DEPARTMENT OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (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:

Spring

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) Competent knowledge of mathematics, science and technology, and computer engineering; ability to apply this knowledge to engineering solutions.
2) Skills to design and conduct experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results.
3) Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions to meet specific requirements; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose.
4) Ability to develop, select and use modern techniques and tools required for analysis and solution of complex problems encountered in engineering practice; ability to use information technologies effectively.
5) Ability to design and conduct experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results to investigate complex engineering problems or discipline-specific research topics.
6) Ability to work effectively in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually.
7) Ability to communicate effectively in Turkish, both orally and in writing; Knowledge of at least one foreign language; the ability to write and understand written reports effectively, to prepare design and production reports, to make effective presentations, to give and receive clear and understandable instructions.
8) Awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning; the ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to constantly renew oneself.
9) Acting in accordance with ethical principles, professional and ethical responsibility awareness; information about standards used in engineering applications.
10) Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation; information about sustainable development.
11) Knowledge about the universal and social effects of engineering applications on health, environment and safety and the problems of the age reflected in the field of engineering; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

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

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Competent knowledge of mathematics, science and technology, and computer engineering; ability to apply this knowledge to engineering solutions.
2)	Skills to design and conduct experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results.
3)	Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions to meet specific requirements; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose.
4)	Ability to develop, select and use modern techniques and tools required for analysis and solution of complex problems encountered in engineering practice; ability to use information technologies effectively.
5)	Ability to design and conduct experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results to investigate complex engineering problems or discipline-specific research topics.
6)	Ability to work effectively in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually.
7)	Ability to communicate effectively in Turkish, both orally and in writing; Knowledge of at least one foreign language; the ability to write and understand written reports effectively, to prepare design and production reports, to make effective presentations, to give and receive clear and understandable instructions.
8)	Awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning; the ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to constantly renew oneself.
9)	Acting in accordance with ethical principles, professional and ethical responsibility awareness; information about standards used in engineering applications.
10)	Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation; information about sustainable development.
11)	Knowledge about the universal and social effects of engineering applications on health, environment and safety and the problems of the age reflected in the field of engineering; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.

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