COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMT 1001 HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DEVRIM ERTÜRK

Offered to

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Course Objective

To comprehend the development processes of the history of science and civilization; to enlighten students that science and civilization are endless journey

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend that science and civilization are the common product of human labor and all nations
2   Development processes of the history of science and civilization; to be able to explain that science and civilization developed by research and experiment
3   To perceive change and continuity
4   To analyze the factors that determine the relations of civilizations with each other
5   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 Requirements for civilization
3 Science in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Ancient Greece
4 Science in the Hellenistic period and the Romans
5 Thought of Medieval and science in the Islamic world
6 The influence of Islamic science to the west and science in the scholastic period
7 Renaissance and science; revolutionary breakthroughs in astronomy
8 Midterm Exam
9 Development in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Medicine
10 Method awareness in science, Galilei and Newton
11 Theories of light and academies of science
12 Age of Enlightenment and science
13 Industrial revolution and science
14 Contemporary science
15 General Evaluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Taciser Sivas (Edt.), Uygarlık Tarihi, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Eskişehir, 2018.
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

Lecturing

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 and Final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It ıs compulsory that students attend 70 percent of the lesson and fulfill the other requirements of the lesson.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

devrim.erturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 12:00-12:30 am

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14
Preparation for final exam 14 2 28
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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