COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ILM AL-KALAM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IDA 3003 ILM AL-KALAM COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET ILHAN

Offered to

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To make students able to grasp and analyse all Islamic Beliefs system in theory and in practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will obtain general information about definition of knowledge and its relation with beliefs; and thus understand the relation between religion and science
2   They will understand that reason and scientific methods are fundamental values for all sciences
3   The students will comprehend Islamic perspective about beings , and what it means for sciences
4   The students will comprehend religious approach to beliefs in God and destiny; and they will understand their evaluation in terms of reason and sciences
5   They will have knowledge on the relation of reason and religion within the perspective of Islam

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A-Problem of Being and Knowledge General view on Kalaam's issues
2 The definition of knowledge and its possibilities and boundaries
3 The tools and levels of knowledge
4 The relation between belief and knowledge
5 Rational - religious evidences and judgements
6 "beings" and its varieties.
7 B-God's Existence Arguments for God s existence
8 Mid-Term exam
9 Natural arguments
10 Arguments based on reason and conscience
11 Devine names and adjectives
12 C-Qada-Qader (destiny-actualisation) The nature of Qada-Qader
13 Free-will, power, taqlif
14 Livelihood-time of death
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Imam Maturidi, Kitabu t-Tevhid, Ter. Bekir Topaloğlu.
2. Izmirli, Ismail Hakkı, Yeni Ilm-i Kelam.
3. Bekir Topaloğlu, Islâm Kelâmcıları ve Filozoflarına Göre Allah ın Varlığı.
4. Karadeniz, O., Kader Konusunda Bazı Yanlış Anlamalar D.E.Ü.Ilahiyat Fak. Der.-VII, Izmir,1992;
5. Hasan el-Basri ve Kelami Görüşleri ,D.E.Ü.Ilahiyat Fak.Der.-II,Izmir, 1985.2
6. Karadeniz, O., Ecel Üzerine, Izmir,1992

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.ilhan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 105

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.153
LO.253
LO.353
LO.453
LO.553