COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MYTHOLOGY IN HISTORY TEACHING II (NEAR EAST)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAT 6010 MYTHOLOGY IN HISTORY TEACHING II (NEAR EAST) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach students Near Eastern Mythology at doctorate level and to enable them to interpret mythological factors which shape historical understandings

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge of Near Eastern mythology
2   To get viewpoint to natural and social events in history and to comment
3   To evaluate relationship between mythology and history
4   To use a mythological element in history teaching
5   To explain mythological factors shaping historical understandings

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Perception of religion in the Mesopotamian societies
2 Religion of Sumerian and Their Gods
3 Epic of Gilgamesh and myths in it
4 Gods in the societies of Assyrian and Babylon
5 Perception of god in the Egyptian society
6 Mythological subjects in the Egyptian religion
7 Perception of religion in the Canaan society
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Gods in the Phoenicians and Canaans
10 Religion in Hebrews
11 Gods of the Hebrews and Jews
12 Religion and gods in the Persian society
13 Hittites and their perception of god
14 Legends in Late Hittites and their influence to the West Impacts of the mythologies of the Near East on the societies of Jewish, Christian and Muslims
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1 Hooke, Samuel Henry (2002). Ortadoğu Mitolojisi: Mezopotamya, Mısır, Filistin, Hitit, Musevi, Hristiyan Mitosları. Ankara: Imge Kitabevi Yayınları
2 Bottero, Jean (2005). Eski Yakındoğu, Sümer'den Kutsal Kitap'a. Ankara: Dost Kitabevi Yayınları
3 Friedell, Egon (2006). Mısır ve Antik Yakındoğu'nun Kültür Tarihi. Ankara: Dost Kit. Yayınları
5 Roaf, Michael (1996). Mezopotamya ve Eski Yakındoğu, Atlaslı Büyük Uygarlıklar Ansiklopedisi 9. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınevi
6 Rosenberg, Donna (2007). Dünya Mitolojisi: Büyük Destan ve Söylenceler Antolojisi. Ankara: Imge Kitabevi Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, to get students carried out resource and comment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

recep.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 167

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555

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