COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH-ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 5129 TURKISH-ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞENAY ÖZGÜR YILDIZ

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

Learning the historical development and characteristics of the Turkish and Islamic art.Recognizing the riches Works of art, primarily architectural , formed in the world of Turkish and Islamic art and evaluate these works from a broader perspective.Beside Historical knowledge also aimes to comprehend the theoretical approaches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gains knowledge to recognize the historical environment as a whole and evaluates from a broad perspective.
2   Understands Islam's approach on art.
3   Determines the problem related to the field and can designes solutions with alternatives projects.
4   Determines the identity of the architectural styles and buildings.
5   Gains the ability of independently conducting a study requiring expertise in the field of Islamic history and arts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Problem
2 The Land of Early Islam
3 Islamic Attitudes toward the Arts
4 Islamic Religious Art : The Mosque
5 Secular Art: Palace and City
6 Early Islamic Decoration: The Idea of an Arabesque
7 The Historical and Cultural Environment of Anatolian Seljuk
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Decoration of the Middle Ages and the Great Mosque of Divriği
10 Medieval Anatolia - Turkish Art Concept
11 The Qualification of the Regional Factors in Anatolian Turkish Architecture
12 The Causes of the Geographical and Historical Diversity of Islamic Architecture
13 Stages of Turkish Art History
14 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

-Grabar, O., Islam Sanatının Oluşumu, YKY Istanbul, 1998.
-Kuban, D., Divriği Mucizesi Selçuklular Çağında Islam Bezeme Sanatı Üzerine Bir
Deneme, YKY Istanbul 1999.
-Various articles on related topics.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Narration, research questions and answers, discussion, 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 * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Midterm performance of the students, homework and a final exam are evaluated based on their performance in the course.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

senay.ozgur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

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 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1555
LO.25
LO.345
LO.445
LO.555