COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIRST PHASE HISTORY OF ISLAM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6042 FIRST PHASE HISTORY OF ISLAM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To obtain information about the history of the four rightly guided caliphs, Umayyads and Abbasids

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   explain the problems emerged after the death of Prophet Muhammad and appointment procedures of the first four caliphs
2   summarize the conquests succeeded in the period of the first four caliphs
3   explain the Diwan Organization established in the period of Caliph Omar
4   explain and interpret the reasons for the murder of Caliph Othman and the phases of conflict between Caliph Ali and Muawiya
5   question the political events of the period of the first three Umayyad Caliphs and the basic principles of Umayyad State comparing with the previous period
6   tell the elements led to fall of Umayyad State
7   express the periods of the history of Abbasids and their characteristics
8   explain cultural and civil developments of Abbasid period generally

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Caliphate and the era of Abu Bakr
2 The era of Omar
3 The era of Othman
4 The era of Ali
5 Khulafa-i rashidun era: Introduction to Socio-Economic history
6 Political and military developments in the foundation of Umayyads
7 The era of Sufyanis
8 Midterm exam
9 Caliphate is passing to Marwanis: Marwan and Abdülmelik b. Marwan, Ömer b. Abdülaziz eras
10 The collapse of Umayyads, Abbasids revolution, Foundation of Abbasids: Saffah and Mansur era
11 The rise of Abbasids, Samarra era-Transfer of the center to Baghdad
12 Culture and civilization of Umayyads and Abbasids
13 Social life, Art and Scientific developments in Umayyads and Abbasids
14 Course review

Recomended or Required Reading

Kur an ve Tefsir Kaynakları
- Hadis ve Hadis Literatürü
- Ilk Dönem Islam Tarihi Kaynaklarından Taberî, Mesudî, Ya kubî, Ibn Kesir ve Ibn Esir vb. tarihçilerin eserleri
- Abdulaziz ed-Durî, Ilk Dönem Islâm Tarihi, trc. Hayrettin Yücesoy, Endülüs Yayınları, Istanbul 1991.
- Philip K. Hitti, Islam tarihi: Siyasi ve Kültürel; trc: Salih Tuğ, Marmara Üniversitesi Ilahiyat Fakültesi Vakfı, Istanbul 1995. c. 1-2.
- Claude Cahen, Islamiyet I: Doğuşundan Osmanlı Devletinin Kuruluşuna Kadar, trc. Esat Nermi Erendor, Istanbul 1990, Bilgi Yayınevi.
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question-answer, assignment and presentation

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

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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)

tahsin.kocyigit@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 5 65
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 171

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1455
LO.24444
LO.3445
LO.445555
LO.55554
LO.6444
LO.755
LO.8545

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