COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ISLAMIC URBANIZATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 3202 ISLAMIC URBANIZATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GENÇ

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To have knowledge about emergence and development of cities and about the views of intellectuals regarding the development of cities; learn how the early cities were developed; to comprehend the Islamic urban development with characteristics regarding the emergence and development process

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will evaluate the emergence and expansion of Islamic urban and the view of Islamic intellectuals regarding establishment of Islamic urban
2   will get knowledge about early Islamic urban
3   will put forward some evaluations and determinations concerning the place of Islamic urban development in the history of general urban development.
4   will analyze the factors supporting the characteristics of Islamic urban development
5   will determine the progress of Islamic urban development by evaluating its contemporary situation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Understanding of ancient urban development in the regions Islam spreaded
2 Pre-Islamic Mecca
3 Mecca in the era of Prophet Muhammad
4 Haramain until the end of the Umayyads period (Mecca-Medina)
5 The conception of Islamic urban and Classical period Islamic urban
6 Basra and Kufa
7 Fustat and Cairo
8 Midterm Exam
9 Damascus
10 Baghdad-Samarra
11 Cities of Andalusia-Qurtuba
12 The elements surrounding and constituting the center of classical Islamic urban
13 Roads, Bazaars and Markets, Public Bathhouses, Cemeteries and Tombs
14 Hammam, Cemeteries and Tombs
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Y.Can, Islam Şehirlerinin Fiziki Yapısı, Ankara 1995
Tahsin Koçyiğit, Islam'ın Ilk Yıllarında Iskân, Doktora tezi
R.B.Serjeant, Islam Şehri, (tr. E.Topçugil), Istanbul 1997
T.Cansever, Islam'da Şehir ve Mimari, Istanbul 2009
T.Cansever, Kubbeyi Yere Koymamak, Istanbul, 2002
M. Özdemir, Endülüs Müslümanları,
Islam Ansiklopedilerinin Ilgili Maddeleri

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

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 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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