COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BYZANTINE ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 6120 BYZANTINE ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 11

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

History

Course Objective

Main aim of this course is to give a perspective to studies on Turkish-Byzantine relations and to teach methods on historical, social, cultural and religious sides of these relations

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   know literature on Turkish-Byzantine relations
2   define development of T-B. relations through the ages
3   learn main concepts on T.-B. relations
4   interpret social, economic and historical development of T.-B. relations
5   evaluate place and role of political, cultural and religious interactions in T.-B. relations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 sources on T.-B. relations
2 Sibir Han and Byzantium
3 Gökturks and Byzantium
4 Hazar Kagans and Byzantium
5 Avars and Byzantium
6 Tuna Bulgars and Byzantium
7 Peçenek Turks and Byzantium
8 Mid-term exam
9 Kıpçak Turks and Byzantium
10 Seljuks and Byzantium
11 First Anatolian Turkish Beyliks and Byzantium
12 Anatolian Seljuks and Byzantium
13 Anatolian Beyliks and Byzantium after Seljuks
14 Memluks and Byzantine relations

Recomended or Required Reading

Bizans, Cogito, Yapı kredi yayınları, sayı 17, Kış 1999.
Daş, M.,Bizans ın Düşüşü, Istanbul 2006.
Demirkent, I.,Bizans Tarihi Yazıları, Istanbul 2005.
Dikici, R.,Şu Bizim Bizans, Istanbul 2007.
Levtchenko, M. V.,Kuruluşundan Yıkılışına Kadar Bizans Tarihi, çev. Maide Selen, Istanbul 1999.
Nicol, Donald, M.,Bizans ın son yüzyılları (1261-1453), çev. B. Umar, Istanbul 1999.
Ostrogorsky, G.,Bizans Devleti Tarihi, çev. F. Işıltan, TTK, Ankara 1999.
Cheynet, J.C.,Bizans Tarihi, çev. I. Yergüz, Ankara 2008.
Lemerle, P.,Bizans Tarihi, çev. G. Üstün, Istanbul 2004.
Nicol, D. M.,Bizans ve Venedik, Çev. G. Ç. Güven, Istanbul 2000.
Mango, C, Bizans Yeni Roma Imparatorluğu, YKY.,çev. G. Ç. Güven, Istanbul, 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Literature study
Topic discussions

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1) LO 1-3 will be asked in mid-term exam
2) 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)

phone: 30128748 mustafa.das@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 13 182
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 276

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15
LO.24
LO.32
LO.435
LO.54