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Department of Public Relations and Advertising
NMC 103 | Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Name |
Critical Thinking
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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NMC 103
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Fall
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2
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2
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3
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5
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Required
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionProblem SolvingQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
| National Occupation Classification | - | |||||
| Course Coordinator | ||||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course aims to develop a skill set comprising the various abilities involved in identifying and evaluating argumentative uses of language. In doing so, the course aims to develop critical reasoning, reading and writing skills.The course will place particular emphasis on supporting its theoretical component with exercises designed to apply the techniques so acquired in relevant contexts. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course provides an introduction to critical thinking and informal reasoning. If language may be called the medium of all media in terms of which we make sense of our experience and act on others, this course covers the basic ways we may be said to succeed or fail in this attempt.Students will be expected to actively participate in discussions and debate, solve exercise questions and participate in in-class group projects. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses |
X
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| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Course introduction and orientation | No preparation required |
| 2 | What Makes an Argument Good? Arguments and inference; validity, truth, and soundness | Ch. 1, “Uses of Arguments,” pp. 3–4; Ch. 5, “Deep Analysis,” pp. 90–95 |
| 3 | Uses and Structure of Arguments: Justification and explanation; argument markers, standard form, and conditionals | Ch. 1, “Uses of Arguments,” pp. 3–12; Ch. 3, “The Language of Argument,” pp. 41–47 |
| 4 | Evaluative language | Ch. 3, “The Language of Argument,” pp. 54–58 |
| 5 | Conversational Rules and Conversational Implication | Ch. 2, “The Web of Language,” pp. 28–38 |
| 6 | Speech Acts; Assuring, Guarding, and Discounting | Ch. 2, “The Web of Language,” pp. 19–28; Ch. 3, “The Language of Argument,” pp. 48–53 |
| 7 | Deductive and Inductive Standards; Statistical Generalizations and Sampling | Ch. 8, “Arguments To and From Generalizations,” pp. 179–191 |
| 8 | Midterm Exam Week | To be announced in the exam schedule |
| 9 | Inference to the Best Explanation; Arguments from Analogy; Causal Reasoning | Ch. 9, “Inference to the Best Explanation and from Analogy,” pp. 195–210; selected material from Ch. 10, “Causal Reasoning,” pp. 215–234 |
| 10 | Fallacies of Vagueness: Heaps and Slippery Slopes | Ch. 13, “Fallacies of Vagueness,” pp. 275–289 |
| 11 | Fallacies of Ambiguity: Ambiguity, Equivocation, and Definitions | Ch. 14, “Fallacies of Ambiguity,” pp. 291–305 |
| 12 | Fallacies of Relevance: Ad Hominem Arguments, Genetic Fallacies, Appeals to Authority, Popular Opinion, and Emotion | Ch. 15, “Fallacies of Relevance,” pp. 307–321 |
| 13 | Fallacies of Vacuity: Circularity, Begging the Question, and Self-Sealing Positions | Ch. 16, “Fallacies of Vacuity,” pp. 323–332 |
| 14 | Refutation: Counterexamples, Reductio ad Absurdum, Straw Men and False Dichotomies, and Parallel Reasoning | Ch. 17, “Refutation,” pp. 333–350 |
| 15 | In-Class Writing Assignment | Instructions will be announced in advance |
| 16 | Final Exam Week |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Robert J. Fogelin, Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic, 9 th ed., Cengage Learning (2013) ISBN-10: 1285197364 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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10
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
|
30
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
|
25
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| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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35
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| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
4
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100
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
|
2
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32
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
|
2
|
32
|
| Study Hours Out of Class |
14
|
2
|
28
|
| Field Work |
0
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||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
|
||
| Portfolio |
0
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||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
|
19
|
19
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
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20
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20
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| Project |
0
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||
| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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||
| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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19
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19
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| Final Exam |
0
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| Total |
150
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 |
To be able to critically interpret theories, concepts, methods, instruments and ideas that form the basis of Public Relations and Advertising field. |
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-
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-
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-
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X
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| 2 |
To be able to collect and use necessary data to produce content in the field of Public Relations and Advertising with scientific methods. |
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 3 |
To be able to use theoretical knowledge gained in the field of Public Relations and Advertising in practice. |
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 4 |
To be able to use analytical thinking skills in the field of Public Relations and Advertising. |
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-
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-
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X
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-
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| 5 |
To be able to convey creative ideas and solution suggestions supported by scientific data in written and oral form to stakeholders. |
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 6 |
To be able to take responsibility as individual and group members to solve problems encountered in the practice of Public Relations and Advertising field. |
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 7 |
To be able to develop solutions that favor public good and raise awareness by having knowledge about regional, national and global issues and problems. |
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-
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-
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-
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| 8 |
To be able to relate the basic knowledge of other disciplines supporting the field of Public Relations and Advertising with his/her own field of expertise. |
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-
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X
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-
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-
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| 9 |
To be able to use the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired by following regulations, innovations, changes, current developments, and occupational health and safety practices closely in the field of Public Relations and Advertising; in a lifelong manner and for individual and social purposes. |
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 10 |
To be able to collect, interpret and share data by considering social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of Public Relations and Advertising. |
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 11 |
To be able to collect data in the areas of Public Relations and Advertising and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) |
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 12 |
To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 13 |
To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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-
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-
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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