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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND FUTURISM PSY401 Seventh Term (Fall) 3 + 0 6

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY4
SEMESTERSeventh Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED6
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
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MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONThe purpose of this course is to introduce students to newly developed areas of human-machine interaction with a special emphasis on artificial intelligence. Topics include human-machine interaction, robotics and AI, ethics in human-machine interaction, the problems of and solutions to artificial intelligence. The effects of futurism to psychology would also be discussed in this course.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Welcome to the Future!
2nd Week Science, Fiction, and Science-Fiction
3rd Week Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem
4th Week Consciousness and Neurobiology
5th Week The ?Me?, the ?Not Me?, and the Uncanny
6th Week Bio-Augmentation: Cyborgs in Real Life
7th Week Intelligence, Memory, Computation and Learning
8th Week Mid-Term Exam
9th Week History of Artificial Intelligence
10th Week Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
11th Week Human Versus the Machine: Will It All Go Matrix?
12th Week Existential Crisis in the Age Of Tech and AI
13th Week What Awaits us in the Future
14th Week General Evaluation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGKaplan, J. (2016). Artificial intelligence: What everyone needs to know. New York: Oxford Un. Press.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term130
Quiz130
Total(%)60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)40
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam111
Preparation for Quiz155
Individual or group work14570
Preparation for Final exam13030
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam12525
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam111
Homework
Total Workload174
Total Workload / 305,8
ECTS Credits of the Course6
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONEnglish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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