COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF ISLAM AND ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION 1

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAE 1006 HISTORY OF ISLAM AND ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION 1 COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERDAL ASLAN

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students summarize the general lines of the earlier periods of Islamic history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 To be able to summarize the political history of Islamic State from the foundation to the end of Abbasid Dynasty
2   2 To be able to identify the basic structure and institutions of Islamic state
3   3 To be able to specify Islamic conquests and dynamics of spread of Islamic State
4   4 To be able to analyze the effects of Islâmic civilization on the world civilization
5   5 To be able to explain general situation of Middle and Near East in 6., 7. and 8. centuries

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of the course: Content, importance and rules
2 Arabs before Islam
3 Prophet Muhammad
4 Migration to Medine and state management
5 The period after Prophet Muhammad: Ebubekir and Ömer
6 The period after Prophet Muhammad: Osman ve Ali
7 Foundation of Arab-Islamic Empire
8 Midterm Exam
9 The Ummayads Period
10 Mevali Policy
11 Abbasid Revolution and the end of Umayyads
12 The first century of Abbasids
13 Political dissolution in the Islamic World
14 Formation of classical Islamic culture: Culture and science in Abbasid period- New states and developments in Islamic world
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Brockelman, C. (1954). Islam Milletleri ve Devletleri. Ankara. TTK Yayınları
2. Cahen, Claude (2000). Islamiyet. Ankara: Bilgi Yayınevi
3. Barthold, V. V. (2009). Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları
4. Hitti, Philip K. (2011). Siyasi ve Kültürel Islam Tarihi. Istanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi Ilahiyat Fakültesi Vakfı Yayınları
5. Zeydan, Corci (2009). Islam Uygarlıkları Tarihi I-II. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of the student is determined by the midterm and final exam grades. Apart from this, there is no special evaluation criterion.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students should be prepared for the topics specified in the syllabus before coming to the classes. Attendance to 70% of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

The lecturers of the course may change. For this reason, please find out the contact information of the lecturer at the beginning of the semester.

Office Hours

It may change depending on the lecturer teaching the course. Therefore, it will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

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