COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOGRAPHIES AS HISTORICAL SOURCES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5063 BIOGRAPHIES AS HISTORICAL SOURCES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MELIH TINAL

Offered to

History

Course Objective

To learn the role and importance of biographies in history. To learn the historical method of biography in historiography by using different accounts.To gain the ability of using different sources in historcal studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowledge on the importance of Biographies in historical education
2   To campare and contrast the biographical sources
3   To have knowledge on the initial biographies in Republican Era
4   The ability to make connections between Biographical narratives and historical time

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Biography, Autobiography, journal and interwiev
2 The evalution from Tercüme-i HAl to modern Biography
3 Comparisons on different biographies
4 The narrative of the time from II. Meşrutiyet to Republic
5 The reality of biographies
6 The reality of biographies
7 Biograhy writers in the republican period
8 Midterm
9 Biographies relating to WW2
10 Biographies relating to Demokrat Party
11 Biographies relating to 27 May Coup and later
12 Biography relatings
13 Biography relatings
14 Biography relatings
15 Student presantations
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ilhan Tekeli, Birlikte Yazılan ve Öğrenilen Bir Tarihe Doğru, Istanbul, 2007.
N.Duruer, Hayat, Biyografi, Biyografyalar, Jale Baysal a Armağan, Istanbul 1993
Konuyla ilgili kitap, makale ve tezler.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Assigment, Seminar

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 * 0.10 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

TBA

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3: Evaluate with the questions of Midterm
LO 4: Evaluate the report of Assigment
LO 1-4: Evaluate with the questions of Final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is obligatory.
Participation to the term and final examinations will be considered in the evaluation.
Cheating in any examination is considered an extremely serious offence.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

melih.tinal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 11.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 18 18
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1433
LO.2433
LO.3433
LO.4433

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