COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CIVILISATION I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6119 HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CIVILISATION I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GENÇ

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To enable students to gain critical acquisition and perspective about the emergence of Islamic civilization and its status in and effects to World history

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student, at the end of the semester, will; be able to question scientific value of Islamic Civilization by analyzing it under the light of culture and civilization
2   be able to state how Quran and Sunna played a role in the formation of Islamic civilization by taking into account the understanding of Quran and Sunna for existence and world view and their attitudes to science and culture
3   get knowledge on the steps of the formation of Islamic civilization parallel to Islamic history and also determine the effects of former classical cultures and civilizations to the development of Islamic civilization
4   learn the contributions of Islamic civilization to the world in terms of philosophy, science, technology, arts, and also in the area of state, politics, social life and institutions
5   figure out and evaluate how different dimensions of Islamic civilization transferred to Europe and how affected the Western Civilization under the light of sources
6   discuss the problematic of the decline of Islamic civilization and quest the scientific value of the thesis about the problem

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts of Culture , Civilization and Islamic Civilization
2 Quran and the Prophet Muhammad Actions as the Main References of Islamic Civilization
3 Rashid Caliphs and Umayyads Periods in the Development of Islamic Civilization
4 Abbasids Period, Great Translation Movement and the Development of Islamic Civilization
5 Trade and Islamic Civilization
6 State, Politics, and Political Institutions in Islamic Civilization
7 The Background of Islamic Civilization
8 Midterm exam
9 Social Life and Institutions in Islamic Civilization
10 Science in Islamic Civilization
11 Arts in Islamic Civilization
12 Society and Social Institutions in Islamic Civilization
13 The Effect of Islamic Civilization to the Western Civilization
14 The Problematic of the Decline of Islamic Civilization

Recomended or Required Reading

-Islam Medeniyeti ve Müesseseler (Doğuştan Günümüze Islam Tarihi, XIV.cilt)
-Islam Tarihi Kültür ve Medeniyeti (IV.Cilt)
- Seyyid Hüseyin Nasr, Islam da Bilgi ve Medeniyet (Çev., Nabi Avcı, Kasım Turhan ve Ali Ünal, Insan Yay., Istanbul 1991)
-M. M. Şerif, Islam Düşünce Tarihi (Insan Yay., Istanbul 1990)
-M. Watt, Islam ın Avrupa ya Tesiri (Çev., Hulusi Yavuz, Istanbul 1986))
-Mehmet Bayraktar, Islam da Bilim ve Teknoloji Tarihi ( D.I.B.Yay)
-Sigrid Hunke, Avrupa Üzerine Doğan Islam Güneşi (Çev., Servet Sezgin, Bedir Yayınevi, Istanbul 1991)
-Aydın Sayılı, Ortaçağ Islam Dünyasında Ilmi gelişme Temposundaki Yavaşlamanın Bazı sebepleri (Araştırma Dergisi, Ankara 1963, c:1)
-Fernanad Braudel, Uygarliklarin Grameri (Islam Medeniyeti Bolumu)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question-answer, assignment 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 * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, assignment, presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.genc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 16:00 18:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 5 65
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
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) 172

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.153
LO.24
LO.3533
LO.44
LO.55
LO.63

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