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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS FDB 6201 UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION THEORIES IN ISLAMIC SCIENCES-I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN BILEN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to create a recognition on students about the topics of interpretation and meaning in Islamic Sciences, the conceptions used in classical Islamic sciences and various aspects of evaluation and interpretation in classical Islamic sciences.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students become acquainted with the basic methods used in Islamic Sciences. 2   Students explain the methodological differences of classical Islamic Sciences. 3   Students apprehend the basic concepts of classical Islamic sciences and their development processes.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The frame of problems of meaning and interpretation in Islamic Sciences: Explanation, Interpretation, Commentary, Critique 2 Relation between Science, Truth, Meaning and Interpretation on which Epistemology of Islamic Sciences is grounded 3 As methodological knowledge of Islamic Sciences "Usul Sciences": Relation between Jurisprudence, Theology, Quranic Interpretation, Hadith 4 The schools of 'usul' ( sources) as interpretation methods: Tradition (Rivayet), Reasoning ( Dirayet) and literal and allegorical interpretation approaches 5 Linguistic Methods: Grammatical and rhetorical analysis 6 Using and semantic connection. Logical analysis: Comparison, Deduction, Analogy, Proving 7 Rational analysis: Critiques and question- answer methods: Negate, Imagined and consistent 8 Mid-term Exam 9 Historical Methods: Context Analysis 10 Semantics and Philology: Conceptual meaning and historical change 11 Practical Frame: Content Analysis 12 Rational Frame 13 Instinctual Frame

Recomended or Required Reading

M.M. Şerif Islam Düşünce Tarihi Osman Bilen Klasik Islam Felsefesinin Sorunları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Research, analysis of text and conception, question and answer, application

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of student is evaluated based on his or her mid-term and final examinations and his or her attendancy to the lectures and his or her participation on the arguments during the course

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.bilen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday: 4:00-5:00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 3 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91 Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Preparing assignments 1 4 4 Preparing presentations 1 4 4 Reading 7 3 21 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 185

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 PO.13 LO.1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5