COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILA 2010 HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GENÇ

Offered to

Theology (Evening)
Theology

Course Objective

1. to know and learn the values and products of Islamic Civilization founded and developed in order both to meet the needs of individuals and to establish a better life opportunities of Islamic societies, and to apply the orders and prohibitions of religion,
2. to follow up the functions of political, administrative, military, economic, social, scientific, cultural, and religious institutions emerged within in the Islamic Civilization and their historical developments; and to analyze the reasons of its successes and failures,
3. to specify the status and contributions of Islamic Civilization in world civilizations,
4. to predict about the future of Islamic Civilization by evaluating its current situation in face of other civilizations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   the concepts of culture and civilization , the relationship of culture and civilization, the sources of Islamic Civilization and its historical development and reaction with other civilizations;
2   the political and administrative institutions of Islamic societies and their social, administrative, economic, and military structures;
3   Islamic developments and contributions to the areas in scientific, philosophic, and religious thoughts.
4   Scientific, philosophical and religious thought and evaluation of information about developments in the field and the ability to make contributions to the winner.
5   Learn the basic dynamics of Islamic civilization and its institutions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concepts of civilization and culture; the environment where the Islamic Civilization emerged and its reaction with old cultures -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 1-32.
2 The sources of Islamic Civilization, its stages of development, and characteristics; translation movements, dynamics of Islamic Civilization. -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 33-63. -Kazıcı, Ziya, Islam Medeniyeti ve Müesseseleri Tarihi, IFAV Yay., Istanbul 2011, s. 40-43, 48-79.
3 Social life in Islamic societies: social and religious groups, family, dressing, festivals and carnivals, social cooperation institutions. -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 64-85.
4 Political and administrative institutions in Islamic states: Caliphate, vizierate, clerkship, the position of hacip, the emergence and function of council of the state. -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 86-99. -Kazıcı, Ziya, Islam Medeniyeti ve Müesseseleri Tarihi, IFAV Yay., Istanbul 2011, s. 93-179.
5 Religious and judicial institutions: the position of qadi, the position of Shaikh al-lslam, the position of nakib al-ashraf; military structure and institutions in Islamic states. -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 99-107.
6 Economic and industrial life in Islamic societies: financial structure, money, trade and industry, the system of land, the systems of iqta and timar. -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 108-121. -Kazıcı, Ziya, Islam Medeniyeti ve Müesseseleri Tarihi, IFAV Yay., Istanbul 2011, s. 424-450.
7 Education and training life and social cooperation institutions: suffah, kuttab (elementary school), madrasah. Education of women, the place of Ulama in education, the understandings of education methods. -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 123-134. -Kazıcı, Ziya, Islam Medeniyeti ve Müesseseleri Tarihi, IFAV Yay., Istanbul 2011, s. 320-383.
8 Midterm Exam
9 Scientific developments in Islamic societies: the developments in religious, positive and social sciences and new discoveries, libraries and observatories -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 136-190.
10 Arts and artithecture in Islamic societies: Islamic arts and types, Islamic artithecture and its characteristics, the effects of religion on artithecture and arts. -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 191-213.
11 Urbanization in Islamic societies: the first Islamic cities, physical properties of the first Islamic cities, the understanding of urbanization in Islamic societies and urban life. -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 215-222.
12 Waqf in Islamic Civilization: administration of waqf, service area of waqf, concepts related to waqf; the understanding of waqf in Turks. -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 223-230. -Kazıcı, Ziya, Islam Medeniyeti ve Müesseseleri Tarihi, IFAV Yay., Istanbul 2011, s. 270-293.
13 The place of Turks in Islamic civilization: the contributions of Turks into the Islamic civilization, the institutions of futuwwat and ahilik and their functions. -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV yay., Ankara 2011, s. 231-239.
14 The effects of Islamic Civilization: the way and area of influences of Islamic Civilization to the West and other civilizations. -Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV Yay., Ankara 2011, s. 240-270. -Sezgin, Fuat, Islam da Bilim ve Teknik, c. I, Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Yay., Istanbul 2008, s.85-167.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Sarıçam, Ibrahim Erşahin, Seyfettin, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, TDV Yay., Ankara 2011.
2. Kazıcı, Ziya, Islam Medeniyeti ve Müesseseleri Tarihi, IFAV Yay., Istanbul 2011.
3. Sezgin, Fuat, Islam da Bilim ve Teknik, c. I, Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Yay., Istanbul 2008.
4. Barthold, W. Köprülü, M. Fuad, Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi, Akçağ Yay., Ankara 2004.
5. Türk Medeniyeti Tarihi, Ed. Yazıcı, Nesimi, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yay., Eskişehir 2005.
6. Islam Kurumları ve Medeniyeti Tarihi, Ed. Mefail Hızlı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yay., Eskişehir 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures

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

Mid-term and final exam performance of the students is evaluated according to the performance with the lesson.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.genc@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 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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