Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE PHILOSOPHY USİN228 4. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
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Goals Teaching the thoughts and approaches in ancient China in terms of cultural heritage.
Course Content Traditional schools and approaches.
Learning Outcomes 1) Learns Chinese culture.
2) Learns Chinese habits of thought.
3) Learns Chinese history.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week General presentation of Philosophy and Philosophy of China. Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
2. Week Presentation of Confucius and Five Classical Books, analysis of Chinese text on the subject. Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
3. Week Five Classics Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
4. Week Confucius and his time Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
5. Week On Lunyü Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
6. Week Thoughts of Mozi Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
7. Week The Concept of "Law" in Ancient China Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
8. Week School of Dao Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
9. Week Pre-Qin thought movements and their views Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
10. Week Culture and Thought in Tang China Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
11. Week Daoism and Buddhism Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
12. Week Buddhism and its spread to East Asia Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
13. Week Views on Guwen Jing Xue ve Jinwen Jing Xue Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
14. Week Modernization in Early China Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Ames, Roger T., Focusing the Familiar: A Translation and Philosophical Interpretation of the Zhongyong, Honolulu, HI, University of Hawaii Press, USA, 2001
Ch’en, Ku-ying (translated by Rhett Y. W. Young and Roger T. Ames), Lao tzu, Text, Notes and Comments [TNC] LXXVIII), Chinese Materials Center, Inc., San Francisco, 1977.
Chen, Qing 陈清, Zhongguo Zhexue Shi 中国哲学史 (Çin Felsefesi Tarihi), Beijing Yüyan Wenhua Daxue Chubanshe, Beijing, 1999.
İnteraktif Çince Öğretim Seti, Gala Yayınları, 2004, Pekin.
Liu, Xun (Ed.), Xin Shiyong Hanyu Keben 新实用汉语课本 (Yeni Pratik Çince Ders Kitabı), 2002, Pekin.
Needham, Joseph, Zaman ve Doğulu İnsan: Beşeri Hukuk ve Tabiyat Kanunları, İz Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2000.
Özerdim, Muhaddere Nabi, Büyük Bilgi: Müzik Hakkında Notlar, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, Ankara, 1945.
P. J. Ivanhoe, Ethics in the Confucian Tradition: The Thought of Mencius and Wang Yang-ming, Scholars Press, Atlanta, 1990.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 9 8
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 4
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 6
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course