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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TAR 2052 WORLD HISTORY OF WRITING SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEYHMUS RECAI TEKOĞLU

Offered to

History (Evening) History

Course Objective

Plan of the lesson aims to teach the development of writing throughout history. Main writing systems like pictography, Egyptian hieiroglyphs, cuneiform, birth of alphabet, Arabic, Chinese, Indian, Greek, Russian, Armenian, Georgian and Runic Turcic scripts will be treated during the lessons.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   able to define the writing as an communication instrument 2   able to distinguish writing systems 3   able to explain history of writing 4   able to define history of alphabets 5   able to read and write in different scripts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 origin of writing as communication presentation and reading 2 kinds of primitive writing systems presentation and reading 3 pictography and Egyptian hieroglyphs presentation and reading 4 cuneiform presentation and reading 5 languages in cuneiform presentation and reading 6 birth and development of alphabet presentation and reading 7 Eblaite and Persian presentation and reading 8 mid-term exam 9 Phoenician and its influence presentation and reading 10 ancient greek and its influence presentation and reading 11 latin alphabet and its influence presentation and reading 12 birth of Arabic script and its influence presentation and reading 13 Chinese and far Eastern scripts presentation and reading 14 Sanscrit script and its influence presentation and reading 15 Armenian and Georgian alphabets presentation and reading 16 Runic Turcic scripts presentation and reading

Recomended or Required Reading

1) J. Friedrich, Kayıp Yazılar ve Diller, Arkeoloji ve Sanat yayınları, 2000 2) S. R. Fischer, History of Writing, Reaktion Books, 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) presentation 2) reading

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1) 40 % of mid-term exam 2) 60 % of final exam will be assessed

Assessment Criteria

1) LO 1-3 in mid-term exam 2) LO 1-5 in final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

% 70 of attendance to lessons is compulsory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

recai.tekoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

soon after daily lessons

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Tutorials 14 1 14 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14 Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for final exam 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 LO.2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 LO.3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 LO.4 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 LO.5 2 3 3 3 3 2