COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORLD RELIGIONS AND MYSTICISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5147 WORLD RELIGIONS AND MYSTICISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI IHSAN YITIK

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To compare mystic traditions in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students know the terms in field of mysticism
2   Perceive mystical experience and the basic debates on this issue
3   Have an idea on Jewish mystical tradition
4   Know main features and names of Christian mysticism
5   Know main features of Indian mysticism
6   Can make comparison between these mystic tradition

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is mysticism
2 Issues and literature
3 Mysticism in Judaism
4 Mysticism in Judaism
5 Christian Mysticism
6 Christian Mysticism
7 Mysticism and Bible
8 Mid-term exam
9 Mysticism in Indian religions
10 Mysticism in Indian religions
11 Tasavvuf (Islamic Mysticism)
12 Tasavvuf (Islamic Mysticism)
13 Comparison of Mystic traditions: Resemblances and Differences
14 Comparison of Mystic traditions: Resemblances and Differences

Recomended or Required Reading

G. Parrinder, Mysticism in World Religions
Ali Ihsan Yitik, Hint Dinleri
P. Epstein, Kabala: Musevi Mistiklerin Yolu
H. Kamil Yılmaz, Tasavvuf ve Tarikatlar
A. Tüzer, Misitisizm ve Dini Tecrübe

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discourse, research homework

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 * 0.10 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + RST* 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)

bekir.coban@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15-16

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.14335
LO.24335
LO.34335
LO.44335
LO.54335
LO.64335