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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FDB 5175	SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF ISLAM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ADIL ÇIFTÇI

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

The fact that in terms of the principles of Islamic society, religion and society, social norms and institutions of Islam, Islam in the face of social change, social groups and concepts of the understanding of the Qur'an, interpretation and analysis are intended.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Understands the social functions of Islam.
2	Learns the Qur'an and concepts of the social group.
3	Comments culture and identity in connection with Islam.
4	Analyzes the functionality of the solutions to the social institutions of religious nature of Islamic society.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	What does the sociology of Islam mean
2	Theories about building of community, social bonds and Islam
3	Community and society
4	Charismatic community and Islam
5	Subjective vs. objective religion and Islam
6	Islam's social functions (such as social differentiation, integration and disintegration)
7	Social groups in Quran
8	"Ummah" the ideal society and Islam
9	The link of culture, religion and identity
10	The dialectic of religion and world in Islam
11	Social norms, values and Islam (traditions, customs, ethics, law, science, art and fashion)
12	Social institutions and Islam (Family, Religion, Education, Economics, Politics)
13	Islam and social change
14	Civilization, modernity, secularism and Islam

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary References:
1 Yümni Sezen, Islam'ın Sosyolojik Yorumu, Iz Yayıncılık, Istanbul 2004.
2 Ilyas Ba Yunus- Ferid Ahmed, Islam Sosyolojisi Bir Giriş Denemesi, Çeviren: Rıdvan Kaya, Kitabevi yayıncılık, Istanbul 1986.
3 Bryan S. Turner, Max Weber ve Islam, Çeviren: Yasin Aktay, Vadi Yayınları, Ankara 1997.
4 Ali Şeriati, Islam Sosyolojisi Üzerine, Çeviren Kamil Can, birleşik Yayıncılık, Istanbul 1980.
Secondary References:
1 Yümni Sezen, Sosyoloji Açısından Din, M.Ü. IFAV Yayınları, Istanbul 1998.
2 Kollektif, Islam ve Modernleşme, ISAM Yayınları, Istanbul 1997.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Telling, Question&Answer, Discussion, Case study

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 * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Besides the questions testing if the students have learnt the knowledge they must have learnt, there will be classic questions which are intended to increase their power of interpretation.

Assessment Criteria

The success of students is being evaluated based on their performance at midterm exam, final exam, and course achievement.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

adil.ciftci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	4	56
Preparation for midterm exam	1	20	20
Preparation for final exam	1	30	30
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.6	PO.11
LO.1	3	3	4	5
LO.2	3	3	4	5
LO.3	3	3	4	5
LO.4	3	3	4	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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