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SECTION I: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE

Course Code Course Name Year Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
70312YEEOS-BVI2019 Knowledge and Power 1 Fall 3 0 3 6
Course Type : University Elective
Cycle: Master      TQF-HE:7. Master`s Degree      QF-EHEA:Second Cycle      EQF-LLL:7. Master`s Degree
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisities and Co-requisities: N/A
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Name of Coordinator: Öğretim Görevlisi Dr. EMRE BARCA
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SECTION II: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Course Objectives & Content

Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to enable the students to learn how to take a critical stance while learning and producing knowledge. In this regard, the target is to critically intervene with the conceptions of the relations between power and knowledge in contemporary philosophy and social/political theory. Within the intersection of philosophies of knowledge and sciences and the theories of subjection and power, the aim is to evaluate contemporary problems as well as a historical reading while dealing with the complex relations between knowledge and power.
Course Content: As there is not a power relation that does not constitute a field of knowledge, there is not a knowledge that does not engender a power relation. Power relations create new objects of knowledge, continuously produce knowledge and the knowledge that is produced create effects of power. The content of this course is the main concepts and approaches explicating the complex relation between knowledge and power:

The concept of ideology
The concept of subject
Consciousness and wrong consciousness
Consciousness and the unconscious
Theories of power
Games of truth and post-truth
Criticism and resistance

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) are those describing the knowledge, skills and competencies that students are expected to achieve upon successful completion of the course. In this context, Course Learning Outcomes defined for this course unit are as follows:
Knowledge (Described as Theoritical and/or Factual Knowledge.)
  1) The students who take this course learn the main concepts regarding the subject and the relations between knowledge and power.
    2.1) They learn about the historical context of the relations between knowledge and power.
    2.2) They get an idea of the contemporary problems about the relations between knowledge and power.
Skills (Describe as Cognitive and/or Practical Skills.)
  1) The students will be able to question the relations between knowledge and power, and knowledge and politics.
    2.1) They can take a critical stance towards the knowledges they learn and produce.
Competences (Described as "Ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills autonomously with responsibility", "Learning to learn"," Communication and social" and "Field specific" competences.)
  1) They can critically produce knowledge with the ideas they are introduced and the abilities they get.

Weekly Course Schedule

Week Subject
Materials Sharing *
Related Preparation Further Study
1) Knowledge Reading: Knowledge, Marian Adolf and Nico Stehr, Routledge, p. 47-69. Materyal
2) Consciousness and the Subject Reading: On Freud’s ‘The Unconscious’, Salman Akhtar and Mary Kay O’Neil, International Psychoanalytical Association, p. 1-19. Materyal
3) Knowledge and Ideology Reading: Ideology, Terry Eagleton, Routledge, p. 1-20. Materyal
4) Reason Reading: Eclipse of Reason, Max Horkheimer, Continuum, 55-94. Materyal
5) Subject and the Structure Reading: Power, Michel Foucault, Penguin Random House, p. 326-349. Materyal
6) Nietzsche and Power/Knowledge Reading: The Will to Power, Friedrich Nietzsche, Say, p. 261-332. Materyal
7) Foucault and Power: The History of Madness Reading: The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon, Ed. Leonard Lawlor, John Nale, Cambridge University Press, p. 273-281. Materyal
8) Foucault and Power: The Birth of the Prison Reading: The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon, Ed. Leonard Lawlor, John Nale, Cambridge University Press, p. 392-399. Materyal
9) Foucault and Power: The History of Sexuality Reading: The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon, Ed. Leonard Lawlor, John Nale, Cambridge University Press, p. 449-456. Materyal
10) The Body and Bio-power Reading: The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon, Ed. Leonard Lawlor, John Nale, Cambridge University Press, p. 31-51. Materyal
11) Neoliberal Subject Reading: Michel Foucault: A Research Companion, Sven Raffnsoe, Marius Gudmand-Hoyer, Morten S. Thaning, Palgrave Macmillan, p, 280-333. Materyal
12) Post-truth -I- Reading: Post-Truth, Scepticism and Power, Stuart Sim, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 11-41. Materyal
13) Post-truth -II- Reading: Post-Truth, Scepticism and Power, Stuart Sim, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 125-137. Materyal
14) Truth-telling Reading: Power, Michel Foucault, Penguin Random House, p. 111-134. Materyal
15) Power and Resistance Reading: Power, Michel Foucault, Penguin Random House, p. 443-459. Materyal
*These fields provides students with course materials for their pre- and further study before and after the course delivered.

Recommended or Required Reading & Other Learning Resources/Tools

Course Notes / Textbooks: -Power: Essential Works 1954-84, Michel Foucault, Penguin Random House, 2000.
-Power/Knowledge, Michel Foucault, Vintage Books, 1980.
References: -Michel Foucault: A Research Companion, Sven Raffnsoe, Marius Gudmand-Hoyer, Morten S. Thaning, Palgrave Macmillan.
-The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon, Ed. Leonard Lawlor, John Nale, Cambridge University Press.
-Ideology, Terry Eagleton, Routledge.
-Knowledge, Marian Adolf and Nico Stehr, Routledge.
-On Freud’s ‘The Unconscious’, Salman Akhtar and Mary Kay O’Neil, International Psychoanalytical Association.

SECTION III: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE UNIT AND COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

(The matrix below shows how the course learning outcomes (CLOs) associates with programme learning outcomes (both KPLOs & SPLOs) and, if exist, the level of quantitative contribution to them.)

Relationship Between CLOs & PLOs

(KPLOs and SPLOs are the abbreviations for Key & Sub- Programme Learning Outcomes, respectively. )
CLOs/PLOs KPLO 1 KPLO 2 KPLO 3 KPLO 4
1 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6
CLO1
CLO2
CLO3
CLO4
CLO5
CLO6

Level of Contribution of the Course to PLOs

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Programme Learning Outcomes Contribution Level (from 1 to 5)
1) Owns advanced theoretical and applied knowledge in the field of computer science and engineering.
2) Performs advanced application and development in the field of computer science and engineering, reaches, evaluates and applies information.
3) Defines the problem, accesses data, uses knowledge from different disciplines, designs researches, designs system and process, develops solution methods in order to solve current problems in the field of computer science and engineering.
4) Has the necessary skills and competencies to perform his/her profession in the most effective way and to constantly improve himself/herself.

SECTION IV: TEACHING-LEARNING & ASSESMENT-EVALUATION METHODS OF THE COURSE

Teaching & Learning Methods of the Course

(All teaching and learning methods used at the university are managed systematically. Upon proposals of the programme units, they are assessed by the relevant academic boards and, if found appropriate, they are included among the university list. Programmes, then, choose the appropriate methods in line with their programme design from this list. Likewise, appropriate methods to be used for the course units can be chosen among those defined for the programme.)
Teaching and Learning Methods defined at the Programme Level
Teaching and Learning Methods Defined for the Course
Lectures
Discussion
Case Study
Problem Solving
Demonstration
Views
Laboratory
Reading
Homework
Project Preparation
Thesis Preparation
Peer Education
Seminar
Technical Visit
Course Conference
Brain Storming
Questions Answers
Individual and Group Work
Role Playing-Animation-Improvisation
Active Participation in Class

Assessment & Evaluation Methods of the Course

(All assessment and evaluation methods used at the university are managed systematically. Upon proposals of the programme units, they are assessed by the relevant academic boards and, if found appropriate, they are included among the university list. Programmes, then, choose the appropriate methods in line with their programme design from this list. Likewise, appropriate methods to be used for the course units can be chosen among those defined for the programme.)
Aassessment and evaluation Methods defined at the Programme Level
Assessment and Evaluation Methods defined for the Course
Midterm
Presentation
Final Exam
Quiz
Report Evaluation
Homework Evaluation
Oral Exam
Thesis Defense
Jury Evaluation
Practice Exam
Evaluation of Implementation Training in the Workplace
Active Participation in Class
Participation in Discussions

Relationship Between CLOs & Teaching-Learning, Assesment-Evaluation Methods of the Course

(The matrix below shows the teaching-learning and assessment-evaluation methods designated for the course unit in relation to the course learning outcomes.)
LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
ASSESMENT & EVALUATION METHODS
CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4 CLO5 CLO6
-Lectures -Midterm
-Discussion -Presentation
-Case Study -Final Exam
-Problem Solving -Quiz
-Demonstration -Report Evaluation
-Views -Homework Evaluation
-Laboratory -Oral Exam
-Reading -Thesis Defense
-Homework -Jury Evaluation
-Project Preparation -Practice Exam
-Thesis Preparation -Evaluation of Implementation Training in the Workplace
-Peer Education -Active Participation in Class
-Seminar - Participation in Discussions
-Technical Visit
-Course Conference
-Brain Storming
-Questions Answers
-Individual and Group Work
-Role Playing-Animation-Improvisation
-Active Participation in Class

Contribution of Assesment & Evalution Activities to Final Grade of the Course

Measurement and Evaluation Methods # of practice per semester Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 2 % 20.00
Midterms 1 % 30.00
Semester Final Exam 1 % 50.00
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

SECTION V: WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED FOR THE COURSE

WORKLOAD OF TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Teaching & Learning Activities # of Activities per semester Duration (hour) Total Workload
Course 0 0 0
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application 0 0 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 0 0 0
Field Work 0 0 0
Study Hours Out of Class 0 0 0
Presentations / Seminar 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Homework Assignments 2 0 0
Total Workload of Teaching & Learning Activities - - 0
WORKLOAD OF ASSESMENT & EVALUATION ACTIVITIES
Assesment & Evaluation Activities # of Activities per semester Duration (hour) Total Workload
Quizzes 0 0 0
Midterms 1 0 0
Semester Final Exam 1 0 0
Total Workload of Assesment & Evaluation Activities - - 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (Teaching & Learning + Assesment & Evaluation Activities) 0
ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE (Total Workload/25.5 h) 6