Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Prof. Dr. Pelin KÜMBET
Research Assistant Elzem AKSU
Research Assistant Dr. Elçin PARÇAOĞLU

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Students will be able to identify the emerging medical and scientific practices discovered and applied from the 19th century to the present and study their reflections in the texts.
2) Students will have a critical perspective on the works of the different writers from the nineteenth-century to the present.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Learning Outcomes
	1	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	2	High	High	High	High	High	High	High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Introduction to Science Fiction Studies

Course Contents

Exploration of certain diseases, cures and biomedical breakthroughs over time including human cloning, in vitro fertilization to genetic engineering reflected in certain texts.

Weekly Schedule

1) First meeting, Introduction and Syllabus Review
2) Common physical and mental diseases in the 19th century
3) Certain treatments, medical applications, and cures in the 19th century
4) The Island of Doctor Moreau, H.G. Wells human/non-human interfusion, evolution
5) The Island of Doctor Moreau, H.G. Wells human/non-human interfusion, evolution
6) Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, In vitro fertilization
7) Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, In vitro fertilization
8) Mid Term
9) 20th and 21st century biomedical breakthroughs
10) Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro, cloning, organ transplantation
11) Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro, cloning, organ transplantation
12) The Handmaid’s Tale, Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood
13) The Handmaid’s Tale, Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood
14) Parasite, Mira Grant, genetic engineering
15) Parasite, Mira Grant, genetic engineering
16) Final Exam

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	50%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	50%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Not Required

Course Unit Title	Course Unit Code	Type of Course Unit	Level of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	ECTS Credits
Science and Medicine In Literature	IDE330	Elective	Bachelor's degree	3	Fall	5