COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ASSOCIATIONS IN ANTIQUITY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 2051 ASSOCIATIONS IN ANTIQUITY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEYHMUS RECAI TEKOĞLU

Offered to

History (Evening)
History

Course Objective

This lesson aims to have an analysis on the true nature of religious and occultic associations and on the loyality and fidelity of their member and attendants in classification with the basis of their doctrines, rituals, believes and symbolic languages. The word used in Turkish to express the religious and occultic associations is "tarikat" from Arabic and it refers mostly to the islamic branches, but in the history of mankind and particularly in the history of West it is something more general than the Arabic meaning implies and it refers to associations, societies, clubs and so on. Tarikat is a religious way and order in Islam and their doctrines are always open to public but historical western societies are mostly closed to publix and they are defined by the words "sacred" and "occultic". The main expectation of the lesson is to give an idea to the studends on what kind of role these associations played in the history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   able to define relationship between history and social history
2   able to axplain relationship between societies of religious order and occultic associations
3   able to discuss historical development of sociesties of religious order
4   able to explain relationship of religion with society of religious order
5   able to discuss the place of societies and associations in history

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Birth of r&o associations, their principles and methods presentation and reading
2 First historical r&o associations presentation and reading
3 r&o associations in ancient Eggypt presentation and reading
4 r&o associations in ancient Near East presentation and reading
5 r&o associations in ancient Iran presentation and reading
6 Ancient Greek r&o associations presentation and reading
7 Ancient Roman r&o associations presentation and reading
8 Mid-term exam
9 r&o associations originated from Judaism presentation and reading
10 r&o associations originated from Christianity presentation and reading
11 r&o associations originated from Islam presentation and reading
12 Alevi and Bektashi associations presentation and reading
13 Indian associations presentation and reading
14 Chines and far Eastern r&o associations presentation and reading
15 Totalitarian regimes and r&o associaitons presentation and reading
16 European r&o associations presentation and reading

Recomended or Required Reading

N. Goodrich, The Western Esoteric Traditions, Oxford University Press, 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) presentations
2) discussions ann readings

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1) % 40 of midterm exam
2) % 60 of final exam will be assessed

Assessment Criteria

1) LO 1-3 in midterm exam
2) LO 1-5 in final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

% 70 of attendance to the lessons is compulsory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

recai.tekoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1443432
LO.2333432
LO.334332
LO.434332
LO.5222234332