• HOME
• ABOUT US
  • Name Address
  • General Description
  • Governance
  • Academic Calendar
  • Degree Programmes
  • List of Programmes in English
  • General Admission and Registration Procedures
  • Credit Mobility and Recognition of Prior Learning
  • ECTS Credit Allocation
  • Academic Guidance
  • Contacts
• Degree Programmes
  • Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)
  • Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)
  • First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)
  • Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)
• GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
  • Cost of Living
  • Accommodation
  • Meals
  • Medical Facilities
  • Facilities for Disabled Students
  • Insurance
  • Financial Supports
  • Student Affairs Office
  • Practical Information for International Students
  • Language Courses
  • Work Placement Possibilities
  • Sports, Social and Cultural Facilities
  • Student Associations and Clubs
  • About İzmir - Turkey
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
  • International Relations Office
  • Registration Procedures
  • Agreements
  • Coordinators
  • Documents
  • List of Programmes in English
  • ECTS / DS Labels

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS IDA 4014 NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI IHSAN YITIK

Offered to

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To introduce the nature, basic characteristics and socio-cultural foundations of New Religious Movements (NRM) both in Islamic and Christian world; thus to increase student s awareness on religious developments and understandings.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will obtain general knowledge about the nature and characteristics of New Religious Movements 2   They will understand the relation between socio-cultural environments and religious understandings and practices 3   The students will understand changing and transforming character of all traditional systems 4   The students will be able to evaluate new developments of in modern religious systems of the world 5   The students will learn how and why NRM s are transforming towards an establishing and becoming a new traditional systems by the time

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 A Case of New Religious Movements (NRM) 2 The history and development of NRM 3 The definition of NRM 4 The basic characteristics of NRM 5 The Social Background of NRM 6 NRM against the traditional religious systems of the world 7 The problem of the classification of NRM 8 Mid-Term exam 9 NRM in Islamic World 10 NRM in Turkey and Turkic World 11 NRM in the West: History 12 NRM in Europe 13 NRM in America 14 NRM in Hindu and Buddhist Worlds 15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Yaşayan Dünya Dinleri, ed. Şinasi Gündüz, DIB Yayınları, Ankara, 2007. 2- M. Ali Kirman, Yeni Dinî Hareketler Sosyolojisi, Birleşik Yayınları, Ankara 2010. 3- Ramazan Biçer, Küreselleşen Çağda Islam, Gelenek Yayınları, Istanbul 2010. 4- Bryan Wilson, Dinî Mezhepler, çev. Ali Ihsan Yitik-Bülent Ünal, Iz Yayıncılık, Istanbul 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and debate

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.yitik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 2 26 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26 Midterm 1 5 5 Final 1 10 10 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 67

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 LO.1 4 5 4 LO.2 4 5 4 LO.3 4 5 4 LO.4 4 5 4 LO.5 4 5 4