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Department of International Trade and Finance
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GENS 207 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Scientific Thinking and Society
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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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GENS 207
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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4
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Service Course
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to help the students to develop a critical perspective about science and its relationship with society. In the first part of the course, the period during which modern science was born will be discussed in a broader fashion. In the second part, the focus will be on a series of issues taken from more recent periods of history of science. This course is for students that are interested in popular science. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course is designed to discuss the relationship between science and the society that generates it. |
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Core Courses | |
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| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction; presentation of the course and related questions; The Three Revolutions | Course syllabus |
| 2 | Types of Societies and their technologies | Machionis, J. (2017) “Society and Technology” |
| 3 | Sapiens and the Cognitive Revolution | Harari, Y. (2015), Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind, Part One: The Cognitive Revolution |
| 4 | Guns, Germs, and Steel I: Yali’s Question | Diamond, J. (1997), Guns, Germs and Steel, Prologue: “Yali’s Question”; Part I “From Eden to Cajamarca” |
| 5 | Guns, Germs and Steel II: Agricultural Revolution | Diamond, J. (1997), Guns, Germs and Steel, Part 2: “The Rise and The Spread of Food Production” |
| 6 | Dawn of Civilizations, Birth of Natural Philosophy and the Aristotelian Worldview | Lecture Notes |
| 7 | Ptolemy and the Geocentric Model | Lecture Notes |
| 8 | Nicholaus Copernicus and the Heliocentric Model | Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 1, “Renaissance Men” pp. 21-32 |
| 9 | Tycho Brahe and his observations & Johannes Kepler and the movement of planets | Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 2, “The Last Mystics” |
| 10 | First Scientists: Galileo and others, Part I | Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 3, “The First Scientists” |
| 11 | First Scientists: Galileo and others, Part II | Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 3, “The First Scientists” |
| 12 | René Descartes, Christiaan Huygens, Robert Boyle and first steps of science | Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 4, “Renaissance Men” (Descartes: pp. 118-126; Boyle pp. |
| 13 | Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton | Gribbin, J. (2002) Science: A History Chapter 5, “Newtonian Revolution” (Hooke: pp. 151-164; Newton pp. 172-188) |
| 14 | Semester Review | Lecture Notes |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Final examination |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Reading 1: Machionis, J. (2017) “Society and Technology”, in Machionis, J. (2017) Sociology, 16th Edition, pp. 118-123, Pearson: Hoboken Reading 2: Harari, Y. (2015), Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind, HarperCollins: New York Reading 3: Diamond, J. (1997), Guns, Germs and Steel. The Fates of Human Societies, W. W. Norton: New York Reading 4: Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History 1543–2001, Penguin: London |
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EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
2
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60
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| Final Exam |
1
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40
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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60
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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40
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
16
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1
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16
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
0
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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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 |
2
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15
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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20
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20
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| Total |
114
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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 identify and analyze problems in the field of trade and finance, and to develop solutions. |
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| 2 | To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge gained in the field of International Trade and Finance. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to analyze the developments in global markets by using critical thinking skills. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to analyze and interpret data in the field of finance, commerce and economics by using information technologies effectively. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to acquire knowledge about the legal regulations and practices in the field. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to foresee and define the risks that could be encountered in the field of trade and finance and to take decisions to manage such risks. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to acquire and use verbal and numerical skills necessary for the nature of international trade and finance program. | |||||
| 8 | To be able to obtain, synthesize and report the information related to the fields of trade and finance. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to contribute to the solution of problems as individual, team member or leader. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to evaluate the issues related to the field with an ethical perspective and social sensitivity. |
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| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of International Trade and Finance 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 human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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