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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS FDB 6238 COMPERATIVE RELIGION STUDIES IN MODERN WORLD ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI IHSAN YITIK

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To understand the main features of world religions and their cultural environment. To determine the problems in scientific studies and comparisons about them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn main cultural environments in the world and their relations with religions 2   Learn effects of secularization and other modern developments on religions 3   Perceive main features of religions and the relations with each other 4   Be aware of the relation between religions and languages 5   Perceive diversity and variety of religion and its relations with other institutions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Middle East religions and their features 2 Judaism and its modern problems 3 Christianity and its modern problems 4 Islam and its modern problems 5 Indian religions and common features 6 Hinduism and its modern problems 7 Buddism and its modern problems 8 Mid-term exam 9 Jainism, Sikhism and their modern problems 10 Problem of language and terminology in religious studies 11 Secularisation and religious studies 12 Modernization and religious studies 13 Information society and religion 14 Future of religious studies

Recomended or Required Reading

Keith Ward, The Case For Religion, Oxford 2004. Cafer Sadık Yaran, Bilgelik Peşinde, Istanbul 2011. A.Ambedkar, Riddles of Hinduism.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, answer-question, home-reading

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

The success of attendant is examined by examination and lecture performances

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.yitik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

friday 16-17

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 3 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78 Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparing presentations 1 6 6 Preparing assignments 1 10 10 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 172

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 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 LO.1 5 5 5 5 4 LO.2 5 5 5 5 4 LO.3 5 5 5 5 4 LO.4 5 5 5 5 4 LO.5 5 5 5 5 4