FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION

Department of Public Relations and Advertising

NMC 103 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Critical Thinking
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
NMC 103
Fall
2
2
3
5

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Problem Solving
Q&A
Lecture / Presentation
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;
  • Evaluate arguments in terms of standards of validity and truth.
  • Identify logical fallacies in different contexts of argumentation.
  • Analyze language use in terms of conversational implication.
  • Discuss the creation and evaluation of meaning in different media.
  • Analyze communication in terms of speech acts.
  • Develop critical reading, writing and thinking skills.
  • Apply argument analysis techniques in diverse discursive and communicational situations.
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.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
X
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction Reasoning and Language
2 Speech acts, performatives, conversational acts, conversational Implication Ch 1 “Uses of Arguments; Ch 2 “The Web of Language”
3 Validity, Truth, Soundness; identification of premises and conclusions. Ch 3 “The language of Arguments”
4 Evaluative language Ch 4 “The Art of Close Analysis”
5 Deductive standards Selected material from Ch 6 and Ch 7
6 Deductive standards
7 Inductive Standards (1) Ch 9 “Inference to the best explanation and from analogy”
8 Inductive Standards (2) Ch 10 “Causal Reasoning”; Ch 12 “Choices”
9 Fallacies of Vagueness Ch 13 (Heaps and slippery slopes)
10 Midterm
11 Fallacies of Ambiguity Ch 14 (Equivocation and types of definitions)
12 Fallacies of Relevance Ch 15 (Types of ad hominem arguments, genetic fallacy, appeals to authority, appeal to popular opinion, appeal to emotion)
13 Fallacies of Vacuity Ch 16 (Circularity, begging the question, self-sealers)
14 Types of Refutation Ch 17 (Counterexamples, reductio ad absurdum, straw men and false dichotomies, by parallel reasoning)
15 Overview
16 Final Exam

 

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
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
25
Project
1
30
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
35
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
100
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
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
2
32
Study Hours Out of Class
14
2
28
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
0
Presentation / Jury
1
19
19
Project
1
20
20
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
19
19
Final Exam
0
    Total
150

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to critically interpret theories, concepts, methods, instruments and ideas that form the basis of Public Relations and Advertising field.

X
2

To be able to collect and use necessary data to produce content in the field of Public Relations and Advertising with scientific methods.

3

To be able to use theoretical knowledge gained in the field of Public Relations and Advertising in practice.

4

To be able to use analytical thinking skills in the field of Public Relations and Advertising.

X
5

To be able to convey creative ideas and solution suggestions supported by scientific data in written and oral form to stakeholders.

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.

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.

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.

X
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.

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.

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)

12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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