COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHY II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 5218 HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHY II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZAFER DUYGU

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To get students to apprehend the schools of Western philosophy of history with their backgrounds, problems, motivations, struggles, and representatives which developed from the 19th century to present day; and so, to be able students to make methodical discussion and presentation on the essential problems of human being, to create prevision on the life, to express their previsions systematically, to build a sensitive and well-equipped personality for 'entity', 'life' and 'history'.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will learn the movements of philosophy of history and their representatives in which appeared in the 19th and 20th centuries known as 'the century of history' in the West
2   will be able to discuss the theories of history and their backgrounds with their essential questions
3   will make connection between the theories and realities and specify the features guiding today and future
4   will glance Islamic world in the 19th and 20th centuries in terms of the thought of history
5   will be able to question some history thesis and to compare them in terms of the meaning and direction of history

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Movements of Philosophy of History in the 19th Century The German School
2 Positivist History
3 Marxist History
4 Supra History
5 Philosophy of History in the 20th Century History and Logic: New Kantian History
6 Historicism and Dilthey
7 Historism and Historicism
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Cyclical History
10 Frankfurt School and History
11 Existentialist History and Structuralist History
12 Understanding of History in Islamic World in the 19th Century
13 Understanding of History in Islamic World in the 20th Century
14 Philosophy of History in Present

Recomended or Required Reading

- Doğan Özlem, Tarih Felsefesi
- Kubilay Aysevener, Tarih Felsefesi
- Hans Meyerhof, Zamanımızda Tarih Felsefesi
- Şahin Uçar, Tarih Felsefesi Meseleleri

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, 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 * 0.30 + 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

---

Assessment Criteria

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

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

---

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kocyigitt@msn.com

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 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14
LO.245
LO.355
LO.45
LO.5554

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

Copyright 2015 DEÜ. BİD

HOME / ABOUT US / DEGREE PROGRAMMES / GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS