COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY OF ISLAMIC LAW II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 6534 PHILOSOPHY OF ISLAMIC LAW II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MURAT MEMIŞ

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

Analytical and critical examinations of legal theory sources, and produce new interpretation on these texts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have knowledge regarding Islamic legal theory sources and their comments
2   Learn classical basic concept an terminologies of Islamic Legal Theories.
3   Gain knowledge regarding discussions and new interpretations in Turkish and English.
4   Have the strength of understanding, interpreting, and adding new comments to the subject.
5   Being capable of doing research, writing paper, and giving lecture on the subject.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Legal phrases (alfadh) and their relation with commands (amr)
3 Lagal Pharases and their Meanings
4 Lagal Pharases and their Meanings
5 Theory of semantic assignment (wad') I
6 Theory of semantic assignment (wad') II
7 Legal phrarase (alfadh) in terms of modes of speech I
8 Legal phrarase (alfadh) in terms of modes of speech II
9 Clarity of speech (kalam)
10 Ambiguity of speech (kalam)
11 (Dalala) Certainity
12 Issue of command (amr) in Hanafi Legal Theory.
13 Good and Bad (husn and qubh)
14 Overview and Final Remarks

Recomended or Required Reading

- Seyyid Bey, Usul-i Fıkıh Dersleri, Haz. S. Camcı-H. Yıldırım, Istanbul: Akademi Yayınları 2011
- Seyyid Bey, Usul-i Fıkh: Medhal, Haz. Selçuk Camcı, Istanbul: Akademi Yayınları 2011
- Sources marked with (R) will be given as 'soft copy' at the fisr session of the season.
- Debusi Takvimu'l-Edille, Beyrut: Mektebetu'l-Asriyya 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Class discussion, individual research, question and answer in class meetings, paper, and presentation are required for this class. Departing from the fact that the best learning is teaching, students will be actively part of the teaching process. Students will be encouraged to share their ideas with their classmates. Turkish and English literature on the subject will be the main focus. To create a fertile discussion environment, students should come to the class meetings well prepared.

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

Grading percentages are approximate. Active Participation to the class discussions and
presentation are important as the Mid-Term and Final exams. Failing one of them cause
to fail of the class.

Assessment Criteria

The success of a student is considered based on Mid-term, Final, Active Class participation, Presentation and Term Paper.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This is a discussion based course. To do so, each student should come class meetings well prepared, i.e. read before class meetings all reading assignments carefully. At least one presentation is required. Attendance is required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ismail.acar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday: 10:00-11:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 3 45
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 2 10 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 10 20
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Reading 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 169

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51