COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0126 THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DEVRIM ERTÜRK

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Civil Aviation and Cabin Services
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

To teach students progression of science and civilization, to enlighten the students that science and civilization is a kind of travel to infinity

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand that science and civilization are the common heritage of man's and all nations' struggle
2   To explain development process of science and civilization and to explain that these two things develops with research and experiments
3   Be able to perceive change and continuity
4   Be able to analyze the factors that determine the relations of civilizations with each other
5   Be able to analyze the modern world

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is Civilization
2 Conditions for civilization
3 Science in Egypt, Mezopotamia and ancient Greece
4 Science in Helenistic period and Romans
5 Science in Middle age thought and Muslim World
6 Effect of Muslim science to the west and science in scolastic era
7 Renaisance and science; revolutionary steps in astronomy
8 Mid-term exam
9 Developments in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Medicine
10 Consciousness of method in science; Galileo and Newton
11 Theory about light and science academia
12 Age of Enlightenment and science
13 Industrial revolution and science
14 Modern science
15 General Evaluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Server Tanilli, Uygarlık Tarihi, 23. Baskı, Alkım Yayınları, Istanbul, 2006.
Charles Keith Maisels, Uygarlığın Doğuşu, Çeviren, Alaeddin Şenel, 1. Baskı, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara, 1999.
Gordon Childe, Tarihte Neler Oldu , Çeviren Mete Tunçay ve Alaeddin Şenel, Kırmızı Yayınları, Istanbul, 2018.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face

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

Midterm+Final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is compulsory to attend % 70 to the classes and fulfill the course requirements

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

devrim.erturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 4 2 8
Preparation for final exam 3 2 6
Other (watching artwork belong to visual arts) 3 1 3
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55