COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF CIVILISATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 1014 HISTORY OF CIVILISATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MERVE KAYADUVAR

Offered to

Public Administration (Evening)
Public Administration

Course Objective

Try to explain the historical development of civilizations by starting from the emergence of humanity and continuing with the neolitic age and settled life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to tell pre-state life styles and production-distribution relations.
2   Being able to categorize factors that affected the birth of civilizations.
3   Being able to explain emergence form of important and huge civilizations in the world and
4   Being able to remark the historical development of huge civilizations.
5   Being able to analyse the current discussions about civilizations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Concept Of Civilization, the emergence of the humanity
3 Emergence of The Humanity and Historical Stages of Evolution
4 Mesopotamia Civilizations
5 Anatolian Civilizations and Persian Civilizations
6 China and India Civilizations
7 Greek Civilizations
8 Midterm.
9 Midterm
10 Helenistic Civilizations
11 Ancient Rome
12 Asian Civilizations and Turks
13 Islamic Civilizations
14 Medieval European Civilization

Recomended or Required Reading

Must Readings:
William H. McNeill, Dünya Tarihi, Imge Kitabevi
BBC Büyük Dünya Tarihi Belgeseli (1-2-3 ve 4. parts), https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31jo1x
Supplementary Readings:
Server Tanilli, Yüzyılların Gerçeği Ve Mirası Cilt: 1 Ilk Çağ, Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
Server Tanilli, Yüzyılların Gerçeği Ve Mirası Cilt: 2 Orta Çağ, Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
Alaeddin Şenel, Kemirgenlerden Sömürgenlere Insanlık Tarihi, Imge Kitabevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical explanation.
Discuss with questions inside and at the end of the course in the class.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

merve.kayaduvar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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