COURSE UNIT TITLE

: IN THE ANCIENT GREEK CITY OF MANAGEMENT AND URBAN HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5046 IN THE ANCIENT GREEK CITY OF MANAGEMENT AND URBAN HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEYHMUS RECAI TEKOĞLU

Offered to

History

Course Objective

This course aims to study establishment of ancient greek city-states, cultural and political relationships amongs cities, born of Athenian democracy, practise of democracy, administrators of city-states.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   able to define features of greek city-states
2   able to explain administrators of city-states
3   able to compare the Athenian democracy with modern democratic states
4   able to analyze effects of greek constitutional reforms
5   able to discuss development of city-state kingships

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Born of greek city-states lectures
2 city in the Classical period lectures
3 city administration in the Classical period lectures
4 Athenian democracy and its features lectures
5 influence of Athenian democracy to other cities lectures
6 constitutional reforms lectures
7 practise of constitutional reforms lectures
8 midterm
9 city in the Hellenistic period lectures
10 Hellenistic cities lectures
11 Administration of Hellenistic cities lectures
12 city in Hellenic kingships lectures
13 Greek cities in the Roman period lectures
14 City administration in the Roman period lectures

Recomended or Required Reading

1) F. Polignac, 1984, La naissance de la cité grecque, Paris
2) P. J. Rhodes, 2004, Athenian Democracy, Edinburg
3) M. H. Hansen, 2006, Polis: An Introduction to the Ancient Greek city-State, Oxford

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lectures
2) Presentations
3) Homeworks

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

1) 40 % in midterm
2) 60 % in final exam will be assessed

Assessment Criteria

1) LO 1-3 in midterm exam
2) LO 4-5 in final exam will be assessed

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance at least 70 % to the lessons is compulsory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

recai.tekoglu@deu.edu.tr

phone: 17742

Office Hours

by appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1444
LO.2444
LO.3444
LO.4444
LO.5444