ECTS - Introduction to Critical Thinking
Introduction to Critical Thinking (HUM323) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Introduction to Critical Thinking | HUM323 | General Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The course aims at introducing the central concepts of critical thinking to students, teaching them how to analyse ideas, arguments, hypotheses, and types of reasonings, as well as detecting the types of fallacies. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Examining and discussing the themes of critical thinking, such as writing and thinking clearly, learning and analysing the types of reasonings and arguments, making rational decisions, learning the types of fallacies; also, exercises to make these topics more understandable. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction to the topic. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 1-9. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 1-20. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 3-26. |
| 2 | Thinking and Writing Clearly. Definitions. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 11-31. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 168-215. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 27-54. |
| 3 | Necessary and Sufficient Conditions. Linguistic Pitfalls. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 33-52. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 108-142. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 55-72. |
| 4 | Truth. Basic Logic. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 53-67. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 216-240. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 73-88. |
| 5 | Identifying Arguments. Valid and Sound Arguments. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 69-85. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 21-61. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 89-105. |
| 6 | Inductive Reasoning. Argument Mapping. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 87-105. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 61-80. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 105-117. |
| 7 | Mid Term | The questions prepared by the course instructor. |
| 8 | Argument Analysis. Scientific Reasoning. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 107-124. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 81-107. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 118-144. |
| 9 | Mill’s Methods. Reasoning About Causation. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 125-140. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 241-282. Critical Thinking: An Appeal |
| 10 | Diagrams of Causal Processes. Statistics and Probability. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 141-157. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 283-321. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 169-184. |
| 11 | Thinking About Values. Fallacies. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 159-184. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 143-167. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 202-227. |
| 12 | Cognitive Biases. Analogical Reasoning. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 185-199. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 322-334. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 228-241. |
| 13 | Making Rational Decisions. What Is Creativity? | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 201-221. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 335-368. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 185-201. |
| 14 | Creative Thinking Habits. | An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, pp. 223-231. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, pp. 369-432. Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, pp. 242-265. |
| 15 | Review. | |
| 16 | Final Exam | The questions prepared by the course instructor. |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Joe Y. F. Lau, An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better [Eleştirel Düşünmeye ve Yaratıcılığa Giriş: Daha Fazla Düşün, Daha İyi Düşün], New Jersey: Wiley, 2011. |
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| 2. Tracy Bowell, Gary Kemp, Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide [Eleştirel Düşünme: Kısa Bir Rehber], London: Routledge, 2010. | |
| 3. Peg Tittle, Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason [Eleştirel Düşünme: Akla Yapılan Bir Çağrı], London: Routledge, 2011. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 60 |
| Toplam | 2 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | An ability to apply knowledge in mathematics and basic sciences and computational skills to solve manufacturing engineering problems | |||||
| 2 | An ability to define and analyze issues related with manufacturing technologies | |||||
| 3 | An ability to develop a solution based approach and a model for an engineering problem and design and manage an experiment | |||||
| 4 | An ability to design a comprehensive manufacturing system based on creative utilization of fundamental engineering principles while fulfilling sustainability in environment and manufacturability and economic constraints | |||||
| 5 | An ability to chose and use modern technologies and engineering tools for manufacturing engineering applications | |||||
| 6 | An ability to utilize information technologies efficiently to acquire datum and analyze critically, articulate the outcome and make decision accordingly | |||||
| 7 | An ability to attain self-confidence and necessary organizational work skills to participate in multi-diciplinary and interdiciplinary teams as well as act individually | |||||
| 8 | An ability to attain efficient communication skills in Turkish and English both verbally and orally | |||||
| 9 | An ability to reach knowledge and to attain life-long learning and self-improvement skills, to follow recent advances in science and technology | |||||
| 10 | An awareness and responsibility about professional, legal, ethical and social issues in manufacturing engineering | |||||
| 11 | An awareness about solution focused project and risk management, enterpreneurship, innovative and sustainable development | |||||
| 12 | An understanding on the effects of engineering applications on health, social and legal aspects at universal and local level during decision making process | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Total Workload | 100 | ||