COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLASSICAL KALAM TEXTS I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 5171 CLASSICAL KALAM TEXTS I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

To understand Islamic Belief from Classic Kalam Texts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student gain ability to understand-interpret classical theology texts from Arabic,
2   Critical reading and evaluation of classic texts,
3   Analysis of different aspects of the Kalam discipline in readed texts,
4   Learning basic terms of Kalam discipline,
5   Learning Historical roots of Basic Problems according with Islamic Belief.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 "Learning and Teaching of Kalam" from Pezdevî's Usûluddîn
2 " Knowledge, its means and parts" from Pezdevî's Usûluddîn
3 "Universe and its being as a proof of God" from Pezdevî's Usûluddîn
4 "The attributes of God (Knowledge, Life, and Omnipotence, Omnihearing and Omnihearing)" from Pezdevî's Usûluddîn
5 "Speech of God" from Pezdevî's Usûluddîn
6 "Takvîn" (Genesis) from Pezdevî's Usûluddîn
7 "Ruyetullah/Vision of God" from Pezdevî's Usûluddîn
8 Prophecy from Pezdevî's Usûluddîn
9 First 15 (1-15) couplet of Kasidah al-Amali of OshI
10 Next 15 (15-30) couplet of Kasidah al-Amali of OshI
11 30-48 couplet of Kasidah al-Amali of OshI
12 48-66 couplet of Kasidah al-Amali of OshI
13 General Critic
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Pezdevî ,Usuluddin, thk Hans Peter Linss, Kahire 1963.
Kadı Abdulcebbar, Usulu'l-Hamse, thk Faysal Bedir Avn.
ûşî, Emâli Kasidesi.
Cüveyni, Akidetün-Nizamiyye.
Kâdî Abdulcebbar, Şerhu Usûlil-Hamse (ta lîk.Kıvâmuddîn Mânkdîm/ tah. Abdulkerim
Osman) Kahire 1965.
Hayyât, Kitâbul-Intisâr, Beyrut 1957.
Muhammed Rıza Muzaffer, Akâidül-Imâmiyye, yy., ts.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, question and answer, presentation, text analysis.

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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 9 126
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.11
LO.22
LO.333
LO.444
LO.55