NAT506: Philosophy of Science – Computer Science (5 ECTS)

STADS: 13002701

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
The course is taught in the first quarter.

Teacher responsible
Email: jessica@imada.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Comment:
Ubegrænset deltagerantal

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
All first year courses must be passed.

Course introduction
The course introduces central themes from the Philosophy of Science and discusses ethical problems that are relevant to the natural sciences. In addition the course treats the role of the subjects in society.

Expected learning outcome
After the course the student is supposed to be able to

 reproduce central parts of the literature of the course.
 use the notions and concepts from the course correctly.
 relate relevant issues about the students subject to the theories presented in the course.
 Argue for independent points of views relevant for this course.

Subject overview
The themes are introduced in general terms in lectures and will afterwards be discussed in relation to computer science in smaller classes.
The themes are:
 Role of university and subject in society.
 Methods in Science.
 Theory and Reality.
 Ethics and Values.

Literature
There isn't any litterature for the course at the moment.

Syllabus
See syllabus.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
(a) A project, passed/not passed, internal evaluation.
(b) An oral examination in which the project is the starting point. Marks according to the 7-point marking scale. External examiner.
(c) Reexamination after 2nd quarter.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

I alt 14 +3 timers forelæsninger samt 20 timers øvelser. Desuden skal deltagerne arbejde (i grupper) med selvvalgt projekt.
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Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
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