COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL CULTURE COURSES ELECTIVE I (TURKISH CULTURAL HISTORY)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GNK 2115 GENERAL CULTURE COURSES ELECTIVE I (TURKISH CULTURAL HISTORY) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HASAN ÇUKUR

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach students the basic institution, economic and religious lifestyle, literary and art products that form the Turkish culture and civilization before and after Islam.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to know the basic resources of Turkish cultural history
2   To be able to explain the basic economic, social, cultural, artistic and religious elementsof Turkish Cultural history
3   To be able to compare the stages of Turkish cultural history in different Turkish states
4   To be able to analyze the different cultures that Turkish culture influenced anf influenced
5   To be able to evaluate the reflections of Turkish cultural history to the present

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course definition: Content, importance and rules
2 What is culture What is Civilization
3 The Difference Between Universal Culture and National Culture
4 Turkish Culture Resources
5 Origins of the Word Turk and Motherland of the Turks
6 Vatan Concept in Turks
7 Migration as an element in Turkish Culture
8 Midterm Exam
9 State Structure of the Turks and the Military
10 Fine Arts
11 Religion in Turks; Religions that Turks Believed in pre-Islamic period
12 Contributions of the Immigration to the West for the Turkish Culture: Persian Culture
13 Contributions of Turks new religion Islam to the Turkish Culture
14 Effects of Anatolian Culture to Turkish Culture: Anatolian Turkish- Effect of the Roman-Byzantine in Turkish Culture
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Turan, Şerafettin (2010). Türk Kültür Tarihi. Istanbul: Bilgi Yayınevi
2. Güvenç, Bozkurt (2010). Türk Kimliği ve Kültür Tarihinin Kaynakları. Istanbul: Boyut Yayınları
3. Kafesoğlu, Ibrahim (2005). Türk Milli Kültürü. Istanbul: Ötüken Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments
Preparing presentations
Preparation for midterm exam
Preparation for final exam
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.12
LO.22
LO.32
LO.42
LO.52

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