Art and Interpretation, rather than a course of history, compares not only art forms and movements from prehistoric times to date but also interprets them in terms of their relations with science, economics and common beliefs and standpoints of their era.
Reference link: SNT113E
Sociology is concerned with the relations between individuals, groups, and institutions as well as the values, rationales, and goals by which their actions are motivated. This course introduces into sociological ways of observing and analyzing the social dimensions of life. Examples of the works of major sociologists of the 20th century are read and discussed, and critical perspectives on contemporary debates around contested issues such as secularization/secularism, religion, nationalism, modernization/modernity, class, and gender developed.
Reference link: ITB203E
The course offers students a unique pathway to explore and gain the tools necessary to understand the historical evolution of the modern Turkish Republic. The different historical phases that the Republic evolved through are the subject matter of the course.
Reference link: ITB208E