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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ILT 3024	HISTORY OF ISLAMIC SECTS	COMPULSORY	4	0	0	4

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AHMET BAĞLIOĞLU

Offered to

Theology

Course Objective

- To reveal the social, cultural and political background and the reasons for their differentiation, their formation processes, beliefs and ideas, their members, their spreading regions, their contributions to Islamic thought, which have occurred throughout the history of Islam and have a religious character

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Gains knowledge of the basic sources, methods and concepts of the History of Islamic Sects.
2	Learns the main factors (religious texts, politics, social change, human element, ancient culture and civilizations) that are effective in the emergence of religious and political Islamic sects.
3	Acknowledges that people may have different points of view in understanding and interpreting religion; Learns different understandings and views in Islamic thought.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Conceptual framework, purpose and method of the History of Islamic Sects
2	Social and Religious Reasons Effective in the Birth of Sects, religion-sect relationship
3	Harica-Murcia
4	Mutezıla
5	The emergence of the Ahl al-Sunnah, its religious, political and fiqh dimensions
6	Shia-Zeydiyya
7	Imamıyya
8	Ismaılıyya
9	Midterm
10	Babism-Bahaızm
11	Kadıyanısm
12	Messiah-Mahdi belief
13	Nusayrı-Dürzı-Yazıdi
14	Vahhabism
15	Alavism-Bektashism
16	Innovation seeking
17	Fınal Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. E. Ruhi FIĞLALI, Günümüz Islam Mezhepleri, Izmir 2008.
2. Abdülkâhir el-Bağdâdî, Mezhepler Arasındaki Farklar, çev. E. Ruhi Fığlalı, Ankara 1991.
3. W. Montgomery WATT, Islâm Düşüncesinin Teşekkül Devri, çev. E. Ruhi Fığlalı, Ankara 2010.
4. Sönmez KUTLU, Mezhepler Tarihine Giriş, Istanbul 2008.
5. M. Saffet SARIKAYA, Islâm Düşünce Tarihinde Mezhepler, Istanbul 2011
6. Mehmet S. HATIBOĞLU, Islâm da Ilk Siyasî Kavmiyetçilik: Hilâfetin Kureyşliliği, Ankara 2005.
7. Sönmez KUTLU, Mürcie Mezhebi: Doğuşu, Fikirleri, Edebiyatı ve Islam Düşüncesine Katkıları , GÜÇIFD, I/1, s. 168-210.
8. Osman AYDINLI, Mu'tezile Ekolü Teşekkülü, Ilkeleri ve Islam Düşüncesine Katkıları , Ma'rife, III/3, s. 27-54.
9. E. Ruhi FIĞLALI, Abdullah b. Sebe , DIA, I, 133-134; Cemel Vak ası , DIA, VII, 320-321; Hâricîler , DIA, XVI, 169-175; Gadîr Hum , DIA, XIII, 279.
10. Mustafa FAYDA, Bedevi , DIA, V, 311-317
11. E. Ruhi FIĞLALI, Imamiye Şiası, Istanbul 2008.
13. Avni ILHAN, Mehdilik, Istanbul 1993

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

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

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of the students is evaluated according to their performance in the course with midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahmet.baglioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for midterm exam	14	4	56
Preparation for final exam	1	4	4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	1	4	4
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			94

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3
LO.1	1
LO.2		1
LO.3			1

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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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