Academic Catalog

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

General Information on Undergraduate Program

To produce teachers, professionals and intellectuals with broad interests and analytic capacity of thinking.

Undergraduate Curriculum


FIRST YEAR

First Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
PHIL101 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY 3 3 0 5.0
PHIL103 INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLIC LOGIC 4 4 0 8.0
PHIL106 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE I 4 4 0 6.0
PHIL145 HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY I 3 3 0 5.0
ENG101 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES I 4 4 1 6.0
IS100 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS 0 0 2 1.0
Any 1 of the following set ..
TURK101 TURKISH I 0 2 0 2.0
TURK105 TURKISH I 0 4 0 5.0
TURK201 ELEMENTARY TURKISH I 0 2 0 3.0
Semester Total:33

Second Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
PHIL108 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY II 3 3 0 5.0
PHIL146 HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY II 3 3 0 5.0
BA100 CAREER PLANNING 0 1 0 2.0
ENG102 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES II 4 4 1 6.0
Any 1 of the following set ..
TURK102 TURKISH II 0 2 0 2.0
TURK106 TURKISH II 0 4 0 5.0
TURK202 INTERMEDIATE TURKISH I 0 2 0 3.0
            DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            FREE ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:32

SECOND YEAR

Third Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
PHIL203 MODERN LOGIC I 4 4 0 7.0
PHIL248 MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY 4 4 0 6.0
ENG211 ACADEMIC ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS 3 3 1 4.0
Any 1 of the following set ..
HIST2201 0 2 0 2.0
HIST2205 HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION I 0 2 0 2.0
            DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:31

Fourth Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
PHIL201 ETHICS I 4 4 0 6.0
PHIL282 HISTORY OF SCIENCE 4 4 0 6.0
Any 1 of the following set ..
HIST2202 0 2 0 2.0
HIST2206 HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION II 0 2 0 2.0
            DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:32

THIRD YEAR

Fifth Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
PHIL341 HISTORY OF 17TH & 18TH CENTURY PHIL. I 3 3 0 7.0
PHIL381 SCIENTIFIC METHOD I 3 3 0 7.0
            NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            FREE ELECTIVE 6.0
            FREE ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:32

Sixth Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
PHIL342 HISTORY OF 17TH& 18TH CENTURY PHIL. II 3 3 0 7.0
PHIL382 SCIENTIFIC METHOD II 3 3 0 7.0
            NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            FREE ELECTIVE 6.0
            FREE ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:32

FOURTH YEAR

Seventh Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
PHIL405 PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE 4 4 0 8.0
PHIL441 CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY I 3 3 0 7.0
            DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:33

Eighth Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
PHIL442 CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY II 4 4 0 8.0
            DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            FREE ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:32
Program Total:257

h/w = hours per week