COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PALEOGRAPHY I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 5109 PALEOGRAPHY I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GENÇ

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To teach Ottoman palaeography and to enable the students to read Ottoman texts

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns the definition of Palaeography
2   Gets knowledge about writing types in Ottoman period
3   Gets skills of comparing and reading the types of Ottoman writing
4   Can define the terms and concepts of archive discipline
5   Comprehends development of the writing types

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definiton and explanation of Palaeography
2 The development of Arabic and Persian writings
3 Science of Ottoman Diplopmatic and its emergence
4 Signs which are used in the documents
5 The documents of State and Sultans
6 The types of Papers
7 Types of the writings used in Ottoman Turkish
8 Midterm exam
9 Sülüs and Nesih
10 Muhakkak and Reyhani
11 Tevki ve Rika
12 Divani ve celi divani
13 Talik ve Rika yazıları
14 Course review

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Osmanlı Paleografyası I, Haz. Süheyl Beken, AÜDTCF yay., 1975.
2. Gökbilgin, Tayyip, Osmanlı Paleografya ve Diplomatik Ilmi, Istanbul 1979

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, assignment and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.genc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Open

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155
LO.25
LO.3555
LO.44
LO.5455