COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF MIDDLE EAST

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 4043 HISTORY OF MIDDLE EAST ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEDIM YALANSIZ

Offered to

History (Evening)
History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the problems of the Middle East from a historical perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   explain the Arab Nationalism
2   define the reasons of the Arabic movements of independence
3   compare the ideologies in the Middle East
4   explain the Zionism
5   reach the outcomes of the Wars between Arabs and Israel

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The rise of the Arabic nationalism
2 The Middle East after the First World War
3 The Middle East before and after the Second World War
4 The foundation of Israel and the wars
5 The Palestine problem
6 The ideological movements in the Middle East
7 The Terror Organizations
8 Term examination
9 The Pact of Bagdad
10 The Suez crisis
11 The Treaty of Camp David and the peace
12 The overthrow of Iran Shah and the new regime
13 The Iran-Iraq War
14 Gulf War

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Bernard Lewis, Ortadoğu, Sabah Kitapları, Istanbul, 1996.
2. Albert Hourani, Arap Halkları Tarihi, Iletişim yay., Istanbul, 1997.
3. Fahir Armaoğlu, 20.Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi, Iş Bankası yay., Ankara, 1984.
4. Fahir Armaoğlu, Filistin Meselesi ve Arap Israil Savaşları, Iş Bankası yay., Ankara.
5. Ömer Kürkçüoğlu, Türkiye nin Arap Ortadoğu suna Karşı Politikası, AÜSBF yay., Ankara, 1972.
6. Tayyar Arı, Basra Körfezi ve Ortadoğu da Güç Dengesi, Alfa yay., Istanbul, 1996.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1- LO 1-4: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term-examination
2- LO 1-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final-examination

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Student are not allowed to bring any course material (books, lecture notes, etc) to the examinations.
3. Cheating in any examination is considered an extremely serious offence.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nedimyalansiz@hotmail.com

0-232-3018744

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 12 12
Preparation for Final Exam 1 14 14
Preparing Individual Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Group Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Presentations 1 7 7
Other (please indicate) 0 0 0
Final 1 1,5 2
Mid-term 1 1,5 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1455
LO.255
LO.3455
LO.455
LO.5455

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