relationship between critique and thinking. The course's aim is to provide analytical thinking skills, which are especially effective in modern science, as well as dialectical, interpretive, deductive and inductive thinking types.
Course Content:	Academic expression skills in scientific and philosophical thinking.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;

Learning Outcomes

1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) Comprehend the meaning of thought.
2) Learns what philosophical and scientific thought is.
3) Learns the types of thinking such as analytical, dialectical and interpretive.
4) Comprehends inductive, deductive and inferential thinking in scientific thinking.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
1) Comprehends the importance of analytical thinking in modern science and learns to think analytically.
2) Improves the ability to express his/her thoughts effectively and accurately using analytical thinking.
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Ders Akış Planı

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introdicing the course and what is Thinking
2)	Philosophical and scientific thinking	Reading-research
3)	Analytical Thinking	Reading-research
4)	Dialectic and interpretation	Reading-research
5)	Induction, deduction and inference	Reading-research
6)	Analytical reasoning	Reading-research
7)	Reasoning Process	Reading-research
8)	Midterm exam
9)	Claims in logic and their relationships	Reading-research
10)	Effective reasoning I	Reading-research
11)	Effective rasoning II	Reading-research
12)	Reasoning and Analysis	Reading-research
13)	Planning and Creating in Reasoning	Reading-research
14)	Structuring thinking	Reading-research
15)	Narrating-expressing Thinkings	Reading-research
16)	Final exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Allen Matthew, Smart thinking, Oxford Univ Press, Oxford and New York, 2004. Paul Richard, Elder Linda, Critical Thinking,
References:	Allen Matthew, Smart thinking, Oxford Univ Press, Oxford and New York, 2004. Paul Richard, Elder Linda, Critical Thinking, Rowman&Littlefield, New York, 2012.

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları	1	2	3	4	5	6
Program Outcomes
1) Has basic knowledge, concepts and current theoretical knowledge and current developments in the field of business administration.
2) Understands the main actors, conditions and dynamics in the global business environment.
3) Comprehends ethical, legal and security issues related to business life.
4) Shares the results by reaching the right conclusions from the researches with effective data collection and analysis methods.
5) Develops creative solutions to problems that may arise in business processes due to changes in the corporate environment.
6) Plans the activities for the development of the employees under her responsibility and exhibits effective leadership.
7) Takes responsibility for solving complex and unpredictable problems related to her field.
8) Evaluates the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of business with a critical approach.
9) Supports personal and institutional development by adhering to the concept of lifelong learning.
10) Shares his/her thoughts on the issues related to his/her field and solution proposals regarding the problems with experts and non-experts by supporting them with quantitative and qualitative data.
11) By using a foreign language, monitors theoretical and applied knowledge in the field.
12) Understands the importance and necessity of adapting to the changes in the complex and rapidly changing global business environment with an innovative perspective.
13) Communicates effectively, verbally and in writing, with people from different cultures and groups inside and outside the institution.
14) Supporting the universality of cultural rights, conscious of social justice; becomes an operator that respects the environment, institution, history and cultural heritage.

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Has basic knowledge, concepts and current theoretical knowledge and current developments in the field of business administration.	5
2)	Understands the main actors, conditions and dynamics in the global business environment.	3
3)	Comprehends ethical, legal and security issues related to business life.	5
4)	Shares the results by reaching the right conclusions from the researches with effective data collection and analysis methods.	4
5)	Develops creative solutions to problems that may arise in business processes due to changes in the corporate environment.	4
6)	Plans the activities for the development of the employees under her responsibility and exhibits effective leadership.	4
7)	Takes responsibility for solving complex and unpredictable problems related to her field.	5
8)	Evaluates the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of business with a critical approach.	3
9)	Supports personal and institutional development by adhering to the concept of lifelong learning.	4
10)	Shares his/her thoughts on the issues related to his/her field and solution proposals regarding the problems with experts and non-experts by supporting them with quantitative and qualitative data.	5
11)	By using a foreign language, monitors theoretical and applied knowledge in the field.	5
12)	Understands the importance and necessity of adapting to the changes in the complex and rapidly changing global business environment with an innovative perspective.	3
13)	Communicates effectively, verbally and in writing, with people from different cultures and groups inside and outside the institution.	3
14)	Supporting the universality of cultural rights, conscious of social justice; becomes an operator that respects the environment, institution, history and cultural heritage.	4

Öğrenme Etkinliği ve Öğretme Yöntemleri

Anlatım
Beyin fırtınası /Altı şapka

Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri

Yazılı Sınav (Açık uçlu sorular, çoktan seçmeli, doğru yanlış, eşleştirme, boşluk doldurma, sıralama)

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 40
Semester Final Exam	1	% 60
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
total		% 100

İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	15	2	30
Study Hours Out of Class	15	2	30
Midterms	1	14	14
Final	1	16	16
Total Workload			90