COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF ISLAM CIVILISATION II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6040 HISTORY OF ISLAM CIVILISATION II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GENÇ

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To enable the students to comprehend the development, steps, and successes of the Turkish Islamic Civilization besides the failure and decline process with the reasons

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student, at the end of the semester, will; learn the development, steps, and successes of the Turkish Islamic Civilization besides the failure and decline process with the reasons
2   know and be aware of the products of the experiences and characteristics of Muslim Turkish states such as Karakhanids, Ghaznavids, Seljukids, Ottomans; and learn their contributions to Islamic civilization
3   be aware of the effects of Turkish Islamic civilization to other civilizations
4   learn the state, social life and institutions in Turkish Islamic civilization; have knowledge on the development of economy and economic institutions
5   overview the science and arts in Turkish Islamic civilization with its main and original aspects

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 From Turkish Civilization to Turkish Islamic civilization: Introduction of Turks to Islamic World
2 A General Evaluation of Seljukids Period in Turkish Islamic civilization: Did Islamic Civilization go back in the leading of Turks
3 The Evolution of Turkish Islamic civilization in Ottoman Period: Advance and Decline
4 A Comparative Adventure on Turkish Islamic civilization in the Period of Great Turkish Empires (Timurids, Ottomans, Safavids, Baburids, Ozbek Shaybanids)
5 Turkish Islamic civilization and the Formation of European-Western Civilization
6 The Problematic of the Decline of the Turkish Islamic civilization: Is there any decline If so, when and why happened
7 State in Turkish Islamic civilization and Its Main Characteristics, Values, Institutions, Successes&Failures Comparing to Former and Contemporary Muslim and Non-Muslim States-
8 Midterm Exam
9 Individual-Society, Man-Woman, Social Solidarity and Institutions in Turkish Islamic civilization
10 Waqfs, Life in Urban and Rural, Muslim Turkish City and Its Soul, An overview to City and Social Life in terms of Religous-Cultural Pluralism
11 Economic Aspects of Turkish Islamic civilization and International Trade; Ahilik Institution; Tax and Waqf
12 Science Tradition Turkish Islamic civilization; Philosophy and Religious Sciences, Technological Developments; Prominent Names, Great Ideas, Values, Inventions, and Discoveries
13 Artistic and Aesthetic Sensivity in Turkish Islamic civilization and the Motivations
14 The Areas of Artistic and Aesthetic Sensivity in Turkish Islamic civilization: Architecture, Music, Calligraphy and Other Handcrafts: Prominent Names, Great Geniuses, Dynamics and Originalities

Recomended or Required Reading

- Fuad Köprülü, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi
- Ismail Raci el-Faruki, Islam Kültür Atlası
-Osman Turan, Selçuklular Tarihi ve Türk Islam Medeniyeti
-Seyyid Hüseyin Nasr, Islamda Bilim ve Medeniyet
-Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, Osmanlı Medeniyeti Tarihi
-Ahmet Güner, (Ed) Islam Tarihi ve Medeniyeti
-Türkler Ansiklopedisi

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 * 0.20 + 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

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Assessment Criteria

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

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.genc@deu.edu.tr

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 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 177

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1555
LO.24545
LO.3554
LO.44555
LO.55444

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