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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TUR 1009 RELIGIONS HISTORY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EDA AVCI

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management

Course Objective

To show History of Religions themes, methods and its relations to other religious sciences as an independent discipline; to ensure understanding of major features of historical and living religious traditions and faiths.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn the nature of problem of defining the religion, and different definitions of religion, and theories about the origin of the religion 2   Perceive History of Religions themes, methods and its relations to other sciences 3   Grasp the differences between traditional Islamic sciences and modern Religious Studies in terms of their methods and points of views 4   Learn venture of History of Religion in Islamic world, modern West and Türkiye 5   Perceive emergence, development, faith, ritual and ethical system of historical and living religions and their relations with each other

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Religion Concept 2 Primitive tribal religions, Hinduism 3 Buddhism 4 Jainism 5 Sikhism 6 Taoism 7 Confucianism 8 Mid-term Exam 9 Confucianism 10 Shintoism and Zoroastrianism 11 Divine religions 12 Jewism 13 Christianity 14 Islamism 15 Islamism 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Yaşayan Dünya Dinleri, ed. Şinasi Gündüz, DIB Yayınları, Ankara, 2007. A. Küçük, G. Tümer, Alparslan Küçük, Dinler Tarihi, Berikan Yayınevi, Ankara, 2010. Mahmut Aydın, Anahatlarıyla Dinler Tarihi, Ensar Yayınları, Istanbul, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, in-class practices.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is imperative to attend 70% of the courses and fulfill the requirements of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

eda.avci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The days and times specified in the weekly course schedule announced for the year.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Preparation about subject 14 1 14 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Preparation for final exam 1 8 8 In-class practices 1 5 5 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

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 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 PO.17 PO.18 PO.19 PO.20 LO.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1