COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE HISTORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5029 INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

History

Course Objective

This course aims to outline methodologies and approaches to a comparative history study, and to give examples for comparative history education in Türkiye and in the World.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   explain Comparative History concept
2   classify sources of comparative history
3   explain comparative historian approaches with examples
4   analyze methdology in comparative history
5   evaluate main comparative arguments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is comparative history
2 Essential books on comparative history
3 Essential articles on comparative history
4 Comparative history teaching in the World
5 Comparative history teaching in Türkiye
6 What do sociologs and economists compare
7 What do historians compare
8 Mid-term exam
9 comparison of political systems
10 comparison of civilisations
11 comparison of enlightment movements
12 comparison of economic structures
13 comparison of social structures
14 comparison of cities

Recomended or Required Reading

Nedim Yalansız, Karşılaştırmalı Tarih: Tarih Öğretiminde Yeni Bir Yaklaşım , Uluslararası Sosyal Aratırmalar Dergisi/The Journal of International Social Research
Volume 2 / 9 Fall 2009, pp.493-498.
Tarihsel Sosyoloji, ed. Theda Skocpol, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yay.,(I. Baskı, 1999), 2.Baskı, Istanbul 2002.
Peter Burke, Tarih ve Toplumsal Kuram, Tarih Vakfı Yurt yay., I. Baskı, Istanbul, 1994. (II. Baskı, 2000; III. Baskı, 2005).
Esra Atalı, 1905 Rus Devrimi ile 1908 Jöntürk Devrimi nin Karşılaştırmalı Bir Incelemesi, Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Ankara, 2002

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, homeworks/presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-3: asked in mid-term exam
2. LO 1-5: asked in final exam
3. LO 4 will be assessed with term report

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone: 3018744 nedimyalansiz@hotmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1444
LO.2444
LO.3444
LO.4444
LO.5444