COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EUROPEAN UNION AND RELIGION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4484 EUROPEAN UNION AND RELIGION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ADIL ÇIFTÇI

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To investigate relationships between religion and state in the European Union.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will learn different practices of laicism in the different states in Europea.
2   They will understand the legal status of religious institutions.
3   They will read on religious education in Europea.
4   They will apprehend the status of non-Christians in European states.
5   They will discuss impacts of secularism and laicism on the contemporary Europea.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Types of relationships of religion and state in Europea
2 Practices of laicism
3 Legal status of religious institutions
4 Financial sources of religious institutions
5 Religion and Individiual
6 Religion and society
7 Religious education
8 midterm exam
9 Official religious education
10 Civic religious education
11 Religious services
12 Legal regulations on the religious services
13 Political and legal status of minority religions
14 Churches and other religious structures

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Köse Ali, Talip Küçükakın, (200). Avrupa Birliği Ülkelerinde Din-Devlet Ilişkisi
2. Kuyucuoğlu, Isa (2005). Avrupa Birliği ve Din , III. Din Şurası Tebliğ ve Müzakereleri, Diyanet Işleri Başkanlığı Yayınları s. 642,. s. 313-325.

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

isa.kuyucuoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 117

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