COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPERATIVE HISTORY METHODS: THEORIES AND APPROACHES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 6093 COMPERATIVE HISTORY METHODS: THEORIES AND APPROACHES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

History

Course Objective

This course aims to study comparative history in comparison with theories in sociology

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   explain theories in comparative history
2   criticize literature in comparative history
3   draw conclusions from works in comparative history
4   analyze main problems of comparative history
5   text practises of theories of comparative history

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Relation of History with Sociology
2 Marc Bloch and comparison in social history
3 Barrington Moore and historical sociology
4 Comparative history in Charles Tilly s works
5 Comparative historical analysis in Immanuel Wallerstein
6 Comparative study: Theda Skocpol, Devletler ve Toplumsal Devrimler
7 Comparative study: Ellen Kay Trimberger, Tepeden Inmeci Devrimler
8 Mid-term exam
9 Topic discussion: Jürgen Kocka, Comparison and then
10 Comparative study: Gertrude Himmelfarb, The Roads to Modernity
11 Comparative Study: Daniel Lerner, Modernizing the Middle East
12 Comparative analysis from Mahoney and Rueschemeyer
13 Discussion on methodology: What can a historian compare
14 Theory and method in comparative study I

Recomended or Required Reading

Theda Skocpol, Tarihsel Sosyoloji, Tarih Vakfı Yurt yay., Istanbul, 1999.
Theda Skocpol, Devletler ve Toplumsal Devrimler, Imge Kitabevi yay., Ankara, 2004.
Barrington Moore, Diktatörlüğün ve Demokrasinin Toplumsal Kökenleri, Çev. Şirin Tekeli-Alaeddin Şenel, V yay., Ankara, 1989.
Marc Bloch, A Contribution Towards a Comparative History of European Societies , Land and Work in Mediaeval Europe: Selected Papers by Marc Bloch, çev. J. E. Anderson (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967), içinde, ss. 44-81.
Mahoney, James-Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Charles Tilly, , Big Structures, Large Processes, Huge Comparisons, Russel Sage Foundation, New York, 1984.
Theda Skocpol and Margaret Somers, The Uses of Comparative History in Macrosocial Inquiry , Comparative Studies in Society and History, Sayı: 22 (1980), ss.174-97.

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

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

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

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.124
LO.235
LO.3
LO.455
LO.55