COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROPHETIC BIOGRAPHY IN TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 5222 PROPHETIC BIOGRAPHY IN TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUHAMMET HANEFI PALABIYIK

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To get students to gain knowledge on the history of Seerah writing in Turkey and the problems, views, approaches concerning with the discipline; to have students the ability of comparing and contrasting the differences between general and local Seerah writings by giving the literature written for each target audience

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will have knowledge on the past and present condition of Seerah writing in Turkey
2   will meet the problems, approaches and views related to Seerah writing
3   will learn the literature written for different target audience groups such as public, children, and youth
4   will apprehend the native and foreign elements affecting the discipline of Seerah and be able to make analysis the position and importance of Seerah writing in Turkey within in the context of general Islamic history
5   will gain a formation on how to tell and transfer the life of the Prophet Muhammad in terms of taking different target audience groups to the center.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Seerah Studies in Turkey from the Ottoman Period to the Present
2 Seerah Writing in Republican Era (1923-2000)
3 Seerah Writing in Recent Past (2000 and later)
4 Translated Seerah Books and Their Impacts
5 Orientalists' Perception of Prophet Muhammad and Their Impacts
6 A General Look at the Problems of Seerah
7 Main Problems in Turkish Seerah Books
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Academic Approaches to the Seerah Writing
10 Modern Approaches to the Seerah Writing
11 Ideological Approaches to the Seerah Writing
12 Seerah Books for Public
13 Seerah Books for Children
14 Seerah Books for Youth

Recomended or Required Reading

Quran
Hadith Literature
Cumhuriyet Devri Siyer Literatürü, Sonpeygamber.Info yayınları
Islam Peygamberi, Muhammed Hamidullah, Istanbul 1966.
Ingiliz ve Alman Oryantalistlerin Hz. Muhammed Tasavvuru, Mehmet Özdemir vd,
Ilhan Arsel, Turan Dursun vd. Külliyatı
Some Examples on Seerah Works for Public
Some Examples on Seerah Works for Children
Gençler için Hz. Muhammed'in Hayatı ve Islam Esasları, Mehmet Şeker, Damla Yayınevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question - answer, studying on examples, homework and practice.

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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Students' achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kocyigitt@msn.com

Office Hours

Friday 16:00 - 18:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14
LO.2
LO.354
LO.455
LO.555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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