COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF ISLAMIC SCIENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4476 HISTORY OF ISLAMIC SCIENCE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN BILEN

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To provide information on concepts of 'science', 'the history of science' and 'the history of Islamic science'. To compare pre- and post-Islam eras based on scientific studies. To analyze philosophically science and religion, to discuss the relationships between Islam and science, to show the significance of science and technology in Islam, to present sciencetific institutions in Islam and their functions, to introduce knowledge and its types in Islam, to show scientific disciplines and renowed scholars in those areas in Islam and to cite what those scholars have brought in for the humankind.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will obtain sufficient information on concepts of 'science', 'the history of science' and 'the history of Islamic science'.
2   Will compare pre- and post-Islam eras based on scientific studies.
3   Will understand the importance of science and technology in Islam.
4   Will learn scientific disciplines and renowed scholars in those areas in Islam and cite what those scholars have brought in for the humankind.
5   Will get ideas from the Islamic science history to approach to the current issues in the world.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conceptual Analysis (Science, Religion, History of Science in Islam, etc.)
2 Science in pre-Islam era (India, China, Egypt, Mesopotamia and antique Greece)
3 Science-Religion, Science in Islam, Classification of Sciences
4 Sciences and Scientists in the Islamic World: Math
5 Astronomy
6 Medicine
7 Physics, Chemistry, Biology
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Technique
10 History and Geography
11 Language-Literature
12 Obliviousness to science in the Islamic World and its causes
13 Contemporary situation
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Bayraktar, Mehmet, Islâm'da Bilim ve Teknoloji Tarihi, Ankara, 1992.
Yakıt, Ismail; Durak, Nejdet, Islâm'da Bilim Tarihi, Isparta, 2002.
Sezgin, Fuad, Islam'da Bilim ve Teknik I-V, 2007.
Sevim Tekeli, Esin Kâhya..., Bilim Tarihi, Ankara, 1997.
Hakimî, M. Rıza, Islâm Bilim Tarihi, Çev. Hüseyin Arslan, Istanbul, 1999.
Rüşdi Raşid, Islam Bilim Tarihi, Çev. H. Türker, C. Ipar, Istanbul, 2006.
Demirci Mustafa, Beytü'l-Hikme, Istanbul, 1996.
Yaren, Cafer Sadık, Din ve Bilim, Samsun, 1997.
Seyyid Hüseyin Nasr, Islâm'da Bilim ve Medeniyet, Çev. Nabi Avcı, Kasım Turhan, Ahmet Ünal, Istanbul, 1991.

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 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.bilen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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