COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MAIN TOPICS OF THE QURAN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 5906 MAIN TOPICS OF THE QURAN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GÖKBULUT

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

The Quran is the last holly book that is sent via the Prophet Muhammad to the people for directing them to the salvation. For proper realization of this aim, it must be read, understood, explained, and put into real life as true as possible. And this is possible only if we have knowledge about its content. That is why we will try to put these subjects which was emphasised by the Quran in the light in this class. To create a Quranic culture is our first aim in this process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Believing in God in the Quran and its essences.
2   Believing in prophethood in the Quran and other prophets; the common points
3   Other holly books mentioned in the Quran and to state their properties.
4   Introducing the angels in the Quran, the reflections of believing in angels on th
5   To evaluate the belief in afterlife that is one of the essential essences of the
6   Understanding of praying in the Quran.
7   Understanding of the Quran.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Believing in God in the Quran
2 Introducing the angels in the Quran
3 Holly books in the Quran
4 Believing in prophethood and the prophets in the Quran
5 Believing in afterlife in the Quran
6 The Quran s evaluation for wrong beliefs.
7 Quran and religion
8 The subjects of creation in the Quran
9 Understanding of praying in the Quran
10 Halal and Haram in the Quran
11 The goodness and badness in the Quran
12 The reason and knowledge in the Quran
13 Social order in the Quran
14 Social order in the Quran

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Ömer Dumlu, Konularına Göre Kur'ân Çevirisi, Istanbul 2008.

2- Muhsin Demirci, Kuranın Temel Konuları, IFAV Istanbul, 2003.

3- Fazlurrahman, Ana Konularıyla Kur'ân, Ankara Okulu Yayınları.

4- M. Sait Şimşek, Kur an ın Ana Konuları, Istanbul-1999.

5- Ömer Özsoy-Ilhami Güler, Konularına Göre Kur an, Ankara-1999

6- Ashfaque Ullah Syed, Index of Qur anic Topics, USA-1999.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The lectures will run with active contribution of the students. Partly active education method will be practiced. In fact, both traditional and active education methods are in line.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Especially the works that are done by students will be evaluated accordance to its contents, structures; and how they put the subject in its backgrounds, and build it and finalise it in the paper.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Objectivism in the understanding of the Quran

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71