Information Package / Course Catalogue
Science History
Course Code: TBY152
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The main objective of this course is to prepare the students of the history of science program for the four-year education by providing them with the fundamental knowledge on the history of science.

Course Content

What is science, what is history, what is the history of science?Emergence of the history of science as a disciplineThe extent of the history of science and some of the most important questions of the history of scienceThe contemporary approaches in the history of scienceHistory of Science in Turkey.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Ferhat KİREMİT
Learning Outcomes
1.As an output of the course, students should be informed about what is science, what is history and what is the history of science.
2.As an output of the course, students should be informed about what is science, what is history and what is the history of science.
3.As an output of the course, students should be informed about what is science, what is history and what is the history of science.
4.As an output of the course, students should be informed about what is science, what is history and what is the history of science.
5.As an output of the course, students should be informed about what is science, what is history and what is the history of science.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Yıldırım, C., BİLİM FELSEFESİ, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2008.
2.Okasha, S., PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, A Very Short Introduction, Oxford Uni. Press, 2002 –
3.Jayapalan, N., HISTORIOGRAPHY, Atlantic Publishers & Dist, 2008. -Carr, E., TARİH NEDİR? (trans. by M.G. Gürtürk), İstanbul (any edition)
4.Gil, T., Leopold Ranke, A COMPANION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY, Ed: A. Tucker, Blackwell pub., 2009. –
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
WHAT IS SCIENCE-1: what is scientific method, what is observation, what is experiment and what is scientific explanation?
Week 2 - Theoretical
WHAT IS SCIENCE-2: what is scientific law, what is hypothesis, what is scientific theory?
Week 3 - Theoretical
WHAT IS HISTORY-1: various definitions of history with a particular emphasis on R.G. Collingwood and E. Carr.
Week 4 - Theoretical
WHAT IS HISTORY-2: emergence of scientific historiography, Leopold Ranke and the principles of historiography, main approaches in the 20th century historiography.
Week 5 - Theoretical
WHAT IS HISTORY OF SCIENCE?
Week 6 - Theoretical
EMERGENCE OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE : influence of empiricisim and positivism on the early period of history of science
Week 7 - Theoretical
PIONEERS OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND THEIR APPROACHES: George Sarton
Week 8 - Theoretical
PIONEERS OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND THEIR APPROACHES: Robert Merton and Edgar Zilsel
Week 9 - Theoretical
PIONEERS OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND THEIR APPROACHES: Alexandre Koyré
Week 10 - Theoretical
PIONEERS OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND THEIR APPROACHES: Thomas Kuhn
Week 11 - Theoretical
CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE -1
Week 12 - Theoretical
HISTORY OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN TURKEY-1
Week 13 - Theoretical
CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE -2
Week 14 - Theoretical
HISTORY OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN TURKEY-2
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Final Examination1%60
Assignment Examination1%40
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Assignment1213
Final Examination1325
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
OÇ-3
3
4
3
4
OÇ-4
3
4
4
3
OÇ-5
3
4
4
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026