ADM2122 HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT II
| Course Code: | 3102122 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. MEHMET OKYAYUZ |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
- Enabling the students to understand the process of developments having led to ‘modern’ contemporary states and societies
- Enabling the students to understand the all-intogetherness between thinking, philosophy, theory and ideology
- Enabling the students to understand the relation between the social careers of political currents and the political currents themselves
- Enabling the students to understand interrelations between historico-social conditions and forms of political thinking
Having the above mentioned objectives in mind the students should be enabled to ‘read between the lines’ rather than to make solely pure textual readings
Course Content
This course is the continuation of ADM 2121 History of Political Thought I. It focuses on the major works of the political thinkers of Renaissance and modern eras. It analyses Renaissance Humanism, strategic approach to political action, scientific and intellectual revolution of the 17th Century, the birth of liberalism, the rise of democratic theory, modernity and politics, the conception of historicity and the philosophy of life.
Course Learning Outcomes
After a successful completion of the course the students should be able to:
- Understand how and to which extent political currents have shaped and do shape their individual ‘image of the world’.
- Use the knowledge of the contents of political currents to understand social dynamics and political behavior in both their nearest environment and globally.
- Understand, analyze and evaluate attempts to define and organize socio-political and cultural patterns of transformation by understanding the theoretical-philosophical basis of these currents
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution